Single-player games like Critical Shift
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Critical 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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Expeditions: Conquistador
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Critical Shift.
Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.
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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Critical Shift.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Critical Shift.
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Critical Shift.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
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Hard West
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Critical Shift.
When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions
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Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Critical Shift.
Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs is a tactical RPG set in a cheerful fantasy world full of weirdness and wonder. Assemble your party, go adventuring, manage your kingdom, make new friends, and defeat your opponents in challenging turn-based combat.
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Expeditions: Rome
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Critical Shift.
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Critical Shift.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
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She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
Single-player alternative to Critical Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Critical Shift.
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.