Games like The Shift
If The Shift is your kind of game, the closest matches are Forest 6174, SOMIA and Silent Still — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Shift: The Shift is a first-person 3D psychological horror game where you play as a night shift cashier in an isolated gas station, performing routine tasks while uncovering disturbing, unexplained events.
Players who liked The Shift also play
Steam players who put hours into The Shift also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Forest 6174
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Shift.
A brief narrative-driven psychological horror experience in first person (no jumpscares, story and dialogue-focused). You play as Danny, who is unexpectedly summoned to receive a break from his daily routine... However, things start to look out of place once you get deeper into the forest.
SOMIA
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
Somia is a psychological horror game where you follow the story of a young woman who wakes up one night with no memory of anything, and paranormal events begin to occur.
Silent Still
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Shift.
Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.
Silent Still 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
Amelie
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Clink
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Reflection
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Shift.
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
iBLiS
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shift at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shift.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shift.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shift.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under The Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shift.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shift.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shift.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shift.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shift.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shift.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about The Shift
- How much does The Shift cost?
- The Shift is listed on Steam at 2.00 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Shift?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shift are Forest 6174, SOMIA, Silent Still.
- Who developed The Shift?
- The Shift was developed by HTY.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Shift.
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