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Single-player games like 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to 13th Ball: The Nightmare 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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    The Smoothie Shop — Steam game cover

    The Smoothie Shop

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Low-Budget Repairs — Steam game cover

    Low-Budget Repairs

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!

    2026IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SOMBRAS: negative frames — Steam game cover

    SOMBRAS: negative frames

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2026AdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Forgive Me My Love — Steam game cover

    Forgive Me My Love

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chasing Static — Steam game cover

    Chasing Static

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunted Room : 205 — Steam game cover

    Haunted Room : 205

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HELLMART — Steam game cover

    HELLMART

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Unholy Priest — Steam game cover

    The Unholy Priest

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Little Tree Kingdom — Steam game cover

    Little Tree Kingdom

    Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.

    Build a gnome kingdom among the branches of a giant tree in this relaxing mix of city-building and roguelike deckbuilding. Grow the tree, build structures, earn cards and blessings, and survive monsters and disasters. Each run spans seasons and unfolds differently. Can your tree kingdom thrive?

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →