Single-player games like ColdSide
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to ColdSide, 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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Investigator
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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ShadowSide
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
ShadowSide is a First Person Exploration game. A policeman Alex Carter has been watching over the tranquility in the town for many years. He protects the people from robbery and crime. Nothing but a routine.
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The Alien Cube
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
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Uninvited Guest
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
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Anthology of Fear
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
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The Land of Pain
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
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Ad Infinitum
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ColdSide.
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ColdSide.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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STILLTRACE
Single-player alternative to ColdSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ColdSide.
STILLTRACE is a bleak top-down survival horror about holding the last beacon in an infected sector. Scavenge for supplies, fortify your base, survive attacks, and decide whether to follow strange radio calls, tracks, and the stories left behind