Games like Alien Life Lab
If Alien Life Lab is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Station Sprint, My Friendly Neighborhood and Syndrome — 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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Players who liked Alien Life Lab also play
Steam players who put hours into Alien Life 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.
Space Station Sprint
WHY THIS
Top pick for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Space Station Sprint is fast paced sci-fi first person shooter. Infiltrate each space station and complete your objective before your escape ship is spotted by the enemy. Use special abilities, find permanent upgrades, time bonuses, collectibles, and secrets throughout each space station.
My Friendly Neighborhood
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
Syndrome
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Prey
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Dead Space™ 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
System Shock
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Ranked #6 for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Unsafe Express
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Unsafe Express is a cooperative first-person survival horror game for 1-4 players. Navigate through space stations, collect materials and outlast your enemies! Choose your objective based on complexity levels, then cast your vote. Gather items, exterminate hostiles, fulfill missions and repeat!
RIPOUT
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Alien Life Lab fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien Life Lab.
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alien Life Lab at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life 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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Life 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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Life 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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life 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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Life Lab.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Alien Life 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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien Life Lab.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Alien Life Lab on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Life 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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Alien Life 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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Alien Life 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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Life Lab.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Alien Life Lab.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien Life Lab.
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.).
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
My Friendly Neighborhood
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
Prey
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
RIPOUT
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Alien Life Lab.
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Frequently asked about Alien Life Lab
- How much does Alien Life Lab cost?
- Alien Life Lab is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alien Life Lab?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alien Life Lab are Space Station Sprint, My Friendly Neighborhood, Syndrome.
- Who developed Alien Life Lab?
- Alien Life Lab was developed by Justin K. Touchstone.
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 Alien Life Lab.
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