Single-player games like Cold Verdict 2
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Cold Verdict 2, 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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피랍 일지 - 그 남자로부터의 탈출
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict 2.
어떻게든 돌아갈 거야. 가족이 기다리고 있는 집으로.
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Loretta
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict 2.
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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Blake: The Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict 2.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
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Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI.
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Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict 2.
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
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Cold Verdict
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cold Verdict 2.
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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When Sirens Fall Silent
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.
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Rainswept
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
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Atonement: Scourge of Time
Single-player alternative to Cold Verdict 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
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 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
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 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
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 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
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 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
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 2 — 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 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
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 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cold Verdict 2.
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!