Games like Upload Labs
If Upload Labs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Remain At Your Desk, Game Dev Clicker Simulator and O.R.B.S. — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and hypnotic. 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 →About Upload Labs: A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
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Remain At Your Desk
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Top pick for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Incremental hacker about faking productivity while stealing from your employer. Sell intel for credits or keep it and raise suspicion. One bad audit and you’re back to Intern.
Game Dev Clicker Simulator
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Second-strongest match for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Start as an indie dev in this clicker and improve your resources, skills and tools to create multiple titles at once, manage several studios and become a corporation that dominates the industry.
O.R.B.S.
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Third-strongest match for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
A wizard finds a computer terminal inside his scrying orb. Tend your tower through a fantasy command line — brew, research, scry, ward — then write spells that teach the orb to do it for you. Prepare yourself for incursions by other wizards.
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Ranked #4 for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.
Data Center
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Shares upgrade system, resource management, simulation and a relaxing mood with Upload Labs.
Ranked #5 for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.
Empire Origin
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Ranked #6 for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Multiplayer Incremental Idle tycoon with a stock market that actually works. 200 stocks, real options pricing, Fed rate decisions, 55 businesses across 10 tiers, real estate, banking, taxes, and a 530-node research tree. Multiplayer shares one market. There's also a casino.
Nullsec: Unauthorized Access
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Ranked #7 for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
A hacking sandbox with its own scripting language. Break into a network of thousands of machines, take what you find and sell it and write scripts to do the work for you. Every move leaves a trace, so stay unseen or clean up after yourself.
Node Factory
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Ranked #8 for Upload Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Dive into the world of machine learning! Node Factory is a node-based automation incremental game where you harvest resources and train neural networks. Manage your economy, optimize your grid, and automate your way to a multi-Centillion dollar tech empire.
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Frequently asked about Upload Labs
- Does Upload Labs run on Steam Deck?
- Upload Labs is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Upload Labs free to play?
- Yes — Upload Labs is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Upload Labs?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Upload Labs are Remain At Your Desk, Game Dev Clicker Simulator, O.R.B.S..
- Who developed Upload Labs?
- Upload Labs was developed by EnigmaDev Studios.
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