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Games like Project Chemistry

If Project Chemistry is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mineral Craft 2, Virtual Chemistry Lab and Marquito's Arcade - Play while Learning — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its prices emojis absurdly high, challenging and contemplative. 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.

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About Project Chemistry: Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.

2021IndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Ata Türkoğlu, Canberk Demir
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Discovery of new molecules is rewardingPrices emojis absurdly highQuests feel like solving puzzles with chemistryChallengingContemplativeElement input selection

Players who liked Project Chemistry also play

Steam players who put hours into Project Chemistry 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.

  1. Mineral Craft 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    If you've ever been fascinated by minerals or admired the beauty of crystals... turn your curiosity into knowledge, and your knowledge into profit. Experiment with elements and minerals, fine-tune parameters to get higher-quality minerals, expand your collection, and build your mineral business.

    SimulationSteam ↗
  2. Virtual Chemistry Lab

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    This is a serious game. Made for educational purposes. It was made in order to enable students to understand the high school chemistry curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity.

    2023IndieSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Marquito's Arcade - Play while Learning

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Have fun and learn with this collection of educational games. Each one with different gameplays. Featuring: Cell Works - Chemibot Helps the City - Gaia and the Weather Powers - Super Pizza Delivery - Itchy Earth.More Games will Come!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Logic Arrows

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Logic Arrows is a sandbox game where you design your own mechanisms: from logic gates to an entire computer. Use simple elements to build complex systems, solve engineering challenges and master computer logic.

    2026SimulationSteam ↗
  5. Time Dilation Lab

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    An easy to use, fully adjustable space lab with Einstein's special relativity equations in a three-spacecraft configuration. Play around with time dilation and relativistic Doppler effects in space at your own pace. Multiple viewpoints in 3D, real-time, with data export functionality.

    2026Simulation6.30 USDSteam ↗
  6. Parametric Creature: Lab

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Project Chemistry.

    Ranked #6 for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Explore and create parametric creatures

    2021Simulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Eureka! Superconductor Lab

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Eureka! Superconductor Lab is a crafting+simulation game where you synthesize materials and witness the astonishing scientific phenomena. Work alongside scholars, science geeks, and your girlfriend to synthesize the Holy Grail of modern physics: a room-temperature superconductor!

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Crispy Circuits

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Project Chemistry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Discover the world of electronics by fixing your hamster’s RC plane. Build real circuits, solve increasingly challenging engineering puzzles, and learn how electronic devices actually work. This wholesome circuitry sim lets you electrocute your hamster without authorities getting involved.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Chemistry at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Project Chemistry on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Chemistry.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Project Chemistry.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Project Chemistry

Does Project Chemistry run on Steam Deck?
Project Chemistry is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Project Chemistry cost?
Project Chemistry is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Project Chemistry?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Chemistry are Mineral Craft 2, Virtual Chemistry Lab, Marquito's Arcade - Play while Learning.
Who developed Project Chemistry?
Project Chemistry was developed by Ata Türkoğlu, Canberk Demir and published by Espale Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Project Chemistry.

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