ColdSide

You play as Chris, a digger who enters an abandoned underground laboratory to investigate anomalous phenomena. The facility’s dark corridors and rooms become the setting for a story told in fragments.

Explore the lab, examine clues, and find tools to open blocked routes or handle environmental obstacles. Puzzles and occasional pursuits interrupt the exploration; combat is not a central activity.

The story unfolds across six chapters, with locations and available tools changing as you progress. Notes, brief scenes, and dialogue reveal more about the events, while some dialogue choices can affect the information you receive and may influence the ending.

Players who enjoy ColdSide often point to its oppressive laboratory atmosphere, lighting, visuals, and music and sound design, which help make exploration feel tense. Some also appreciate the changing locations and moments of surprise. Other reviews find the scares mild or repetitive, and describe long corridors, uneven pacing, or an unclear story as drawbacks.