Games like Lab Rat
If Lab Rat is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!, Astro Link and Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, comedic 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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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Lab Rat.
Top pick for Lab Rat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
Astro Link
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Lab Rat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Astro Link is a Portal-like puzzle game that takes place within the mysterious Astro Link facility. What happened to this place? Will test subject #602 be able to find out?
Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Lab Rat.
Third-strongest match for Lab Rat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
From the creators of Cyanide & Happiness and I-Mockery, comes the first game in an all new point-and-click adventure trilogy filled with dark humor, drama, and all the weirdness you've grown to love and/or dread over the years!
The God Unit
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Lab Rat.
Ranked #4 for Lab Rat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
The GoD Unit is a first-person physics-based puzzle game set in a near pre-apocalyptic future, featuring the mass manipulation ability and other familiar and beloved puzzle mechanics.
Cataplexy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Lab Rat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Waking up at night, the main character realizes that he cannot move. A terrible sense of panic gradually overtakes his mind, and the imagination begins to paint frightening pictures.
Prison Queen
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Lab Rat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
In a world ruled by sharp tongues, one slip of the lip lands young Odette behind bars. Steal words from your fellow inmates, chain them into razor-sharp sentences, and talk your way up the prison food chain. Here, every sentence is a weapon.
My Eyes
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Lab Rat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Use your laser vision to climb and fly your way through perilous caves and make your way back to your body. Keep in mind, it hurts to shoot lasers out of your eyes and you can only stand so much pain. It's also deadly to keep your eyes closed, as the heat from the laser builds up inside your head.
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Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Lab Rat.
Reviewers of Lab Rat cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
BoxIsland: Sokoban
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Lab Rat cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
On the enigmatic Box Island, an ancient civilization has left behind puzzle-filled ruins. Players take on the role of a young explorer, yet the island is shrouded in a mystical force - only by pushing boxes can one unravel the island's secrets and escape this challenging labyrinthine world!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lab Rat at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Lab Rat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lab Rat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lab Rat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Lab Rat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lab Rat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lab Rat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Lab Rat
- Does Lab Rat run on Steam Deck?
- Lab Rat 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 Lab Rat cost?
- Lab Rat is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lab Rat?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lab Rat are Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!, Astro Link, Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1).
- Who developed Lab Rat?
- Lab Rat was developed by Chump Squad and published by Klei Publishing.
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 Lab Rat.
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