Single-player games like Cold Verdict
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Cold Verdict, 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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BURIED STARS
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Loretta
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Night Book
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Twin Mirror
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Atonement: Scourge of Time
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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City of Chains
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Insincere
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Incitement 3
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Outrage
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Atonement 2: Ruptured by Despair
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Mercury: Cascade into Madness
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Renegade Grounds: Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!