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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-20%$31.99BONELAB
Sep 29 · Stress Level Zero
Both: VR · Sandbox · First-Person
BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.
VRPhysicsSandboxActionShooterFirst-PersonFPSViolentAction-AdventurePuzzle👍 18,692
$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
-75%$14.99Half-Life: Alyx
Mar 23 · Valve
Both: VR · First-Person
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
VRFPSStory RichHorrorFemale ProtagonistShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonActionSci-fi👍 93,043
-20%$23.99BONEWORKS
Dec 10 · Stress Level Zero
Both: VR · Sandbox · First-Person
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
VRPhysicsActionSandboxShooterSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackPuzzleAdventureFirst-Person👍 34,151
FreeVRChat
Feb 1 · VRChat Inc.
Both: VR · Funny · First-Person
Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.
VRFree to PlayMultiplayerAnimeMemesFunnyMassively MultiplayerFirst-PersonOpen WorldEarly Access👍 146
-50%$7.49The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
Apr 5 · Cloudhead Games Ltd.
Both: VR · First-Person
Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.
AdventureIndieVRCasualFirst-PersonGreat Soundtrack1980sEpisodicStory RichAtmospheric👍 1,020
FreeNVIDIA® VR Funhouse
Jul 14 · Lightspeed Studios™
Both: VR · Funny · Family Friendly
Step right up to VR Funhouse and enter a virtual carnival full of fun and games. Be an archer with flaming arrows. Test your skill shooting skeet targets blasted from a cannon. See how many moles you can punch, whack, and much more.
Free to PlayCasualVRFunnyFamily FriendlyHorrorActionFirst-PersonSingleplayerPsychological Horror
$9.99Portal
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: First-Person · Funny
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerFirst-Person3D PlatformerSingleplayerSci-fiComedyFemale ProtagonistPhysicsFunny👍 173,660
$24.99SUPERHOT VR
May 25 · SUPERHOT Team
Both: VR · First-Person
Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...
VRShooterBullet TimeFPSPuzzleTime ManipulationFirst-PersonAtmosphericCyberpunkAction👍 8,832
$14.99Space Pirate Trainer
Oct 12 · I-Illusions
Both: VR · First-Person
Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates in VR. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.
VRActionSpaceShooterFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackPiratesFPSSci-fiArcade👍 2,646
-90%$3.99X Rebirth VR Edition
Dec 7 · Egosoft
Both: VR · Sandbox
X Rebirth VR Edition is tailored to be an immersive VR experience, based on X Rebirth: Home of Light. TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD, THINK in the X Universe - the biggest sandbox this side of the galaxy.
SimulationActionVRSpace SimSpaceSandboxSci-fi👍 246
-50%$12.49I Expect You To Die
Apr 25 · Schell Games
Both: VR · Funny
Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.
VREspionagePuzzleStrategySingleplayerImmersiveActionSimulationComedyFunny👍 2,169
Smashbox Arena
Dec 7 · BigBox VR, Inc.
Both: VR · Funny
Team-based action game with insane physics-driven power-ups. Shoot, duck behind cover, and coordinate with teammates...all in glorious VR! Play both Singleplayer Story Mode and Online Multiplayer!
VRActionShooterMultiplayerFunnyArena ShooterReplay ValueSingleplayerFPS👍 348
-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
FreeInMind VR
Jan 19 · Luden.io
Both: VR · First-Person
Shrink down for a brief, free arcade journey inside the human brain. Follow a guided route through glowing neural landscapes, aim with your gaze, and clear targets to improve your score. Play in VR or on a regular screen.
VREducationScienceFree to PlaySci-fiFirst-PersonExplorationCasualPhysicsSingleplayer
$24.99The Wizards - Enhanced Edition
Mar 8 · Carbon Studio
Both: VR · First-Person
Become a powerful Wizard and take fate into your own hands! Immerse yourself in a beautiful fantasy world and destroy your enemies by casting spells with hand gestures!
AdventureVRActionMagicFantasyAction RPGFirst-PersonSingleplayerDragonsAction-Adventure👍 490
$14.99FORM
Jun 1 · Charm Games
Both: VR · First-Person
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
AtmosphericSingleplayerPoint & ClickVRAdventureSurrealCasualFirst-PersonIndieRealistic👍 957
FreeEpicenter VR
Jul 21 · FiveVolt Games
Both: VR · First-Person · Sandbox
Save the last survivors after a deadly zombie virus has taken over your island home. Protect those closest to you at all costs and evacuate before supplies run out.
VRFirst-PersonZombiesSurvivalStealthActionPost-apocalypticAtmosphericSandboxShooter
$19.99Paper Beast
Jul 24 · Pixel Reef
Both: VR · Sandbox
An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.
AdventureExplorationVRNaturePhysicsPuzzleSandboxSurrealAtmosphericColorful👍 529
FreeMatch It!
Oct 20 · Jesse McCabe
Both: VR · Family Friendly · First-Person
Simple but fun... how fast can you clear the dome of blocks! Built for VR-only, and it's a great game for people who don't like a lot of motion. Requires two controllers.
CasualPuzzleVRFamily FriendlySingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerFirst-PersonFuturisticSci-fiFree to Play
FreeGame of Crafts: VR Immersion in the World of Russian Folk Art
Jul 11 · RIALAB
Both: VR · Sandbox
In your hands - a palette with dozens of patterns of Russian folk crafts! Discover their secrets with the magical bird Kika. Paint the world around under Gzhel or Khokhloma according to traditions or drop all the rules and form your own folk style to bring colors back to Kiki's house!
CasualVRDesign & IllustrationPuzzleSandboxCollectathonExplorationHidden Object3DColorful
FreeInCell VR
Sep 3 · Luden.io
Both: VR · First-Person
Race inside a human cell in this free arcade adventure. Dodge obstacles, collect proteins and speed boosts, and choose your route between organelles to reach the nucleus before a virus does. Steer with your head in VR, or play on a regular screen.
VRRacingScienceEducationArcadeFree to PlayActionSci-fiFirst-PersonFast-Paced
$9.99Half-Life 2
Nov 16 · Valve
Both: First-Person
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
FPSActionSci-fiClassicSingleplayerStory RichShooterFirst-PersonAdventureDystopian 👍 202,868
$19.99The Solus Project
Jun 7 · Hourences, Grip Games
Both: VR · First-Person
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
SurvivalAdventureExplorationSci-fiVRSurvival HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonAtmosphericSpace👍 2,471
$19.99COMPOUND
Jul 19 · Bevan McKechnie
Both: VR · First-Person
COMPOUND is a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Download the demo below!
ActionRogueliteVRIndieRetroShooterFPSPixel Graphics3DFirst-Person👍 2,057
-75%$6.24The Room VR: A Dark Matter
Mar 26 · Fireproof Games
Both: VR
The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.
AdventurePuzzleVRMysteryInvestigationSingleplayerAtmosphericLovecraftianEscape RoomHorror👍 3,866
$29.99Trover Saves the Universe
Jun 4 · Squanch Games, Inc.
Both: VR · Funny
From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!
AdventureIndieActionVRComedyDark HumorFunny3D PlatformerSingleplayerDark Comedy👍 2,815
$3.99Solar System VR
Sep 5 · Split Light Studio
Both: VR · First-Person
An educational virtual reality journey through space. Be the first space tourist in history and explore planets and moons in our Solar System like never before. You can experience a journey to the Earth's moon, explore Mars, and even see the surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
AdventureSimulationVRSpaceEducation360 VideoExplorationSingleplayerFirst-PersonIndie👍 321
-70%$5.99Elven Assassin
Sep 14 · Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Both: VR
Take a bow and kill hordes of orcs in the epic town defense game. You can play alone to conquer the leaderboards or unite with other assassins in online co-op mode. PS. Be careful to avoid massive axes thrown at you by orc warriors.
ActionVRSimulationAdventureIndieArcheryTower DefenseMultiplayerEarly Access👍 632
$29.99Into the Radius VR
Jul 20 · CM IMMERSIVE
Both: VR
Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.
VRFPSPvESurrealSurvivalHorrorOpen WorldPost-apocalypticAtmosphericShooter👍 9,712
-85%$0.74Lethal VR
Nov 8 · Three Fields Entertainment
Both: VR · First-Person
Lethal VR is an immersive Virtual Reality weapons experience created especially for the HTC Vive by Three Fields Entertainment, creators of Burnout, BLACK and Dangerous Golf. Step into our VR Weapons Range and prepare for your skills to be tested.
ActionSimulationVRShooterScore AttackFPSArcadeSingleplayer3DFirst-Person👍 167
$11.99NARGUL - Humans are among us
Apr 30 · 3DDD Games
Both: VR · Funny
Play in VR as a jovial but amnesiac alien. Explore the environment and interact freely with the people. Solve objectives, fight and cross the courses to find the ultimate truth.
VRAdventureStory RichSci-fiDynamic NarrationFunnyPlatformerSingleplayerActionExploration
$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
FreeAnarchy Arcade
Sep 3 · Elijah Newman-Gomez
Both: Sandbox · VR · Funny
Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.
Free to PlaySandboxIndieMultiplayerSimulationCasualEarly AccessArcadeVRFunny
FreeBrain Syndrome VR
Oct 28 · Derrick Davison
Both: VR · Family Friendly · First-Person
Brain Syndrome VR is a FPS bullet hell shooter featuring a cell shaded art style and an option for local multiplayer. Even though the game has VR in the title, it can be played without it. The game has more than 12 hand crafted levels ready for you to explore.
Local Co-OpBullet HellVRFPSArcadeLocal MultiplayerCartoonyFamily FriendlyFirst-Person3D Platformer
$29.99Obduction
Aug 24 · Cyan, Inc.
Both: First-Person · VR
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndieFirst-PersonMysterySurrealVRWalking SimulatorAtmospheric👍 3,032
-66%$5.09NervBox
Apr 10 · Quantum Lion Labs
Both: VR · Sandbox
Explore NervBox, the multiplayer VR physics sandbox where imagination is your greatest tool. Continuously evolving with new tools and community-driven features, NervBox invites you to build, break, and reshape the boundaries of virtual reality.
Early AccessVRMultiplayerPhysicsOnline Co-OpSandboxArena ShooterTower DefenseParkour3D Platformer
FreeBigscreen Beta
Apr 28 · Bigscreen, Inc.
Both: VR · First-Person
Bigscreen lets you use your PC desktop in VR. Watch movies with friends in a virtual movie theater. Play your favorite PC video games on a huge screen. Hangout in social VR chat rooms. Participate in weekly 3D Movie Nights, VR LAN parties, live rocket launch events, and more!
VRFree to PlaySoftwareOpen WorldUtilitiesSplit ScreenMultiplayer3DFirst-PersonCasual
$4.99Interkosmos
Apr 25 · Ovid Works
Both: VR
Enter the ultimate 1970s space capsule in this thrilling VR adventure. Awaken your inner cosmonaut with intense, interactive gameplay, manage catastrophic system failures, and experience a hilarious story of Cold War absurdities. Can you make it back to Earth alive?
SimulationIndieAdventureActionVRSpacePuzzleCold WarSingleplayerSatire👍 201
-80%$1.99A Fisherman's Tale
Jan 22 · InnerspaceVR
Both: VR
Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.
VRPuzzleAdventurePhysicsStrategyPoint & ClickSurrealFantasyPsychologicalDark Humor👍 1,085
FreeProtonwar
Mar 15 · Outer Planet Studios
Both: VR · First-Person
VR, Multiplayer focused, Fast paced FPS with an emphasis on quick and flowing movement. Featuring DM, TDM , CTF, Domination, Bots to practice against, and a Horde mode for single player or co-op. Room Scale VR with HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. Also included, Non-VR and Seated VR!
Free to PlayActionIndieVRShooterArena ShooterFPSFirst-PersonFast-PacedSci-fi
$1.99VR Black Hole Travel Hypothesis
Sep 26 · William at Oxford
Both: First-Person · VR
In this VR Black Hole Travel Hypothesis game, you can have an immersive experience to travel through a black hole. What kind of unknown world did you reach after crossing? Start your adventure.
CasualFirst-PersonVRTime TravelSingleplayerSpace SimShooterImmersive SimFPSFlight
-50%$2.99Escape First 2
Jun 20 · OnSkull Games
Both: VR · First-Person
"Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
AdventurePuzzleCasualCo-opHorrorVRExplorationHidden ObjectFirst-Person3D👍 259
-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
$29.99ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos
Feb 18 · MyDearest Inc.
Both: VR
A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.
VRVisual NovelMultiple EndingsAnimeFemale ProtagonistSci-fiStory RichAction-AdventureInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure👍 379
FreeThe Desert's Rose
Sep 26 · Eddie O'Hagan (Katianie)
Both: VR · Sandbox
The Desert's Rose is a Virtual Reality Adventure game created by Eddie O'Hagan. It consists of an interactable world with everyday household items and some items not so....household. This is an Early Access game that is constantly updated with 100% free content.
ActionFree to PlayAdventureEarly AccessIndieVRRPGAction RPGAction-AdventureSandbox
$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





