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Games like The White Laboratory

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  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked The White Laboratory also play

The closest matches to The White Laboratory: Uncrewed, Protolife, Mindustry, Revenge of the Titans, and Creeper World 4. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares sandbox mode with The White Laboratory.

    • $11.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2020
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Also RTS and Tower Defense, like The White Laboratory.

    • $11.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2018
  1. Rank 05

    Creeper World 4

    Why this: Shares resource management with The White Laboratory.

    • $24.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2020
  2. Rank 06

    Infested Planet

    Why this: Also Real-Time with Pause and RTS, like The White Laboratory.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014

The full ranked list: top 24 games like The White Laboratory

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Uncrewed

    Shares sandbox mode with The White Laboratory.

    • 70% of 113 reviews
  2. 2
    Protolife

    Also RTS and Tower Defense, like The White Laboratory.

    • 86% of 303 reviews
  3. 3
    Mindustry

    Genres: Strategy

    • 95% of 9,391 reviews
  4. 4
    Revenge of the Titans

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 80% of 452 reviews
  5. 5
    Creeper World 4

    Shares resource management with The White Laboratory.

    • 95% of 3,771 reviews
  6. 6
    Infested Planet

    Also Real-Time with Pause and RTS, like The White Laboratory.

    • 95% of 1,860 reviews
  7. 7
    MarZ: Tactical Base Defense

    Genres: Strategy, Indie

    • 76% of 455 reviews
  8. 8
    Anomaly: Warzone Earth

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 82% of 561 reviews
  9. 9
    They Are Billions

    Genres: Strategy

    • 80% of 18,746 reviews
  10. 10
    Reassembly

    Same whimsical mood as The White Laboratory.

    • 94% of 2,417 reviews
  11. 11
    CleanFall

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 96% of 179 reviews
  12. 12
    Taur

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 78% of 1,193 reviews
  13. 13
    Diplomacy is Not an Option

    Shares sandbox mode and resource management with The White Laboratory.

    • 84% of 4,634 reviews
  14. 14
    Cliff Empire

    Same atmospheric mood as The White Laboratory.

    • 85% of 1,699 reviews
  15. 15
    Dig or Die

    Same challenging mood as The White Laboratory.

    • 91% of 2,032 reviews
  16. 16
    Atom Zombie Smasher

    Genres: Strategy, Indie

    • 90% of 927 reviews
  17. 17
    Operation: Polygon Storm

    Genres: Strategy

    • 63% of 91 reviews
  18. 18
    Bee Island

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 86% of 723 reviews
  19. 19
    Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 78% of 904 reviews
  20. 20
    Artificial Extinction

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 74% of 208 reviews
  21. 21
    Planet Nomads

    Shares vehicle building with The White Laboratory.

    • 66% of 902 reviews
  22. 22
    Freaking Meatbags

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 84% of 62 reviews
  23. 23
    Bridge Constructor Portal

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 90% of 2,456 reviews
  24. 24
    From Glory To Goo

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Early Access

    • 97% of 1,294 reviews
The White Laboratory — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2019
  • Developer: Laboratory Systems
  • Price: $9.99checked Nov 7
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 77% of 159 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Indie
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Build custom towers and vehicles from modular blocks
  • Janky physics force creative problem solving
  • Learning through failure and experimentation
  • Atmospheric
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative

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About The White Laboratory

The closest matches to The White Laboratory: Uncrewed, Protolife, Mindustry, Revenge of the Titans, and Creeper World 4. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If The White Laboratory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Uncrewed, Protolife and Mindustry — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its block based construction and physics driven gameplay. 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.

About The White Laboratory: The White Laboratory is a sandbox style physics-based tower defense and RTS game in which you modularly build and command robotic structures. Use them to defend against or conquer other disobedient mechanical blocks on a facility floating in the atmosphere of a remote gas planet.

Is The White Laboratory worth buying?

  • 77% of 159 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $9.99 (checked Oct 31).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 14 h when they wrote their review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: Uncrewed, Protolife, Mindustry

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Frequently asked about The White Laboratory

Can I run it?

Does The White Laboratory run on Steam Deck?

The White Laboratory 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 The White Laboratory cost?

The White Laboratory is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to The White Laboratory?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The White Laboratory are Uncrewed, Protolife, Mindustry.

Who developed The White Laboratory?

The White Laboratory was developed by Laboratory Systems and published by Laboratory Systems, Gamirror Games.