4 Puzzle 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.

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.

It comes from the same genre as Half-Life: Blue Shift and shares melee combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is punishing difficulty and a cyberpunk setting.