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Games like Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility

If Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility is your kind of game, the closest matches are Escape from Demon Island, miniBONG and DRAG IT — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative weapon experimentation, chill and funny. 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 Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility: DPSWTF is a base defense game with roguelike elements, where instead of placing towers, you build the best tower of them all. Combine the best projectiles with effective modifiers and push back the incoming hordes. Research them all to conquer the secrets of the Great North!

2022StrategyIndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Cool Smithy Games
Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility — Steam game cover
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Ability combos feel broken in fun waysCreative weapon experimentationEndless replayability from random modifiersChillFunnyRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility 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. Escape from Demon Island

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    In the lost island of Alcatraz, try hard to survive. You can use a variety of weapons and skills to avoid and eliminate wild beasts and monsters, and finally eliminate the abyssal demons and escape. Be careful, monsters are different during the day and at night! Enjoy yourself!

    2023StrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. miniBONG

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Second-strongest match for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    "miniBONG" is a lightweight rogue-like game that focuses on dress-up DIY and idle gameplay, while incorporating elements of combat, character development, and strategy.. You can feel the charm of dressing up and fighting at the same time.

    2023StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. DRAG IT

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    This is a game where you swing your weapon with the mouse to attack! You must rely on inertia and momentum to master the art of swinging. The screen is filled with monsters that also act as bullet hell; be careful to avoid them.

    2025IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Null Vector

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Trade. Gamble. Fight! Test your arcade chops in Null Vector, a twin-stick shooter rogue-lite. Discover and experiment with thousands of weapon combinations, take strategic advantage of machines to trade and gamble for new ship parts, and unleash your own bullet hell upon the Final Boss!

    2018ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Sector Six

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Sector Six is a side-scrolling, sci-fi shooter with a silhouette aesthetic, procedural loot, extensive customization, and story missions.

    2018ActionIndieRPG8.00 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    "Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER" is a unique Roguelite tower defense game. You will slaughter thousands of zombies in the game and enhance your weapon towers through build character in the RPG way. and , the game also offers an idle mode, so you can enjoy building weapons anytime and anywhere.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Reality Break

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Rewrite the universe! Break reality to change your fate, and use your powers to stop sinister forces from altering existence itself. Discover the origin of your new abilities in a fast-paced ARPG Loot Collection Roguelite where you will bend, break, and change the laws of the universe!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. South Scrimshaw, Part One

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. AdVenture Capitalist

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

    2015IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility

How much does Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility cost?
Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility are Escape from Demon Island, miniBONG, DRAG IT.
Who developed Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility?
Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility was developed by Cool Smithy Games.

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