Single-player games like Cold Nights
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cold Nights, 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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Saving Grace
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Nights.
A first-person horror game revolving around the abduction of your daughter Grace. Cultists needs a sacrifice to resurrect the devil. Play as the father. Explore the past, present and future of this terrifying interactive story. Grace is counting on you.
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AccidentHouse
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Nights.
【This is the fear of someone trapped in a dark, abandoned house.】 This evolving short horror game, which was developed by a 19 year old Japanese student, is coming to Steam!
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The Lost
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Nights.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
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Hello Neighbor
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cold Nights.
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
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Under: Depths of Fear
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Nights.
Enter the mind of traumatized WW1 veteran Alexander Dockter and experience the terrorizing nightmare of trying to escape a sinking ocean liner while being haunted by the most terrifying entities you’ve ever come across.
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The Outlast Trials
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Nights.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
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Amnesia: The Bunker
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Nights.
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
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Deathground
Single-player alternative to Cold Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cold Nights.
A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?