Single-player games like Cold Abyss
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cold Abyss, 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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Abaddon's Veil
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Cold Abyss.
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny spaceship through turbulent "waters" surrounding a supermassive blackhole. Retrieve and scan sites of interest while managing your noise footprint.
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Abyss.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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Iron Lung
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Abyss.
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
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LIMINAL SHIFT
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Abyss.
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
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Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Abyss.
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
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Dreamcore
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Abyss.
Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
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Liminal Universe
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Abyss.
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.
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No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Single-player alternative to Cold Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Abyss.
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.