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
-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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-20%$11.99VMX
Mar 26 · Break Free Interactive
Both: VR
Send it your way in VMX. Ride BMX, MTB, or scooters, throw down gesture-based tricks, session parks with friends, take on challenges, and customize your ride and style in an immersive multiplayer VR playground.
Early AccessVRSportsBMXPhysicsMultiplayerActionRacingBikesOnline Co-Op👍 230
-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
$39.99Into the Radius 2
Apr 23 · CM IMMERSIVE
Both: VR
Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly entities known as Pechorsk Anomaly. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries within. Featuring co‑op for up to four players.
VRFPSSurvivalCo-opImmersiveRealisticGun CustomizationShooterPost-apocalypticAction👍 5,261
$24.99Bootstrap Island
Mar 12 · Maru VR
Both: VR
A highly realistic VR survival roguelike adventure set on a ruthless 17th-century tropical island. Shipwrecked and alone, you must survive without guidance as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe. Every decision is yours. Your survival is in your own hands!
SurvivalAdventureOpen WorldVRLife SimRoguelikeActionNatureAtmosphericSimulation👍 1,366
$7.99BOXROOM
Jun 11 · Nested Loop Studios
Both: Sandbox · First-Person
BOXROOM allows you to design, define and decorate a room - a sanctuary - for your Steam library, and then revel in the organisation of your game collection.
SimulationSoftwareLife SimBuildingDecoratingSandboxModdableFirst-PersonDesign & Illustration3D👍 284
-10%$20.69I AM YOUR BEAST VR
4 days ago · Flat2VR Spark, Strange Scaffold
Both: VR · First-Person
I Am Your Beast VR brings Strange Scaffold’s shortform covert revenge thriller FPS into virtual reality, placing you inside Alphonse Harding’s one-man war against the military-industrial complex.
GoreActionAdventureFPSVRBoomer ShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonShooterStealth
$19.99Project L33T: Founders Edition
Jun 23 · Targetpoint Interactive, Holmgard Games
Both: Sandbox · First-Person
Join the persistent open world of OZERSK! Choose your way to play on PvE or PvP servers, fight for precious loot and gear, and risk it all in a hostile environment. Die, lose all your gear and loot, then return to the same server in hopes of retrieving what you lost. This is your story!
ActionRPGLooter ShooterFPSShooterSandboxOutbreak Sim3DFirst-PersonRealistic👍 525
$14.99Junkyard Builder
Apr 8 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: First-Person · Family Friendly · Sandbox
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
SimulationManagementFirst-PersonCasualLife SimFamily FriendlyImmersive SimRelaxingSandboxEconomy👍 223
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Sandbox
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667
-40%$8.39Marrow Marrow
Apr 16 · Monster Moon
Both: VR
MASTER YOUR MOVEMENT. VANQUISH THE VERMIN. Experience all the exhilarating high-intensity action you know and love from arena shooters up close and personal in VR. Zero in your aim, hone your movement, outwit the vermin, and soon you’ll be flying through levels leaving a wake of destruction.
VRArena ShooterBoomer ShooterAction RoguelikeFPSPvEShooterScore AttackArcade3D
-30%$6.99Augmental Puzzles
Feb 13 · Flammable Penguins Games
Both: VR
Hand-set Sudoku, Nonograms and Minesweeper with HUNDREDS of HANDSET puzzles. A fresh puzzle every day, global leaderboards. Smart Hints help teach you how to solve complex puzzles. No guessing andno rush. A soothing logic-puzzle lounge, built for VR from day one.
VRPuzzleEducationLogicTutorialTabletopRelaxingEarly AccessWholesomeCasual
-20%$7.99Driving Test Simulator
5 days ago · aitchGames
Both: VR · First-Person
Master the art of driving! Enjoy 50+ handcrafted levels with 9 vehicles and realistic car physics. No traffic — just pure driving skills. Unlock cars, test your skills in mini-games, or just drive casually without any worries!
DrivingAutomobile SimSimulationIndieSingleplayer3DVRFirst-PersonEducationExploration
$17.99Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
Jun 11 · Biotech Gameworks
Both: Sandbox · Funny
Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!
CookingMultiplayerSimulationManagementPhysicsSandboxFunnyTime ManagementImmersive SimBuilding👍 7,017
$4.99Mall: Tidy Up Together
Aug 21 · Games Together
Both: Sandbox
Shelve the products, unlock new skills, and use your unique methods to tidy up the mall. Enjoy the online co-op and online PvP with your friends, or go solo! Fill up the shelves and experience a sense of relief and satisfaction.
CasualSimulationCollectathonOrganizingOnline Co-OpPuzzleRelaxingPvPSandboxRealistic👍 258
$29.99The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Jun 16 · ConchShip Games
Both: Sandbox
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
RPGMartial ArtsSandboxWuxiaOpen WorldStrategyIndieSingleplayerAdventureSimulation👍 56,539
$5.00GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab
Aug 23 · GLITCHED MATRIX
Both: Sandbox
Play a major role in an evolving simulation of simulations. Explore endless 2D and 3D dimensions spanning nearly every game genre, with 50+ experimental prototypes and stories whose worlds, systems, discoveries, and ideas can become part of the greater experience.
Action RoguelikeExplorationFPSCreature CollectorDungeon CrawlerColony SimSandboxUtilitiesEducationArcade
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: First-Person
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$19.99The Last Starship
Feb 3 · Introversion Software
Both: Sandbox
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
StrategySandboxSpaceSimulationSingleplayerBase BuildingSci-fiSpace SimBuildingMining👍 1,625
$5.99Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: First-Person
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DAdventureSurrealNonlinearHorrorRelaxing👍 398
$4.99POWDR
3 days ago · SUBLIMINAL SOFTWARE
Both: Sandbox
POWDR is a high performance interactive particle sandbox featuring realistic fluids, sands, solids, interactions, and more! Every pixel is simulated. Every material interacts. Every experiment can become a catastrophe.
SimulationCasualSandboxPhysicsImmersive SimDestructionPixel GraphicsAbstractGod GameColorful
$4.99TV Archive: Tidy Up Together
Aug 14 · Games Together
Both: Sandbox
Shelve the videotapes, unlock new skills, and use your unique methods to tidy up the TV archive. Enjoy the online co-op and online PvP with your friends, or go solo! Fill up the shelves and experience a sense of relief and satisfaction.
CasualCollectathonSimulationOrganizingOnline Co-OpRelaxingArtificial IntelligenceSandboxPvP3D👍 553
$19.99The Coin Game
Mar 19 · devotid
Both: First-Person · Funny
A collection of ticket redemption arcades with realistic physics, a carnival, goofy robots, open world design, a global ranking system and silly prizes. Featuring 50+ modern inspired arcade machines and a pawn shop to keep money in your pocket. The Coin Game is made by a solo developer.
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$24.99Anymaker
3 days ago · Geometa
Both: Sandbox · First-Person
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Sandbox
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$19.99Mars First Logistics
Sep 25 · Shape Shop
Both: Sandbox
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
StylizedMarsCo-op3DBuildingSandboxPhysicsPuzzleTransportationRobots👍 3,498
-10%$6.29Cubed
3 days ago · Hobbes Foundation
Both: VR
Cubed is both a puzzle and an arcade game for VR and non-VR. Relax and get your mind off everyday life in puzzle mode. Challenge yourself in arcade mode. Or grab a friend and play arcade mode either as a team or as bitter rivals, stealing and sabotaging your way to victory!
Falling BlocksPuzzlePvEPvPArcadeCo-opVRStrategyLogic3D
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Sandbox
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$29.99Pax Dei
Oct 16 · Mainframe Industries
Both: Sandbox
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
MMORPGSandboxOpen WorldMedievalCraftingBase BuildingRPGExplorationPvPPvE👍 7,166
-20%$11.99Hozy
Mar 30 · Come On Studio
Both: Sandbox
Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time. In Hozy, clean, paint, and decorate abandoned homes with satisfying mechanics and intuitive controls. Enjoy the little details as you interact with tools, items and furniture to bring each space back to life.
RelaxingCozyCasualSandboxPuzzleCutePhysicsSimulationColorfulBuilding👍 4,146
$19.99Ostranauts
Aug 3 · Blue Bottle Games
Both: Sandbox
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
FlightSimulationSpace SimSandboxDifficultSurvivalSpaceExplorationLife SimProcedural Generation👍 3,141
-15%$12.74Anime Shop Simulator ✨
10 days ago · One More Time
Both: First-Person
Manage your own anime shop 🎌. Play solo or team up with friends 🤝 in 4-player co-op mode to grow your business 📈 Stock shelves with manga, figures, and collectible cards in this immersive first-person game 🕹️.
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