Single-player games like Cold Lazarus
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cold Lazarus, 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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Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Cold Lazarus.
Clarity is a 2D side scrolling platforming adventure. Choose to face seven demons and acquire their demon sword and demon magic. Each sword and spell, has an elemental strength against a corresponding demon.
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Drilly Willis
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Lazarus.
Drilly Willis has a drill for a head and mad guitar skills. Save music for eternity by fighting your enemies with a one-of-a-kind drillhead weapon, jam songs on your guitar to grant special powers and abilities, and explore an interconnected world of bizarre creatures!
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Homeland
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Lazarus.
The ancient Darkness has awakened, a black abyss of madness opened up in the mythical and real world.. Our protagonist's girlfriend has been kidnapped by strangers without reason, why they did this? You need to deal with these creatures!
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Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Cold Lazarus.
A brutal action game set in a collapsing sci-fi nightmare. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you descend into a twisted post-apocalyptic world.
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Morkull Ragast's Rage
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Lazarus.
A 2D video game that combines platforming and action with a touch of exploration in which we control Morkull, God of death and darkness and lord of the Ragast, whose main mechanics lies in the breaking of the fourth wall, which will allow Morkull to communicate with the player in various ways.
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Clinical Trial
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Lazarus.
Prologue version of the game BioGun.Get injected into the microscopic world. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?
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Guns of Fury
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Lazarus.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
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Ghost Song
Single-player alternative to Cold Lazarus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Lazarus.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.