Games like Biolab Wars
If Biolab Wars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Thunder Hoop Collection (QUByte Classics), Freddy Farmer and GANA FORCE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, funny and intense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Biolab Wars: Inspired by the 8-bit games and by the movies from the 80's, your goal is to blow things up, defeat aliens and fight bizarre bosses in this platformer 2D with classic mechanics.
Players who liked Biolab Wars also play
Steam players who put hours into Biolab Wars also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Thunder Hoop Collection (QUByte Classics)
WHY THIS
Top pick for Biolab Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Biolab Wars.
Run, shoot, and destroy hordes of mutants in the definitive Thunder Hoop collection. Take on Professor Genbreak’s bio-monsters in two explosive retro platformers, for an authentic ’90s arcade experience!
Freddy Farmer
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Biolab Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
Freddy's daughter has been kidnapped by an evil dragon. To rescue her, he must cross the entire kingdom taking some ingredients with which to make a magic potion, but it won't be easy, they must be collected in a specific order and Freddy will have to overcome the dangers he finds in his path.
GANA FORCE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Biolab Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Biolab Wars.
Gana Force is a Horizontal shooter where you'll unleash powerful firepower, skillfully dodge bullets, and utilize the terrain to maneuver and defeat enemies. Game environments include alien cell levels, scorching sun, space battleships, and more. Powerful bosses and bullet hell challenges await you!
Battle Marine
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Biolab Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
SHOOT 'EM UP! Battle Marine is a simple naval barrage STG. A barrage of intense shots! Shoot 'em up! Shoot 'em up! Chain bombs with detonation, powerful laser sweeps, and jumps to collect medals! Enjoy a RETRO but NEW and exhilarating STG experience!
Robot-X
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Biolab Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
A fast-paced platform shooter inspired by 90s classics. Follow Robot-X on a journey to protect the city from a new danger, fight bosses and jump over pits in this retro experience.
PigShip and the Giant Wolf
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Biolab Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.
ProtoCorgi
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Biolab Wars.
Ranked #8 for Biolab Wars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
Get ready to Bark’em Up! Play as Bullet, a C³ class (Cute Cybernetic Corgi) pup on his quest to save his owner, a brilliant scientist kidnapped by an alien race that wants to rule the galaxy. ProtoCorgi is a retro pixel art shoot’em up with a strong arcade feel!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Biolab Wars
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Savage Halloween
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Biolab Wars.
Reviewers of Biolab Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
In Savage Halloween the world is taken over by monsters from the afterlife who were trapped in the Earth after a Halloween party, and now they have decided to make their new home here.
Contrast
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Biolab Wars.
Reviewers of Biolab Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Biolab Wars.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Double Dragon Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares weapon pickups and a retro mood with Biolab Wars.
Reviewers of Biolab Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Biolab Wars.
A groundbreaking, uber-popular game upon its arcade debut in 1987. Double Dragon is the undisputed godfather of co-op beat ‘em up.
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Biolab Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Biolab Wars.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Biolab Wars.
Reviewers of Biolab Wars cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Biolab Wars.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Biolab Wars at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Biolab Wars.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Biolab Wars.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Biolab Wars.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Biolab Wars.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Biolab Wars.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Action with Biolab Wars.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Biolab Wars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Biolab Wars.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Biolab Wars.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Biolab Wars.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Biolab Wars.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Biolab Wars.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from 2ndBoss
Other recommendable Steam games by 2ndBoss, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Savage Halloween
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Biolab Wars.
Another title from 2ndBoss, the studio behind Biolab Wars. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
In Savage Halloween the world is taken over by monsters from the afterlife who were trapped in the Earth after a Halloween party, and now they have decided to make their new home here.
Milli & Greg
WHY THIS
Another title from 2ndBoss, the studio behind Biolab Wars. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
Help Milli to find Greg in this challenging platform game.
Wild Dogs
WHY THIS
Another title from 2ndBoss, the studio behind Biolab Wars. Shares Action and Indie with Biolab Wars.
The world is under a frantic alien attack. Amidst the chaos and with the army virtually subdued, the deadliest and most inconsequential pair of specialists are called upon to do what must be done. Join the war hunting aliens around the world and in every way possible.
Frequently asked about Biolab Wars
- Is Biolab Wars verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Biolab Wars is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Biolab Wars cost?
- Biolab Wars is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Biolab Wars?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Biolab Wars are Thunder Hoop Collection (QUByte Classics), Freddy Farmer, GANA FORCE.
- Who developed Biolab Wars?
- Biolab Wars was developed by 2ndBoss.
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