Single-player games like Chroma Lab
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Chroma 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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Cosmic Sugar VR
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chroma Lab.
Cosmic Sugar is an elegant, GPU driven simulation space. Vive wands become attractors or repulsors which allow you to craft nebulas. The controls are very simple, but it takes some time to explore all of the possibilities. Thanks to East Forest for the trailer music.
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BONELAB
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chroma Lab.
BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.
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DMT: Dynamic Music Tesseract
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chroma Lab.
DMT is a mind-bending 3D visualization of vast 4-dimensional objects driven by your music! This is not for everyone, but the people who like it really seem to like it! If you want to zone out listening to your music and watching trippy visuals, then this is for you.
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BONEWORKS
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chroma Lab.
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
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The Lab
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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!
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Teardown
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chroma Lab.
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
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Jet Island
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chroma Lab.
Slide anywhere on your hoverboard at extreme speeds! Explore the massive open world of Jet Island! Learn to skate on any surface, swing from tall buildings, fly in ways you never knew were possible! Defeat the 4 giant boss fights! Get ready to experience complete freedom in VR!
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Vacation Simulator
Single-player alternative to Chroma Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chroma Lab.
The latest VR sensation from the creators of ‘Job Simulator’, now with free DLC! Welcome to Vacation Simulator: a rough approximation of VACATION inspired by real human NOT JOBBING. Reallocate your bandwidth and get ready to splash, s’more, snowball, and selfie your way to optimal relaxation.