Games like BONELAB
If BONELAB is your kind of game, the closest matches are BONEWORKS, BATTLEWORKS VR | Online Physics Based PVP and BRING IT DOWN! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic and immersive. 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 →BONELAB is a 2022 physics-based action game from Stress Level Zero, set in a mysterious laboratory. It combines body-manipulation mechanics with physics simulation, sandbox creation tools, and extensive modding support, including multiplayer mods. The game is priced at $39.99 on Steam and is not supported on Steam Deck. Players describe it as atmospheric, immersive, and whimsical, while reviewers highlight that mods turn it into endless fun and that physics interactions feel satisfyingly real. It supports local co-op with sit-down play sessions. BONELAB holds an 80% positive rating from 14,338 Steam reviews.
About BONELAB: 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.
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Steam players who put hours into BONELAB 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.
BONEWORKS
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Top pick for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
BATTLEWORKS VR | Online Physics Based PVP
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with BONELAB.
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.
BRING IT DOWN!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with BONELAB.
Experience the joy of razing buildings with explosives in VR! Become a demolition expert in this physics-filled puzzle/simulation game and conquer 400+ challenges!
Zombie Army VR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Ranked #4 for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
Zombie Hitler may have been defeated, but the zombie hordes are still at large and Europe remains in the throes of war. Return to the field as part of the Deadhunters, an elite squad fighting to end the zombie apocalypse!
HARD BULLET
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with BONELAB.
Ranked #5 for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.
Of Lies and Rain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Ranked #6 for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
Of Lies and Rain is a story-driven first person shooter built exclusively for VR. Set in a dark, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, at the edge of the real and digital realm. You’ll fight to reclaim your past and save humanity from the brink of extinction.
Contractors
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Ranked #7 for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with BONELAB.
Contractors is a team-based competitive multiplayer shooter game for virtual reality devices. Experience the next level virtual warfare with hardcore controls, lethal weapons, customizable load-outs, and intense firefights. BECOME AN OPERATOR.
NightClub Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Ranked #8 for BONELAB fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with BONELAB.
Step into the wild world of Nightclub Simulator VR! Experience an exclusive party where you can dance, mingle, fight, or flirt your way through a chaotic nightclub scene. Interact with lifelike NPCs, build relationships, cause a little mayhem, or just enjoy the music. Your night, your rules.
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Half-Life: Alyx
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
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.
BONEWORKS
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
Blade and Sorcery
WHY THIS
Shares physics simulation and an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
Battle Talent
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with BONELAB.
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
Battle Talent is a challenging physics-based rogue-lite sword-fighting game, and now includes multiplayer mode, team up with friends to defeat enemies! You can create your own fighting style in a mega seamless procedural dungeon. With over 80 enemy variants, 100 weapons, and 60 perks.
Sport Mode
WHY THIS
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with BONELAB.
Turn on Sport Mode to take it to the next level of VR physics interaction where your creativity is the limit, the successor to Physics Playground.
Marrow
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BONELAB.
Take center stage in Hatsune Miku’s premier rhythm game starring the world’s #1 virtual pop star! With a stunner setlist and enormous wardrobe to style, it’s Miku’s ultimate tour—all it needs is you.
LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Reviewers of BONELAB cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
When all the villains in Arkham Asylum team up and break loose, only the dynamic duo is bold enough to take them on to save Gotham City. The fun of LEGO, the drama of Batman and the uniqueness of the combination makes for a comical and exciting adventure in LEGO Batman: The Videogame.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BONELAB at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Priced ~88% under BONELAB on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with BONELAB.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under BONELAB on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with BONELAB.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BONELAB on Steam right now. Shares Action with BONELAB.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under BONELAB on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under BONELAB on Steam right now. Shares Action with BONELAB.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under BONELAB on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with BONELAB.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under BONELAB on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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.
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. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
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 Action with BONELAB.
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 Adventure with BONELAB.
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 Adventure with BONELAB.
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.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BONELAB.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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More from Stress Level Zero
Other recommendable Steam games by Stress Level Zero, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
BONEWORKS
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with BONELAB.
Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind BONELAB. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
Duck Season
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind BONELAB. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...
Duck Season PC
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind BONELAB.
An experimental first person narrative sending you back to Summer 1988 and you have a one day rental of Duck Season. Dive into the mystery and work through the hidden secrets spilling out of the cursed cartridge. The full hit VR game playable on your traditional flat screen!
Hover Junkers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BONELAB.
Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind BONELAB. Shares Action and Adventure with BONELAB.
Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat.
Frequently asked about BONELAB
- Does BONELAB work on Steam Deck?
- BONELAB is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does BONELAB cost?
- BONELAB is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to BONELAB?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BONELAB are BONEWORKS, BATTLEWORKS VR | Online Physics Based PVP, BRING IT DOWN!.
- Who developed BONELAB?
- BONELAB was developed by Stress Level Zero.
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