Games Like 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.

Why similar: VR 56.4%, Simulation 43.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar particle-based aesthetic that allows users to manipulate massive clouds of light in a relaxing, fluid environment.

4D Toys: A box of toys from the fourth dimension.

Why similar: VR 40.2%, Simulation 35.7%, Indie 12.8%, Physics 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It explores experimental physics and geometry in a way that feels just as surreal and sandbox-oriented as Chroma Lab.

A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.

Why similar: VR 46.2%, Physics 30%, Simulation 18.9%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic VR physics-based building game that rewards experimentation with complex mechanical systems.

Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.

Why similar: VR 34.3%, Simulation 25.5%, Physics 14.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle sandbox that allows for the creation of intricate Rube Goldberg machines in VR.

SculptrVR's 10,000x zoom enables massive creations with tiny details. SculptrVR makes it easy to create, explore, and share incredible sculptures with friends. With SculptrVR’s intuitive tools, but powerful tools, you can make anything!

Why similar: VR 63.5%, Indie 36.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines creative sandbox building with voxel-based physics that feel highly responsive in a VR space.

Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.

Why similar: VR 38.6%, Physics 23.5%, Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sandbox that focuses on realistic physics and crafting, allowing for deep interaction with the world.

An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.

Why similar: VR 39.8%, Physics 26.5%, Sandbox 23.9%, Indie 5.4%, Casual 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique, physics-driven ecosystem that encourages players to interact with the environment in creative ways.

Disassembly and destruction physics sandbox simulator. Detailed models of objects and vehicles and their internal parts. Disassemble objects successfully to unlock new tools and weapons to use in sandbox mode. Fight evil mannequins with everything you got in physical combat!

Why similar: VR 34.6%, Physics 20.5%, Sandbox 20.3%, Simulation 18.3%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying physics-based destruction experience that lets players take apart objects with high precision.

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 42.7%, Simulation 21.6%, Physics 16.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Casual 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses complex physics to simulate the tactile experience of cooking, requiring careful interaction with every object.

"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

Why similar: Sandbox 31.8%, Physics 30%, Simulation 22.1%, Casual 8.9%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D physics sandbox that focuses on the behavior of different materials and particles interacting with one another.

Take a break from the stress of daily life with this must-have virtual painter’s studio. Even if you think you’re not a creative person, Painting VR might prove you wrong. Be amazed by what you can create with unlimited supplies of paint, canvases, and all the tools you need.

Why similar: VR 43.9%, Sandbox 25.3%, Simulation 20.8%, Indie 5.5%, Casual 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactile joy of creating art in a virtual studio, emphasizing realistic material interaction.

Immerse yourself in an interactive sonic environment where you build, drop, and jam with your friends and top artists. Remix over 80 tracks and express yourself like never before. Electronauts sets the stage for you to DJ, perform, and make music magic in virtual reality.

Why similar: VR 69.4%, Casual 19.4%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A music-creation sandbox that uses visual feedback and fluid interaction to make performance feel like a particle-based experience.

Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

Why similar: Sandbox 34.6%, Physics 31.9%, Simulation 24.7%, Casual 4.9%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for the simulation of massive astronomical physics, providing a grander scale of the same particle-interaction principles.

Conductor is an audiovisual experience creation engine that encourages you to craft, save, and share funky environments with its vibrantly creative tool-set alongside all of your favorite media.

Why similar: VR 42%, Sandbox 25.9%, Simulation 21%, Casual 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic sandbox experience that prioritizes creative expression and visual wonder in VR.

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 37.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Sandbox 19.1%, Physics 18.3%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a highly interactive, physics-based environment where players can experiment with magical elements.

BLARP! is a fun-filled physics game build for the HTC Vive. BLARP! uses our intuitive understanding of motions and physics to create an active / addictive experience that is playable by anyone who has ever swung a racket, played with a yoyo, or held a rope.

Why similar: Casual 54.9%, Indie 45.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, physics-based movement game that feels like a high-energy, abstract sandbox experience.

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 84.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Casual 3.8%, Simulation 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of VR experiments that showcase high-quality physics and interaction design.

Blockworks is a creative VR block-building sandbox game. Follow instructions or express your creativity and build anything you can imagine with hundreds of blocks and materials. Decorate your room environment. Share your creations on steam workshop.

Why similar: VR 37.9%, Sandbox 25.1%, Physics 20.7%, Casual 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: A VR building sandbox that emphasizes physics-based construction and structural integrity.

Create an original world and fill it with buildings, roads, vehicles and more. Give it life with posable characters. Tell a story with custom speech bubbles and in-game photo captures. Then, share with friends!

Why similar: VR 36.8%, Sandbox 25.1%, Simulation 21.8%, Casual 8.8%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox that lets players build and interact with miniature worlds in a relaxed, intuitive manner.

Tentacular is a VR game about a gigantic but good-hearted tentacled beast trying to figure out its place in the world.

Why similar: VR 42.6%, Physics 22.1%, Sandbox 18.9%, Casual 10.6%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game where you control giant tentacles to interact with a city, emphasizing playful, chaotic physics.

Colorgrid is a puzzle game about mixing colors in a Lab. Find the correct positions for your lasers and mirrors to get the right mix of colors in each material.

Why similar: Physics 48.2%, Simulation 32.9%, Casual 18.9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing puzzle game that utilizes physics and color-based mechanics to create a satisfying, atmospheric experience.

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

Why similar: Sandbox 42.5%, Simulation 30.5%, Casual 15.8%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: While not VR-exclusive, its procedural, sandbox-style building mechanics offer a similar sense of creative flow and relaxation.

A 100% physics-driven skateboarding sandbox. Experiment in a world with unconstrained physics, create spots, record clips, and skate with your friends!

Why similar: Physics 33.7%, Sandbox 29.5%, Simulation 24.7%, Casual 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based skateboarding sandbox that allows for creative movement and experimentation in a virtual park.

A simple black hole simulator.

Why similar: Sandbox 33.6%, Simulation 29.2%, Physics 20.4%, Casual 14.3%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental simulation that focuses on the physics of gravity and space, offering a sandbox for cosmic destruction.

Game allows you to build many kinds of towers from a variety of bricks and experience their dynamic destruction physics in a sandbox environment.

Why similar: Simulation 51.4%, Indie 19.3%, Physics 14.8%, Sandbox 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the satisfying physics of collapsing structures, perfect for fans of sandbox destruction.

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 46.6%, Physics 24%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Indie 2.8%

Step into the Polydome, a musical environment that changes and progresses when you interact with it.

Why similar: VR 53.7%, Simulation 31.5%, Casual 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist sandbox game that allows players to build and explore abstract, evolving environments.

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 44.9%, Physics 26.9%, Sandbox 23.4%, Indie 4.8%

Play in your own virtual arcade with unlimited tokens.

Why similar: VR 39.5%, Simulation 25.9%, Sandbox 13.9%, Casual 11.8%, Indie 8.9%

Pierhead Arcade is back with all new VR physics based arcade games to play!

Why similar: Simulation 30.1%, VR 24.9%, Casual 14.2%, Indie 11.1%, Physics 10.3%

Short Circuit VR is an electronics lab simulator in Virtual Reality. You can build your own electronic circuits with the components provided, learn basic electronics by completing challenges and just have fun while experimenting and making awesome projects!

Why similar: Simulation 45%, VR 39%, Indie 16%

An immersive multiplayer art showcase in virtual reality, the Museum of Other Realities is a space to connect, share, and experience a growing collection of mind-bending VR art with others.

Why similar: Simulation 43.9%, VR 36.2%, Casual 19.9%

The Body VR: Journey Inside a Cell is an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body.

Why similar: VR 48.6%, Simulation 35%, Casual 16.3%

Experience the high fidelity virtual reality of your own hands like never before.

Why similar: VR 100%

A sandbox to build the coolest guns in.

Why similar: Simulation 72.7%, Indie 27.3%

Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR

Why similar: VR 32.8%, Physics 23.5%, Sandbox 21.5%, Simulation 16.2%, Indie 6%

TrainerVR is a unique physics-based VR train construction game. In TrainerVR you can create from simple tracks to an elaborate rail network, just like the wooden piece game, but to the infinity and beyond, and drive trains inside your creations!

Why similar: VR 32.9%, Simulation 29%, Physics 13.7%, Casual 13.5%, Indie 10.9%

Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.

Why similar: Sandbox 49.7%, Simulation 45.8%, Indie 4.5%

It’s time to discover your inner artist! With Vermillion, you get a fully equipped oil painting studio in your home, without any of the mess. Ready for the unrivaled sense of accomplishment from creating your first painting?

Why similar: VR 42.7%, Sandbox 24%, Simulation 19.4%, Casual 8.1%, Indie 5.7%

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 35.8%, Physics 20.5%, Simulation 17.2%, Sandbox 16.2%, Casual 6.3%

Join the James Webb Space Telescope in orbit beyond the Moon and explore the universe from its perspective. Planetary systems are born, galaxies form, and stars emerge from within colorful nebulas—all before your eyes.

Why similar: VR 43.8%, Simulation 29.2%, Casual 14.1%, Physics 12.9%

Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

Why similar: Sandbox 27%, Physics 25.1%, Simulation 25%, VR 12.1%, Casual 6.5%

Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.

Why similar: Sandbox 56.5%, Simulation 27.6%, Casual 14.2%, Indie 1.8%

PAINTER SIMULATOR is a new generation game in which the emphasis is placed on the player's imagination and perceptiveness. Create the world in the colors you want to see with a brush.

Why similar: Sandbox 39.2%, Simulation 33.9%, Casual 13.9%, Indie 13%

Realistic Ragdoll Sandbox is an immersive game that stands out for its realistic ragdoll physics, which together with various creation and damage tools, provides the player with a mix of realism and fun.

Why similar: Sandbox 36.1%, Physics 32%, Simulation 24.1%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 3.4%

Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.

Why similar: Sandbox 53.3%, Simulation 46.7%

Latest Update: Animal Kingdom. Explore tropical beaches, underwater oceans and even take to the stars. Discover over 60 different animals. Command the weather, take control of the night or create and shape your own world. Relax and immerse yourself into the Nature Treks VR experience.

Why similar: VR 46.2%, Simulation 40.5%, Indie 13.2%

Carnival Games VR brings an immersive virtual reality experience, allowing you to explore the park, interact with patrons and play up to 12 different games. Enter a themed Carnival Alley where you can play a game and earn tickets for virtual prizes or unlock another game.

Why similar: VR 53.9%, Simulation 30.3%, Casual 15.8%

Step behind the virtual bar and flair your way to the stars! Enter the exciting world of bartending and master the art of dazzling mixology in VR.

Why similar: VR 35.2%, Physics 20.4%, Sandbox 16.5%, Simulation 14.6%, Casual 7.3%

Build beautifully precise or wildly creative furniture! Decorate an entire house with your creations. 4 players can play locally, or invite an online player to help you build! Full support for the HTC Vive, including local and online multiplayer

Why similar: VR 33.6%, Simulation 28.4%, Physics 17.1%, Casual 11.7%, Indie 9.1%

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 65.6%, Casual 19.3%, Indie 15.1%

An interactive exploration into the aesthetics of food.

Why similar: Physics 39.9%, Simulation 33.3%, Casual 19.8%, Indie 6.9%

Welcome to the future! In this fun-packed VR game which is easy to understand but hard to master, you'll throw, mix and match colorful energy balls to power the entire city - at the RAINBOW REACTOR!

Why similar: VR 64.8%, Physics 22.2%, Casual 13%

Bring color to the world in Spray Paint Simulator! Restore worn-out surfaces with a fresh coat of paint and watch them come back to life. Use your spray tool with precision, cover every inch, and enjoy the satisfaction of a flawless finish.

Why similar: Sandbox 43.5%, Simulation 37.6%, Casual 18.9%

Cosmic Flow is a relaxing visual experience, an audio-visual massage for the mind, a kaleidoscopic meditation.

Why similar: VR 62%, Indie 38%

The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances

Why similar: Sandbox 39.9%, Simulation 34.4%, Physics 25.8%

Domino Simulator is a physics-based sandbox game in which you place various domino tiles and pieces to construct domino chains. Enjoy the odd satisfaction of watching your creation fall one after the other. Ultimately, the floor is yours to fill and the how and the what is completely up to you.

Why similar: Simulation 59.6%, Physics 22.6%, Sandbox 17.8%