Games like The Lab
by Valve
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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$19.99Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Jul 4 · RUST LTD.
Both: Sandbox · VR · First-Person
Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.
SandboxVRShooterPhysicsFPSSimulationGun CustomizationFirst-PersonFunnyModdable👍 22,782
-50%$12.49I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
Sep 28 · Schell Games
Both: VR · First-Person
Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.
AdventureActionSimulationVRPuzzleFirst-PersonStylizedCold WarComedyHorror👍 604
$39.99Alien: Rogue Incursion VR
Dec 19 · Survios
Both: VR
Alien: Rogue Incursion is an all-new action-horror VR game that transforms you into ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a dangerous mission to the uncharted planet Purdan, featuring innovative real-life motion gameplay, a whole-body loadout, and the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered.
AliensVRActionStory RichShooterCombatSingleplayerSci-fiRealisticAtmospheric👍 1,341
$24.99BATTLEWORKS VR | Online Physics Based PVP
Jan 19 · Ritual Reality
Both: VR · Sandbox
BattleWorks is an online PvP game where everything is physically simulated. Your body is animated by virtual muscles in a physics simulation. Use physical weapons to defeat your opponents in dynamic environments. Upload your own custom avatar and create or discover amazing community mods.
Early AccessVRPhysicsSimulationExperimentalParkourActionSandboxImmersive SimRealistic
-70%$4.49Forbidden Art
Mar 25 · AIXLAB
Both: VR · First-Person
Forbidden art is a VR room escape puzzle game where you escape from the killer’s secret hideout. Use all your abilities to escape the dangerous and terrifying hideout created by a psychopathic killer who thinks killing is an art, without being discovered by the killer.
3DVRHorrorPuzzleSingleplayerFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorThrillerLinearPhysics
$19.99Contractors Showdown : ExfilZone
Apr 25 · Caveman Studio
Both: VR
Contractors Showdown delivers intense VR extraction combat in ExfilZone, now featuring PvE Mode alongside high-stakes PvPvE action. Customize your loadout, complete missions, loot, survive, and fight your way through immersive tactical battles.
VRShooterBattle RoyaleActionMultiplayerFPSMilitaryRealisticImmersivePhysics👍 3,353
$19.99Ziggy's Cosmic Adventures
Nov 9 · Stardust Collective
Both: VR · Funny
Ziggy's Cosmic Adventures is a VR cockpit game combining ship management with action-arcade combat. You play as a bounty hunter with possibly questionable morals, currently in possession of a little alien that you may or may not have stolen from the evil Empire. Do you have what it takes to survive?
VRActionAdventureAction-AdventureFlightCombatAliensFunnyArcadePhysics
-90%$0.99Home Detective VR - Immersive Edition
Feb 1 · David Addis
Both: VR · First-Person
With hi-tech tools, and snarky comments from your holographic assistant Steve, it's up to you to explore the crime scenes, piece together the clues, and find the perpetrator!
VRDetective3DStrategyInvestigationPuzzleHidden ObjectDynamic NarrationPhysicsFirst-Person
-40%$14.99CONVRGENCE
4 days ago · Monkey-With-a-Bomb
Both: VR
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
VRAtmosphericPost-apocalypticShooterExtraction ShooterLooter ShooterLootSurvival HorrorSurvivalHorror👍 1,588
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$15.00BlockStar VR
Apr 22 · Immersive Division
Both: VR
BlockStar VR is a VR shooter where you put your reflexes to the test by shooting blocks and completing challenges in an action-packed futuristic tournament. Play the 40-mission story mode and show that you have what it takes to flex on the leaderboard!
ActionVRFPSShooterBullet HellSci-fiScore AttackSingleplayerBullet TimeAsynchronous Multiplayer
-30%$13.99BIG SHOTS
Apr 17 · AlterEyes
Both: VR
Gear up, team up, and exterminate! Become the ultimate mech pilot in BIG SHOTS, the action-packed VR roguelite where you’ll battle alien hordes, earn upgrades, and forge an unstoppable mech to reclaim Earth.
VRCartoonyAliensOnline Co-OpSingleplayerMechsRogueliteSteampunkRoguelikeShooter
$16.99Space Accident VR
Jan 21 · VR-WRG
Both: VR
Step into the future with our groundbreaking VR game set in the year 2119, where humanity embarks on a historic journey into space. Join the "CCM-1" (Callisto Colonization Mission) expedition, aimed at the enigmatic moon of Jupiter - Callisto.
AdventureActionPuzzleAction-AdventureExplorationPrecision PlatformerHidden ObjectCreature CollectorVRStylized👍 231
$24.99CRYODEATH VR
Feb 1 · Kerag Elisaar
Both: VR
CRYODEATH is a hard VR survival horror aboard the Evriskon, a deep-space station too vast to ever learn. One life per engineer: die and the next wakes somewhere else entirely, so route knowledge is worthless. Scavenge, craft and improvise while something hunts you.
VRActionHorrorSpaceProcedural GenerationExplorationMystery DungeonImmersive SimDungeon CrawlerHidden Object
FreeDeath Duel VR
Apr 15 · Dog VR Game
Both: VR
Experience True HEMA Combat in VR. Step beyond button mashing. Death Duel VR uses physics-based leverage to let you authentically execute historical European martial arts techniques against live opponents. Master real guards, leverage, and tactics in heart-pounding PvP duels to the death.
VRFree to PlaySwordplayPvPPhysicsPvEMartial ArtsAction RoguelikeRoguelikeHistorical
-60%$5.59On Point
Dec 18 · Actuator Digital
Both: VR · Family Friendly
On Point is an arcade-inspired VR first person shooter, filled with Warioware-style minigames. Think, aim, and blast your way to a high score through endless shooting minigames, but don't hit those bombs or you'll run out of lives!
ActionCasualArcadeVRShooterColorfulMinigamesScore AttackFamily FriendlyRetro
-35%$12.99Clone Drone in the Hyperdome
Dec 12 · Doborog Games
Both: VR
Cut robots apart in VR. Feel your sword disintegrate their metal bodies. Now you live and die in the Crashloop, a roguelike tournament to the death. Lock swords! Shoot shurikens from your wrist! This is CLONE DRONE... in the HYPERDOME!!!
ActionSwordplayFightingNarrativeVRVoxelDestructionAction RoguelikeRobotsCombat👍 1,049
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: Sandbox · First-Person
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Open World Survival CraftRPGAction-AdventureBase BuildingCo-opSandboxSci-fiBuildingExplorationFirst-Person👍 2,407
