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Games like The 7th Shift

If The 7th Shift is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clink, Dollmare and What Happened to Lily? — 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 The 7th Shift: A psychological horror game about working overnight shifts alone in a grocery store. Stock shelves. Clean. Do your job. But you soon realize something sinister is watching. Survive seven shifts to discover why you were really hired and face a choice that will seal your fate.

2027IndieAdventureSimulationWindowsby Dookos Games
The 7th Shift — Steam game cover

Players who liked The 7th Shift also play

Steam players who put hours into The 7th 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. Clink

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 7th 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?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dollmare

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 7th Shift.

    You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 7th Shift.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Burial

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The 7th Shift.

    A videographer receives the task of filming a wake in an old Soviet apartment. But he soon realizes that something terrible is lurking within these walls. And in the middle of the room there is a closed coffin...

    2025IndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Panelak

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 7th Shift.

    Panelak is an old socialist-era building where strange things happen. Can you make it to the roof and help the helpless man?

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Subliminal

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 7th Shift.

    Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Dark Gift

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 7th Shift.

    The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Paranormal VHS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The 7th Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 7th Shift.

    Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.

    2023IndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 The 7th 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. Shares Adventure with The 7th Shift.

    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 The 7th 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 and Adventure with The 7th 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 The 7th 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 and Adventure with The 7th 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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The 7th Shift.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The 7th Shift

What games are most similar to The 7th Shift?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The 7th Shift are Clink, Dollmare, What Happened to Lily?.
Who developed The 7th Shift?
The 7th Shift was developed by Dookos Games.

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 7th Shift.

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