Rank 01Games like The White Laboratory
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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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.
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Creeper World 4
Why this: Shares resource management with The White Laboratory.
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Infested Planet
Why this: Also Real-Time with Pause and RTS, like The White Laboratory.
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Shares sandbox mode and resource management with The White Laboratory.
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- 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?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 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
- Build custom towers and vehicles from modular blocks
- Janky physics force creative problem solving
- Learning through failure and experimentation
- Physics and geometry lessons included
People who play it also play: Uncrewed, Protolife, Mindustry
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.