Single-player games like The Lab
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to The Lab, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Job Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the "Job Simulator" to learn what it was like 'to job'.
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Space Pirate Trainer
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates in VR. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.
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Half-Life: Alyx
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
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Raw Data
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Built from the ground up for VR, Raw Data’s action gameplay, intuitive controls, challenging enemies, and sci-fi atmosphere will completely immerse you within the surreal world of Eden Corp. Go solo or team up and become the adrenaline-charged heroes of your own futuristic technothriller.
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SUPERHOT VR
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...
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Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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Hover Junkers
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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Space Slingshot VR
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Have you ever wondered how Angry-birds-like view might look in VR, And from the First Person perspective? You will definitely have a lot of fun with this game shooting rats as if in reality, Now it comes, Let's go.
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STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Half-Life 2
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to The Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.