Free games like Virtual Chemistry Lab
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Virtual Chemistry Lab, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Virtual Chemistry Lab.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virtual Chemistry Lab.
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?
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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virtual Chemistry Lab.
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.
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Virtual Chemistry Lab.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Virtual Chemistry Lab.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Virtual Chemistry Lab.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Virtual Chemistry Lab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virtual Chemistry Lab.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!