Games like The Cold Forest
Games like The Cold Forest include The Long Dark, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, The Forest, and SnowRunner. We matched them by the tags players give The Cold Forest on Steam (Adventure, Simulation, Walking Simulator, Exploration, and First-Person): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

The Long Dark
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Survival

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Walking Simulator · Adventure · Atmospheric

The Forest
Shared: Adventure · Survival · First-Person

SnowRunner
Shared: Simulation · Adventure · Exploration

Crime Scene Cleaner
Shared: Simulation · First-Person · Atmospheric

Stranded Deep
Shared: Adventure · Survival · First-Person

Slime Rancher
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · First-Person

Fallout 4
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Atmospheric

POOLS
Shared: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Realistic

Forza Horizon 5
Shared: Simulation · Adventure · Realistic

Lushfoil Photography Sim
Shared: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric

Shelter
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Simulation

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Atmospheric

No Man's Sky
Shared: Exploration · Adventure · Survival

The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Shared: Walking Simulator · Adventure · Atmospheric

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Simulation

Subnautica
Shared: Exploration · Survival · Adventure

Gone Home
Shared: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person

The Stanley Parable
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Adventure

Bright Lights of Svetlov
Shared: Walking Simulator · Adventure · First-Person

The Long Drive
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Survival

The Witness
Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Adventure

Quern - Undying Thoughts
Shared: Adventure · Exploration · Walking Simulator