Games like Virus Lab
If Virus Lab is your kind of game, the closest matches are Catch The Fish, Bar Simulator and Traders Life Together — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Virus Lab: Virus Lab is a first-person simulation where you run a high-security research facility. Play solo or team up in co-op with up to 3 friends. Handle dangerous samples, manage scientists and equipment, prevent containment breaches, and push research forward under constant pressure.
Players who liked Virus Lab also play
Steam players who put hours into Virus Lab 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.
Catch The Fish
WHY THIS
Top pick for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Virus Lab.
Catch The Fish is a chaotic fishing action-adventure where your catch fights back. Cast into lava, battle aggressive fish and powerful bosses, feed monstrous traders, and upgrade your weapons as you sail across seven strange and dangerous islands.
Bar Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Virus Lab.
You made a demonic deal to open your bar. With your friends, prepare cocktails, manage the chaos, and pay off your debt as you build your own bar empire.
SimulationSteam ↗Traders Life Together
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Start your supermarket business and make your own trading Journey! With Co-op support Play solo or team up with friends, featuring over 300 items you can make your dream store, the enjoy it with your friends!
Souq Boss Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Virus Lab.
Ever wanted to live like a Sheikh? Grab your friends and start with a tiny baqala shop in a 2002 Gulf city inspired by Dubai & Riyadh. Build your fortune, invest across the city, and rise to the top together in online co-op. Become the Souq Boss.
Hosting Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Virus Lab.
Build and manage your own data center! Design modular servers, set up realistic networking, and power systems. Manage heat, install OS (Windows/Ubuntu), and fulfill contracts for profit. Technical depth and hardware precision await!
Hotel Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Take control of a motel in Winston Springs! Design unique interiors, care for guests, earn and invest in a hotel network. Plan room layouts and furnishings, and hire staff. Transform outdated spaces into luxurious apartments with attention to every detail. Will you create the hotel of your dreams?
NoodlePunk
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Run a fast-paced cyberpunk noodle shop, optimize your business, unlock powerful upgrades, and earn your freedom from crushing civic debt as unsettling mysteries begin to emerge.
Crazy Road Shop Wars
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Virus Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Run your own shop, compete against rival store owners, and sabotage the competition in this chaotic online multiplayer shop management game. Stock shelves, set prices, unlock new products, and do whatever it takes to become the ultimate retail king.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Virus Lab at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Virus Lab.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Virus Lab.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Virus Lab.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Virus Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Virus Lab.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Virus Lab.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Virus Lab.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
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.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
OnlyCans: Thirst Date
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
No Results Found
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Virus Lab.
Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Virus 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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Frequently asked about Virus Lab
- How much does Virus Lab cost?
- Virus Lab is listed on Steam at 9.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Virus Lab have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Virus Lab supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Virus Lab?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Virus Lab are Catch The Fish, Bar Simulator, Traders Life Together.
- Who developed Virus Lab?
- Virus Lab was developed by Reset Games Studios and published by Reset Games Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Virus Lab.
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