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Single-player games like Paradigm Shift

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Paradigm Shift, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Cepheus Protocol Anthology Season 1 — Steam game cover

    Cepheus Protocol Anthology Season 1

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives across as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SKYHILL — Steam game cover

    SKYHILL

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Small Town Terrors: Livingston — Steam game cover

    Small Town Terrors: Livingston

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Paradigm Shift.

    You awaken from a car accident to find your family missing in the zombie-infested town of Livingston. Piece together what happened so you can stop the forces of evil and reunite with your family in this terrifying hidden object adventure game!

    2016AdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hidden Cats in Spooky Village — Steam game cover

    Hidden Cats in Spooky Village

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Paradigm Shift.

    Bring light to the darkness as you color each scene by finding over 1200 hidden objects across 12 levels in the Spooky Village! Discover heroic feline hunters of spooky creatures, collect special cards, unlock bonus levels, and explore haunting yet cozy locations filled with mystery and charm.

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    69 Ways to Kill a Zombie — Steam game cover

    69 Ways to Kill a Zombie

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    Experience the innovative "LOCO" motion VR movement system to grind through hordes of physics-based zombies! Weapons? We give you over 60 tools to unleash Your creativity - guns, explosives, traps, swords, bows, spears! A true first peek into the future of VR movement.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metal Dead — Steam game cover

    Metal Dead

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    A hilariously terrifying adventure filled with laughs, blood, insanity, and of course... hordes of the undead.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Descendant — Steam game cover

    The Descendant

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Happy Game — Steam game cover

    Happy Game

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Disposable Heroes — Steam game cover

    Disposable Heroes

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    Meet the disposable heroes... A rag-tag band of nobodies who - quite by accident- represent the kingdom's last hope. With the royal army slain it is they who must venture across the land on a quest to bring back the head of the king's son so that the light might return.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Not without my donuts — Steam game cover

    Not without my donuts

    Single-player alternative to Paradigm Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm Shift.

    You both stand ready to be champions. Your vows to protect your world and every remaining donut have toughened your resolve to overcome all obstacles. In the icing that sits on top of your flavored cupcake you some how understand how importantly the need to survive has become, as you glance at the donut you now defend, you realize,...

    2015ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →