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Games like Link Lab

If Link Lab is your kind of game, the closest matches are UwUbUwU, Frogs vs. Storks and Pop Balloons and Drop People — 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.

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About Link Lab: Connections are all you need to succeed. Link objects together to share and mix traits to create the tools you need to solve each level. Be careful which resource you spend where though, as each one is single use and you might need that piece later!

2026StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Fracture Games
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Steam players who put hours into Link 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.

  1. UwUbUwU

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    UwUbUwU is a small cozy puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Frogs vs. Storks

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    Save frogs and their little pond from evil storks in this "little" brain teaser game! But beware, this seemingly simple game gets harder fast! Before you know it, you'll be thinking your way out of desperate situations.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Pop Balloons and Drop People

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    A short and colorful incremental game about popping different types of balloons and dropping people of all colors.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. eethCross

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    eethCross is a colored nonogram (picross) puzzle game. Play 110 built-in puzzles from 3×3 to 40×40, build your own in the editor, take on the daily puzzle, generate endless random grids, and share colored puzzles on Steam Workshop.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Hanox

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    Slide every block at once, stack them in the right weight order, and master elegant grid-based puzzles built around momentum, planning, and chain merges. Avoid invalid stacks, think several moves ahead, and turn each level into a perfectly crafted solution.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual1.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. CUBOID

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    CUBOID is a challenging spatial puzzle game with minimalist design, where you progress through a labyrinth of levels using a unique mechanic of merging with world blocks.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Flecto

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Link Lab.

    Flecto is a puzzle game where you place blocks in order to deflect bullets and shatter targets. Strategically use your tiles to split bullets, bounce them around each level, and destroy every target.

    2026StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  8. Hexograph

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Link Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    Hexograph is a hexagonal twist on nonogram puzzles. Use logic to solve handcrafted multi-color grids, read clues across three directions, untangle special hint rules, and reveal colorful hidden pictures.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Link Lab at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Link 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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Link Lab.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Link Lab.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Link Lab.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Link Lab.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Link Lab.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Link Lab.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Link Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Link Lab.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Link Lab.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Link Lab.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Link Lab.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Casual with Link Lab.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Link Lab.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Link Lab.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Link Lab.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Link Lab.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Link Lab

How much does Link Lab cost?
Link Lab is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Link Lab?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Link Lab are UwUbUwU, Frogs vs. Storks, Pop Balloons and Drop People.
Who developed Link Lab?
Link Lab was developed by Fracture Games.

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 Link Lab.

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