Games Like Aperture Hand Lab

Introducing Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for the Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games.

Why similar: Funny 56.8%, Adventure 17.4%, First-Person 15.5%, Singleplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Created by Valve, this game shares the same dry, comedic tone and setting as the Aperture universe.

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!

Why similar: VR 81.8%, First-Person 5.5%, Funny 5.1%, Adventure 4.8%, Sci-fi 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: This collection of VR experiments by Valve is the gold standard for accessible, high-fidelity VR interaction.

Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

Why similar: VR 76.5%, Adventure 23.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hilarious VR experience that matches the absurd humor found in Aperture-themed titles.

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.

Why similar: VR 61.2%, Funny 17.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Job Simulator, this game offers a polished, humorous, and highly interactive VR world.

In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the "Job Simulator" to learn what it was like 'to job'.

Why similar: VR 72.7%, Funny 13.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Sci-fi 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential VR comedy game that relies on playful, physics-based interactions with your environment.

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Why similar: VR 65%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive Valve VR experience that sets the bar for interaction, physics, and immersion.

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.

Why similar: VR 63%, Adventure 17.1%, Funny 11.8%, Sci-fi 4%, First-Person 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar physics-based interaction and irreverent humor set in a recognizable sci-fi environment.

BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

Why similar: VR 74%, Adventure 10.3%, First-Person 7.7%, Funny 3.9%, Sci-fi 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on physics-based interactions and experimental gameplay in a VR setting.

Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is an all-new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in over ten years!

Why similar: VR 73%, Adventure 27%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-exclusive adventure that brings the quirky, comedic world of Psychonauts to life.

From the makers of Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator— Welcome to Cosmonious High! Owlchemy Labs presents an out-of-this-world VR experience with their hallmark interactivity and distinctive humor. Meet a colorful cast, adapt outrageous powers, and discover the source of the school’s malfunctions.

Why similar: VR 54.2%, Funny 15.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Sci-fi 6.8%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, interaction-heavy VR game that emphasizes playful experimentation and humor.

Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.

Why similar: VR 62.6%, Funny 14%, Adventure 12.1%, First-Person 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle game that uses VR mechanics to create hilarious, high-stakes scenarios.

From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

Why similar: VR 57.6%, Adventure 23%, Funny 13.7%, Sci-fi 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A bizarre and funny adventure that captures a similar comedic energy to the Portal series.

A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Why similar: VR 55%, Adventure 17.1%, Funny 13.8%, First-Person 7.2%, Sci-fi 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative experience that plays with the concept of VR itself, much like Aperture Hand Lab.

Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!

Why similar: VR 74.4%, Adventure 20.4%, First-Person 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines stealth gameplay with a dark, humorous tone and satisfying physical interactions.

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.

Why similar: VR 83.6%, First-Person 14.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental physics sandbox that allows for deep interaction and creative play in VR.

The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction.

Why similar: VR 78.4%, Adventure 21.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, sci-fi puzzle game that offers a more serious but equally immersive experience in VR.

Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.

Why similar: VR 69%, Funny 12.2%, First-Person 8.9%, Adventure 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A social VR platform that offers a wide variety of mini-games and interactive experiences.

Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet the Medic – be the Medic and operate on the Heavy in this free and exclusive teaser for the HTC Vive!

Why similar: VR 84.1%, Funny 10.7%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous take on medical simulation that relies on clumsy, physics-based hand controls.

The Cubicle is a short VR experience about your regular everyday job in an office, or is it?

Why similar: VR 82.7%, Adventure 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and slightly unsettling VR experience that plays with office-themed humor.

Run, jump, and climb using only your hands. Play tag or infection with people online. Run away from the infected players, or outmaneuver the survivors to catch them. Embrace your inner ape.

Why similar: VR 71.8%, Funny 15.9%, First-Person 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A movement-focused VR game that relies on unique, physics-based locomotion.

Step right up to VR Funhouse and enter a virtual carnival full of fun and games. Be an archer with flaming arrows. Test your skill shooting skeet targets blasted from a cannon. See how many moles you can punch, whack, and much more.

Why similar: VR 92.4%, Funny 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of tech-heavy mini-games designed to show off the capabilities of VR hardware.

Google Earth VR lets you explore the world from totally new perspectives in virtual reality. Stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over the Grand Canyon, or walk around the Eiffel Tower.

Why similar: VR 91.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A powerful tech showcase that demonstrates the scale and immersion possible in VR.

InMind is a short scientific adventure with arcade elements designed for the Oculus VR. Submerge into the microworld and experience the miracles of the human mind.

Why similar: VR 94.7%, Funny 2.6%, Sci-fi 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, sci-fi-themed action game that provides a quick and accessible VR experience.

Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.

Why similar: VR 57.9%, Adventure 33.2%, First-Person 5%, Sci-fi 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning puzzle game that emphasizes tactile, hand-based interaction in a sci-fi setting.

Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...

Why similar: VR 68.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, time-bending mechanic that makes every physical movement feel impactful and rewarding.

There are many different levels where you can play with spinners, plunge into the subtleties of handling weapons, milk a cow, take part in a Mexican duel with your friends, have a good time fishing, play chess or simply chat in an anonymous club.

Why similar: VR 62.3%, Funny 24.7%, First-Person 12%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the challenge and comedy of controlling hands in a physics-based environment.

Echo Grotto is a virtual reality experience that lets you explore unique and intricate cave systems using a range of caving gear and tools!

Why similar: VR 74.7%, Adventure 25.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming and relaxing exploration game that highlights the wonder of VR environments.

The modern field of Accountancy is a serious and honorable profession. Many human beings have spent their lives toiling over the hard science of numbers. Thousands have died so that we may get to the level of understanding that we have today. Thousands have died.

Why similar: VR 78.9%, Adventure 21.1%

Experience the critically acclaimed and award-winning Portal™ reimagined with full ray tracing and DLSS 4 in this free DLC for Portal owners. Start thinking with portals, with RTX on.

Why similar: First-Person 49%, Sci-fi 26%, Funny 15.4%, Singleplayer 9.6%

Explore what was out of reach before - travel to mesmerizing real world places and discover their stories!

Why similar: VR 80.1%, Adventure 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on photogrammetry-based exploration, offering a different kind of immersive VR experience.

Hilarious retro parodies! Experience the world through the eyes, ears and chubby little hands of a baby! Crawl your way through a zany retro sandbox experience, filled with imagination and fun! Baby Hands is a funny, family friendly VR baby simulator!

Why similar: VR 73.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Funny 7.5%

You are sitting on a toilet when you are abducted and beamed up to an alien spaceship, where you have to convince an A.I. that you really are an intelligent lifeform.

Why similar: VR 58.6%, Adventure 20.9%, Funny 9.7%, First-Person 5.4%, Sci-fi 4.2%

A unique puzzle-adventure set in the secret YogLabs research facility. As a newly created clone, you’ll face a series of challenges while disaster threatens to consume the laboratory.

Why similar: Adventure 61.8%, First-Person 24.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Coliseum gives you a telekinetic playground to wield a mystical power, solve puzzles, and meet "The Beast,” in a slice of fantasy from the VR world of The Gallery: Heart of the Emberstone.

Why similar: VR 73.2%, Adventure 26.8%

Hands down the most adventurous and handsome hand in the world! You play as a hand on a gripping handventure where you single-handedly face dangerous obstacles and de-feet a handful of evil feet.

Why similar: Funny 100%

Relive the experience of playing the classic war arcade in a totally amazing way, thanks to virtual reality and the innovative immersion system that will make it possible for you to travel inside the video game.

Why similar: VR 68.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Funny 6%, First-Person 5%, Sci-fi 2.7%

Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.

Why similar: VR 74.6%, Funny 13.1%, First-Person 7%, Adventure 5.3%

Adventure Climb VR is a room-scale climbing experience suitable for anyone of any age - particularly great for newcomers to VR. Achieve triumph through a combination of physically demanding climbing techniques and puzzle challenges that are designed by actual rock climbers.

Why similar: VR 69.1%, Adventure 19.1%, First-Person 11.8%

Experience the blockbuster physics platformer, now in VR! Human Fall Flat VR features an intuitive 3rd-person view designed especially for VR headsets.

Why similar: VR 61%, Adventure 22.4%, Funny 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Immersive VR experience for HTC Vive featuring world leading visuals and interactions. Check it out for free now.

Why similar: VR 100%

Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: VR 71.5%, Adventure 26.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.

Why similar: VR 70.5%, Adventure 17.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: First-Person 38.8%, Funny 22.6%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Step inside the Fruit Ninja universe and experience a slice of virtual reality like never before. Play Fruit Ninja VR now!

Why similar: VR 82.1%, First-Person 14.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Awaken on an asteroid in deep space, underneath comets and giant stars. Designed for HTC Vive, Prologue introduces the critically-acclaimed world of Irrational Exuberance—a fever dream of interstellar interactions. Take the first step on a journey of risk, wonder and discovery.

Why similar: VR 67.1%, Adventure 32.9%

Machine Learning: Episode is a first person arcade puzzle game built for HTC Vive. You play as an A.I. robot created in DARPA laboratory in the near future. One of the scientists is here to test your physical, perception and cognitive skills. By using the power of room-scale VR and Vive controllers

Why similar: VR 65.6%, Adventure 34.4%

Go play in a wildly immersive magic sandbox where you become a mischievous wizard in a realm filled with spells, sarcasm, and secrets.

Why similar: VR 74.7%, First-Person 12.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Funny 46.2%, Sci-fi 30.9%, Singleplayer 22.9%

Walk, jog, run, climb and crawl across a range of locations and terrains in the Freedom Locomotion VR demo. This game showcases the revolutionary Freedom Locomotion System that provides you with a wide range of options, which will allow you to find the most immersive fit regardless of how motion sickness sensitive you might be.

Why similar: VR 100%

Step into VR kitchen and become supreme Chef. Master realistic cooking with lifelike physics, 100+ recipes, 140+ ingredients and natural VR controls — or embrace chaos with fires, explosions, and sandbox freedom.

Why similar: VR 87.9%, Funny 5.5%, First-Person 4.6%, Singleplayer 2%

Go on a horror-comedy adventure that turns your hand into a living, talking puppet named Scout. Years ago, a bad Sesame Street knock-off called “Mortimer’s Handeemen” was canceled and forgotten, but the puppets from the show have come to life. They’re pure evil and they have plans for you.

Why similar: VR 68.5%, Adventure 29.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

As a human border agent, you begin a new role as a booth operator at an AI travel border. Interact and check over a variety of robots as they try to get through security.

Why similar: VR 80.5%, Adventure 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Singleplayer 3%

MSI Electric City is a virtual reality sci-fi seated experience where you are transported to a futuristic city never seen before. Discover magnificent scenery and soar through wondrous architectures.

Why similar: VR 75.2%, Adventure 24.8%

You can experience how it feels to stand on the surface of planets, satellites or comets, view the amazing scenery there, and get a better understanding of the differences between these heavenly bodies and the Earth.

Why similar: VR 74.7%, Adventure 25.3%

A Collection Of Hilarious VR Games!

Why similar: VR 65.4%, Funny 18%, Adventure 16.6%

Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates in VR. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.

Why similar: VR 92.5%, First-Person 5.8%, Sci-fi 1.8%

Immersive experiences featuring real people in volumetric VR.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

A sci-fi comedy adventure game

Why similar: Adventure 59.3%, Funny 25.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.

Why similar: VR 73.2%, Funny 14.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%