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Games like 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift

If 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Smoothie Shop, Low-Budget Repairs and SOMBRAS: negative frames — 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.

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About 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift: Working the night shift at a rundown pool bar sounds simple enough: rack tables, serve drinks, mop floors. But when reality begins to twist at the corner of your vision, your sanity is put to the test. Will you succumb to your deepest fears, or survive to clock in again tomorrow?

IndieSimulationWindowsby Bumi Studio, Web Global Gaming
13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into 13th Ball: The Nightmare 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.

  1. The Smoothie Shop

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    You are the new owner of The Smoothie Shop. Now it's your turn to keep the family's business alive. In endless rain, you must work the night shift and serve smoothies to your customers. But the shop isn't the only thing you inherited.

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Low-Budget Repairs

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    Manage renovations in 90s apartment blocks! Focus on quick profit and cut costs wherever possible. Client notices defects? Tough luck, the money's already in your pocket. Every day brings new challenges and decisions that can lead to fortune... or trouble!

    2026IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. SOMBRAS: negative frames

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    ‘SOMBRAS: negative frames’ is a first person narrative game with a focus on photography and light horror elements. Follow Shiomi, a Japanese-Spanish photography student, as she is spirited away in a dark mirror of her 2000s Japanese town and must confront fragments of her own psyche.

    AdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Forgive Me My Love

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    A first-person psychological horror game about the crushing weight of guilt. Live through the aftermath of a devastating tragedy: your wife is dead, and it’s your fault. But when her casket is brought home, something inexplicable and terrifying begins to warp your reality...

    2026Indie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Chasing Static

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Haunted Room : 205

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    To save money, you rent an unusually cheap apartment, believing you could coexist with “them” as you always have. But you soon discover that the disturbances here run far deeper—and are far more dangerous—than anything you’ve encountered before.

    2025IndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. HELLMART

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Unholy Priest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    Manage a haunted funeral service as a priest in a cursed forest. Bury or cremate the dead, perform exorcisms, fend off demonic possessions, and quiet restless souls. Survive terrifying encounters, maintain sanity, and experience the pinnacle of horror simulation in The Unholy Priest!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 13th Ball: The Nightmare 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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 13th Ball: The Nightmare 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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift

What games are most similar to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift are The Smoothie Shop, Low-Budget Repairs, SOMBRAS: negative frames.
Who developed 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift?
13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift was developed by Bumi Studio, Web Global Gaming and published by Web Global Gaming.

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 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

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