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Games like Evil Labs

If Evil Labs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rebirth evolution, Galacticare and Genesis of a Small God — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its darkly satirical business logic, challenging and contemplative. 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 Evil Labs: Evil Labs is a game about building and managing your own Evil Laboratory. Research and develop diseases, infect people, sell the cure and get rich!

2018StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDWindowsby Mirabolis Studios
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Darkly satirical business logicDeveloper actively engages with feedbackInfect populations to sell curesChallengingContemplativeDark

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Steam players who put hours into Evil Labs 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. Rebirth evolution

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Evil Labs.

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

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Galacticare

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Evil Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Evil Labs.

    Build, manage and optimise intergalactic hospitals! Recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species, and cure their bizarre illnesses - for money! Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.

    2024StrategySimulationCasual29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Genesis of a Small God

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Evil Labs.

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

    You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Academia : School Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Evil Labs.

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

    Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Train Station Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Deisim

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Evil Labs.

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

    Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Little Big Workshop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Evil Labs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Evil Labs.

    Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

    2019StrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Honey, I Joined a Cult

    WHY THIS

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

    It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation21.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Evil Labs.

    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 ~55% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Labs.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Labs.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Labs.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Labs.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Labs.

    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 ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Evil Labs.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~73% under Evil Labs on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Evil Labs.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    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 and Simulation with Evil Labs.

    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 Simulation with Evil Labs.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Evil Labs.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Evil Labs.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Evil Labs

How much does Evil Labs cost?
Evil Labs is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Evil Labs?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Evil Labs are Rebirth evolution, Galacticare, Genesis of a Small God.
Who developed Evil Labs?
Evil Labs was developed by Mirabolis Studios.

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 Evil Labs.

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