Single-player games like The Cold White
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Cold White, 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 Forest
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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How to Survive 2
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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Fade to Silence
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Cold White.
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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Crashlands
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
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Rent A Car Simulator 24
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rent A Car Simulator. Start by renting your first car. Expand your rental car fleet by purchasing different vehicles and grow your car rental business. Drive your cars and get them fixed when they break down. Find new customers. You can also develop your Rent A Car business by playing Co-Op.
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Pirates Journey
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Cold White.
You and your crew have been shipwrecked on a tropical island in the late 1600s. At the beginning of the adventure, you find yourself with only a few basic supplies, including ropes, sticks, and stones. With skill and cunning, you can survive on the island and thrive as a pirate crew.
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Road Food Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Cold White — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.