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Games like Lab Rats

If Lab Rats is your kind of game, the closest matches are How to #### a Man, Akeno no Yosuga - Twilight Loop and Toxic Dating Simulator — 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 Lab Rats: Fall in love with a mad scientist who kidnaps you or will you try to escape his grasp?

StrategyIndieCasualWindows · macOSby Sayorii Nakamura
Lab Rats — Steam game cover

Players who liked Lab Rats also play

Steam players who put hours into Lab Rats 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. How to #### a Man

    WHY THIS

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

    Axelle spends most of her life inside her room : watching anime, scrolling on forums online and playing video games. She desperately wants a boyfriend. You are her conscience, help her attain that goal.

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Akeno no Yosuga - Twilight Loop

    WHY THIS

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

    At 5:00 PM, she always dies. No matter how many times time rewinds, her death repeats. Relive the same day, uncover the truth, and defy her fate in this time-loop psychological horror adventure.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Toxic Dating Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Atakan'ın Binder'da eşleştiği, yaşam tarzları birbirinden farklı olan 5 kadınla randevulardan sağ çıkmaya çalış. Yapacağın seçimlerle Atakan'ın karakterini şekillendir. Kılıbık ol, alfa ol, yalancı ol, dürüst ol, manipülatif ol. Seçimini yap ve sonucuna katlan.

    2027IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. DESOPE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Lab Rats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Lab Rats.

    Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?

    AdventureSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  5. CITADEL

    WHY THIS

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

    Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.

    2026IndieAdventure4.24 USDSteam ↗
  6. the doll museum

    WHY THIS

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

    This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  7. FuSha

    WHY THIS

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

    In the text adventure mode, spend a terrifying night of uncertain fate in a perilous hotel. "Fu Sha" has a large number of side options and endings. Any choice may trigger a terrifying situation that is hard to face. In the end, can you make the right choice and escape this curse of death?

    2025IndieRPGCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. A Trans-Siberian Tea

    WHY THIS

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

    Snowbound for decades, a Trans-Siberian train holds its passengers exactly as they died. Talk to the frozen dead. Uncover the identity of a legendary thief. Decide how far you're willing to go for the truth.

    2027IndieAdventureSteam ↗

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 Lab Rats.

    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 Lab Rats.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  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 Lab Rats.

    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 Lab Rats.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck 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 Lab Rats.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lab Rats

What games are most similar to Lab Rats?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lab Rats are How to #### a Man, Akeno no Yosuga - Twilight Loop, Toxic Dating Simulator.
Who developed Lab Rats?
Lab Rats was developed by Sayorii Nakamura and published by Sweet Spice Studios, Exoland.

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 Lab Rats.

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