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Games like Microbial Sector
MadBug Studio · 2024 · Windows
Steam: 95 % positive of 322 reviews, as of Oct 28
It's your first day as a lifeform researcher, and while you don’t know much about the job, you're desperate for the paycheck. What could possibly go wrong?
24 games that play like Microbial Sector and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: ROUTINE, Lethal Company and Mouthwashing.
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Plays and looks like Microbial Sector
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Microbial Sector
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
ROUTINE
91 % positive of 7,667
Lethal Company
97 % positive of 412,048
Shared: Action-Adventure · Exploration · First-Person
Mouthwashing
95 % positive of 34,750
Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Horror
Prey
90 % positive of 37,972
Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Aliens
We Went Back
85 % positive of 4,787
Shared: First-Person · Horror · Mystery
Unsorted Horror
96 % positive of 3,799
Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Dystopian
Endoparasitic
93 % positive of 2,946
Shared: Action-Adventure · Exploration · Minimalist
Abiotic Factor
94 % positive of 42,834
Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Aliens
Ambrosia Sky
86 % positive of 283
Shared: Action-Adventure · Exploration · First-Person
Project Silverfish
92 % positive of 3,206
Shared: Action-Adventure · Exploration · First-Person
SIGNALIS
96 % positive of 31,353
Shared: Action-Adventure · Dystopian · Mystery
Viscera Cleanup Detail
92 % positive of 18,106
Shared: First-Person · Horror
More matches
- Void Whispers90 % positive of 430Shared: Action-Adventure · Aliens · Horror
- Voyager-1987 % positive of 995Shared: Space Sim · Exploration · Aliens
- RetroSpace90 % positive of 550
- Satellite Odyssey: Prologue91 % positive of 995Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Horror
- REPOSE93 % positive of 150Shared: Action-Adventure · Exploration · First-Person
- Xenosensory93 % positive of 162Shared: Minimalist · Pixel Graphics · Futuristic
- Scavenger SV-491 % positive of 658Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Horror
- ZERO PROTOCOL83 % positive of 505Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Pixel Graphics
- Perfect Vermin91 % positive of 3,898Shared: Exploration · First-Person · Horror
- SCP: Daybreak71 % positive of 398Shared: First-Person · Minimalist · Horror
- Greetings82 % positive of 647Shared: Horror · Atmospheric
- Species: Unknown94 % positive of 9,904
By look
Looks like Microbial Sector
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Lethal Company
97 % positive of 412,048
Unsorted Horror
96 % positive of 3,799
Iron Lung
91 % positive of 10,259
SCP: Secret Laboratory
91 % positive of 235,700
Lorn's Lure
84 % positive of 2,764
STRAFTAT
95 % positive of 24,322
Buckshot Roulette
95 % positive of 111,846
MOLE
97 % positive of 3,914
Content Warning
93 % positive of 73,115
Psychopomp
96 % positive of 7,754
DEATH IN UNISON
95 % positive of 671
BABBDI
97 % positive of 8,869
More matches
- White Knuckle97 % positive of 14,532
- Monstrum91 % positive of 3,178
- Sync Or Sink88 % positive of 175
- Lost in Vivo90 % positive of 3,711
- SCP – Containment Breach96 % positive of 2,136
- Dishwashing Simulator85 % positive of 514
- PIGFACE95 % positive of 2,668
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster87 % positive of 1,840
- Angel Engine79 % positive of 311
- The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game78 % positive of 238
- KLETKA88 % positive of 6,506
- It Steals98 % positive of 2,162
At a glance
What games like Microbial Sector have in common
- The tags they share most often with Microbial Sector: First-Person (15 of 24), Exploration (14) and Horror (9).
- They came out between 2015 and 2026, 8 of them after Microbial Sector (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: Lethal Company (97 % positive of 412,048).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.