Games like Cold Verdict
If Cold Verdict is your kind of game, the closest matches are BURIED STARS, Martha Is Dead and Loretta — 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 Cold Verdict: Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
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BURIED STARS
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Cold Verdict.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Martha Is Dead
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Loretta
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Cold Verdict.
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Night Book
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
Twin Mirror
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cold Verdict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Cold Verdict.
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cold Verdict at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Cold Verdict.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cold Verdict.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cold Verdict.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cold Verdict on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Cold Verdict.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Astronomic Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Astronomic Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Atonement: Scourge of Time
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
The last king was killed over 400 years ago and the global rule of the land ceased to exist. The Vindicator is coming. ~a decadent, dark fantasy world with a new take on the concepts of Angels and Demons!
City of Chains
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
City of Chains is a dark sci-fi RPG set in a dystopian city. Take control of a small group of escaped fugitives and lead them to their freedom. Decide whether to fight head on or to avoid combat, to help others or to go your own way, to show mercy or to kill. Your actions could affect the fate of the city.
Insincere
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict.
You are Joseph Walker. After waking up in a strangely deserted science facility with no recollection of how you got there, you hear the voice of an A.I. The A.I. promises to be your guide and to help you out of the facility. However, it is clear right away that it’s not telling you everything.
Incitement 3
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
An expansive dystopian sci-fi world awaits you! Equipment customization, a varied cast and an epic story in this sci-fi epic from Astronomic Games.
Outrage
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Outrage is a short cyberpunk dungeon crawler. You manage a team of vigilantes and must undertake various missions in the city to strengthen your team and your cause in order to bring a powerful enemy to justice.
Atonement 2: Ruptured by Despair
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict.
Three weeks have passed since the events of Atonement: Scourge of Time, but the world is yet in peril. Elleria and her allies find themselves in an alternate timeline where events took a grimmer turn. She will now have to go head to head against her other self in order to stop the impending threat.
Mercury: Cascade into Madness
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Mercury is a quirky and violent vigilante. After experiencing a traumatic event in her life, she saw it as her purpose to take to the streets and fight crime, only to become entangled in something huge that could threaten the entire city. Cyberpunk RPG with choice and consequence.
Renegade Grounds: Episode 1
WHY THIS
Another title from Astronomic Games, the studio behind Cold Verdict. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
First episode of a thrilling adventure! Two mercenaries, Agela and Ingus, are tasked to infiltrate the criminal underworld to retrieve a device of high value that was stolen from the council. The job gets more complex as more factions join the hunt for the item, but to Agela and Ingus, failure is not an option!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
BURIED STARS
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Cold Verdict.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Loretta
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Night Book
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Verdict.
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
Twin Mirror
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Cold Verdict.
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Frequently asked about Cold Verdict
- How much does Cold Verdict cost?
- Cold Verdict is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cold Verdict?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cold Verdict are BURIED STARS, Martha Is Dead, Loretta.
- Who developed Cold Verdict?
- Cold Verdict was developed by Astronomic Games.
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