Games like Cold Decree
If Cold Decree is your kind of game, the closest matches are Strange Antiquities, The Operator and Uncover the Smoking Gun — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Cold Decree: Cold Decree is an atmospheric detective game that puts you in charge of a forensic laboratory. Scrutinize unsolved case files, analyze objects, and manually query the technical data within massive databases. Stop guessing; identify the perpetrator using only concrete evidence.
Players who liked Cold Decree also play
Steam players who put hours into Cold Decree also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Operator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Uncover the Smoking Gun
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cold Decree.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Cold Decree.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Scene Investigators
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cold Decree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cold Decree.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Cold Decree.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cold Decree.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cold Decree.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cold Decree.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Operator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Cold Decree.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Decree.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Frequently asked about Cold Decree
- What games are most similar to Cold Decree?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cold Decree are Strange Antiquities, The Operator, Uncover the Smoking Gun.
- Who developed Cold Decree?
- Cold Decree was developed by Kadir AKKAS and published by FadingLight Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Cold Decree.
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