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 Final Departure
Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.
In the 1990s, a bizarre TV show aired once and vanished without a trace. Now, seven lost episodes have been recovered. Step into the shoes of a night-shift station master and perform your routine duties. But whatever you do, beware of the train that arrives on Platform 1 at exactly 2:30 AM.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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[Bober Bros] Last Pill Bar 2. Rewind
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 could have saved everyone. Even Bober. Rewind the night and decide who gets to live.
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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...
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Trainwatch
Single-player alternative to 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 13th Ball: The Nightmare Shift.
A time-management psychological horror set in a fogbound railway crossing. What seems like a simple 1-month job as a gatekeeper operating a crossing turns into an exploration of occult grounds, meeting unsettling folk, and trying to fix your own life.
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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.
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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?