50 Games like Half-Life: Blue Shift that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Half-Life: Blue Shift does: strong narrative focus, ranged combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with horror tension and multiplayer gameplay.

It shares the essentials of what Half-Life: Blue Shift does: strong narrative focus, ranged combat and a sci-fi setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is multiplayer gameplay.

What brings it close to Half-Life: Blue Shift is strong narrative focus, ranged combat and a sci-fi setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on game mode: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.

It shares the essentials of what Half-Life: Blue Shift does: strong narrative focus, ranged combat and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on game mode and tone: this one brings punishing difficulty and multiplayer gameplay.

What brings it close to Half-Life: Blue Shift is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on combat and setting: this one brings stealth mechanics and post-apocalyptic world.

It comes from the same genre as Half-Life: Blue Shift and shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode and setting: historical setting and multiplayer gameplay.

The genre is the same as Half-Life: Blue Shift’s, and with it dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds a first-person view and single-player focus. They part company on combat and setting: this one brings stealth mechanics and historical setting.

It shares the essentials of what Half-Life: Blue Shift does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is setting and combat: stealth mechanics and historical setting.

Genre puts it alongside Half-Life: Blue Shift, and so does dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in game mode and combat — its own ground is fantasy world and multiplayer gameplay.

Shelved next to Half-Life: Blue Shift for good reason: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: punishing difficulty and pixel art.

It shares the essentials of what Half-Life: Blue Shift does: strong narrative focus, ranged combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is setting and tone: historical setting.

It shares the essentials of what Half-Life: Blue Shift does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode and setting: a contemporary setting and multiplayer gameplay.

Same family as Half-Life: Blue Shift: strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in game mode and setting — its own ground is a space setting and multiplayer gameplay.

Genre puts it alongside Half-Life: Blue Shift, and so does strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode and combat: multiplayer gameplay.

On paper it is what Half-Life: Blue Shift is — strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in setting and tone — its own ground is fantasy world.