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Games like Late For Work

If Late For Work is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alan and the kid, Mass Exodus Redux and VR Party Club — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its funny, intense and lighthearted. 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 Late For Work: Play as a giant gorilla in VR and face off against your puny human friends in the ultimate couch party game.

2019ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDWindowsby Salmi Games
Late For Work — Steam game cover
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Gorilla role feels uniquely immersiveOver the top physics make every match unpredictablePerfect for local multiplayer partiesFunnyIntenseLighthearted

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Steam players who put hours into Late For Work 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. Alan and the kid

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Late For Work.

    VR versus PC. Big VS Small ! Get the drop on your opponent using Guns, Rockets, Traps, Sleeper agents and a variety of other methods.Alan is a self-aware pawn on the Kids play table. Jetpacks, Oil slicks, smoke grenades, Table manipulation, Use every item at your disposal!

    2021Action6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mass Exodus Redux

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Late For Work.

    Second-strongest match for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Whether you’re playing the seeker (VR) or rogue android (PC), Mass Exodus is a tense and absorbing local multiplayer game. With 4 extensive maps each with unique kill methods and some creative power-ups, you need to try outsmart your friends anyway you can. Oculus Touch and HTC Vive compatible.

    2017ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. VR Party Club

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Easy to learn VR fun for your friends and family! 1 to 4 players PARTY throw, roll, shoot, and slice their way to 1st place, in various board game and minigame environments! VR Party Club was designed for comfortable, intuitive gameplay that will delight both VR veterans and neophytes.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Velocide Overdrive

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Velocide Overdrive is a brutal, fast-paced game with 90+ power-ups. Invite your friends to play for free: one copy is all it takes to ruin friendships and dominate the chaos. Only one rule matters: don't finish last!

    2026ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Sumo Fumble: Physics Party

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Sumo Fumble is a silly physics-based couch party game with procedurally self-balancing characters. Grab, heave, and throw your rivals into wild hazards, or pull their pants off for a laugh. Fumble, flail, and fall your way to victory in ever-changing arenas!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Local VR+PC horror: as a VR player, escape an underground facility full of giant alien monkeys. Up to 2 PC players can help you out controlling friendly drones... or crush you by playing as the enemy Mandrillians.

    2025ActionIndie12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Mini Motor Racing X

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Late For Work.

    Ranked #7 for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Late For Work.

    Welcome to the world of Mini Motor Racing X! Strap yourself in, or strap on your VR headset, and jump into a nitro fueled world where little cars mean BIG fun!

    2020IndieRacing14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Panoptic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Late For Work fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Panoptic is a local multiplayer VR game that pits you against a friend, where you play as either the giant Overseer or tiny Challenger in a stealthy game of cat and mouse. Will the Challenger slip away undetected through the crowds, or will the Overseer track them down with their powerful laser eye?

    2020ActionIndie16.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Late For Work

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. AI: Rampage

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Late For Work cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Fight against the robots and reclaim the land! Attempt to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where it seems like everything wants you dead! Tactical stealth action in a post-apocalyptic settings!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. GORN

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Late For Work.

    Reviewers of Late For Work cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. BEAVER RAMPAGE

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Late For Work cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    BEAVER RAMPAGE is a crazy game about a killer beaver! Bite humans, cut trees, build bridges, destroy stuff, shoot guns, dodge traps, and wear funny hats. Low poly style, low system requirements, save system, and frequent updates with new levels!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Late For Work at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Late For Work.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Action with Late For Work.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Action with Late For Work.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Late For Work.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Late For Work.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Late For Work on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Late For Work.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Late For Work.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Late For Work.

    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 Late For Work.

    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 Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    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. Shares Action with Late For Work.

    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 Late For Work.

    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. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Late For Work.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Salmi Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Salmi Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Sweet Surrender VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Late For Work.

    Another title from Salmi Games, the studio behind Late For Work. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Sweet Surrender is a fast-paced roguelike VR shooter. Fight your way up a dystopian megatower, filled to the brim with tyrant machines hell-bent on destroying the last of humanity. Build your arsenal of weapons, upgrades, and explosives to take down the machine overlords.

    2021ActionIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Ellipsis

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Salmi Games, the studio behind Late For Work. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.

    2017ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. GrowRilla VR

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Salmi Games, the studio behind Late For Work. Shares Action and Indie with Late For Work.

    You're the world's hungriest ape and must eat to grow bigger and stronger. Sneak, climb, throw, punch and shoot to become a giant monster and defeat your enemies.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Late For Work

Does Late For Work work on Steam Deck?
Late For Work is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Late For Work cost?
Late For Work is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Late For Work have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Late For Work supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Late For Work?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Late For Work are Alan and the kid, Mass Exodus Redux, VR Party Club.
Who developed Late For Work?
Late For Work was developed by Salmi 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 Late For Work.

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