"In Cold Blood" is a T-Teen rated video game released for the Sony PlayStation 1 in 2001. It falls under the genres of Puzzle, Mystery, and Action & Adventure. The game is designed for the PAL region.
The player guides John Cord's movements with a gamepad. Cord must collect objects that can be used with other collectible objects, parts of the scenery, or other people in the game world to solve puzzles and progress in the game. Cord can engage in dialogue with other characters through conversation trees to gain hints of what needs to be done to solve the puzzles or to progress the plot. Combat is available, with Cord able to utilize weapons like guns with limited ammo to defeat enemies à la Resident Evil.