Games like Dread: The Cold Case
If Dread: The Cold Case is your kind of game, the closest matches are What happened to Kate, Blair Witch VR and Escape Haunted Mansion — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dread: The Cold Case: Dread: The Cold Case: First-person psychological horror blending investigation and intense melee combat. Scavenge, improvise, and survive using everything at your disposal against unimaginable horrors.
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What happened to Kate
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Top pick for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
"What happened to Kate" is a gripping puzzle adventure set in a mysteriously silent home. Unravel your coworker's disappearance through challenging puzzles. Delve into the depths of mystery and discover what lies within the quiet.
Blair Witch VR
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Second-strongest match for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Blair Witch: VR Edition is a story-driven psychological horror game from the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed The Medium. Experience first-hand the toll that fear can take on the mind in an original story inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, designed for Virtual Reality.
Escape Haunted Mansion
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Third-strongest match for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Escape Haunted Mansion is a horrific multiplayer deduction game for 3 to 10 players with voice chat. The Haunteds must complete tasks to escape, while the Cursed seek to eliminate them discreetly.
Cat Detective Albert Wilde
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Ranked #4 for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
The motel
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Ranked #5 for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Lost Judgment
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Ranked #6 for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
When a police officer discloses the murder of the student teacher who bullied his son to suicide, the twisted secrets of a Yokohama, high school bleed out. Nothing, in this case, is black and white.
Post Mortem
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Ranked #7 for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Supernormal
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Ranked #8 for Dread: The Cold Case fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dread: The Cold Case at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread: The Cold Case.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dread: The Cold Case.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under Dread: The Cold Case on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dread: The Cold Case.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread: The Cold Case.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dread: The Cold Case.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Dread: The Cold Case
- How much does Dread: The Cold Case cost?
- Dread: The Cold Case is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dread: The Cold Case?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dread: The Cold Case are What happened to Kate, Blair Witch VR, Escape Haunted Mansion.
- Who developed Dread: The Cold Case?
- Dread: The Cold Case was developed by WeSummonDemons!.
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