Single-player games like Lost Cartridge - Cold Read
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read, 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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WORLD OF HORROR
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Pathologic 3
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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CLeM
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
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OFF
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
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Mad Father
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
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The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
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Corpse Party (2021)
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
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Lily's Well
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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Ib
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
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Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Lost Cartridge - Cold Read — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Lost Cartridge - Cold Read.
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.