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Games like Tower Lab
Devon Powell, Xueer Zhu · 2026 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 71 % positive of 159 reviews, as of Oct 28
Enemies have no health, push them off instead. Weaponize physics in this physics-sandbox-inspired tower defense game with multiple game modes. Draft a deck, chain towers into living contraptions, grow and shrink every projectile, and launch hordes of robots off the edge.
24 games that play like Tower Lab and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The White Laboratory, Emberward and Rogue Tower.
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Best matches
Plays and looks like Tower Lab
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
Tower Dominion
85 % positive of 5,222
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
86 % positive of 709
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
Rogue Command
88 % positive of 1,053
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
Variables 2
90 % positive of 421
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Strategy
By gameplay
Plays like Tower Lab
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
The White Laboratory
72 % positive of 276
Shared: Physics · Sandbox · Tower Defense
Emberward
95 % positive of 4,421
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Strategy
Rogue Tower
82 % positive of 5,789
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Strategy
Tower Factory
88 % positive of 1,233
Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Tower Defense
Forts
91 % positive of 21,347
Shared: Physics · Sandbox · Building
Refactor
83 % positive of 432
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
Besiege
95 % positive of 48,185
Shared: Physics · Sandbox · Simulation
BastionOS
96 % positive of 178
Shared: Simulation · Tower Defense · Isometric
Tower Dominion
85 % positive of 5,222
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
86 % positive of 709
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
Elements and build
73 % positive of 186
Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Strategy
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
91 % positive of 689
Shared: Physics · Sandbox · Simulation
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- 变量 Variables85 % positive of 954Shared: Sandbox · Tower Defense · Strategy
- Broken Universe - Tower Defense89 % positive of 289Shared: Simulation · Tower Defense · Building
- Mindustry94 % positive of 25,013Shared: Sandbox · Tower Defense · Building
- Defense Grid: The Awakening95 % positive of 4,542Shared: Tower Defense · Sci-fi · Strategy
- The Perfect Tower II85 % positive of 4,518Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Base-Building
- Rogue Command88 % positive of 1,053Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
- Robocraft72 % positive of 117,299Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Building
- Mineral Defense90 % positive of 222Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
- Variables 290 % positive of 421Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Strategy
- Tower Tactics: Liberation88 % positive of 1,235Shared: Tower Defense · Sci-fi · Strategy
- ShapeHero Factory88 % positive of 993Shared: Simulation · Tower Defense · Building
- No Creeps Were Harmed TD89 % positive of 473Shared: Tower Defense · Building · Sci-fi
By look
Looks like Tower Lab
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Variables 2
90 % positive of 421
Into the Breach
93 % positive of 19,146
Tower Dominion
85 % positive of 5,222
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
86 % positive of 709
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
92 % positive of 3,040
shapez 2 - Factory
95 % positive of 14,070
Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
90 % positive of 4,273
Repel The Rifts
83 % positive of 354
Modulus: Factory Automation
90 % positive of 842
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
86 % positive of 9,428
AETHUS
93 % positive of 2,083
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
94 % positive of 10,140
More matches
- Factory Planner70 % positive of 388
- Neon Chrome93 % positive of 548
- Astronomics88 % positive of 727
- Heat Signature94 % positive of 6,867
- Demon Hunt76 % positive of 468
- StarVaders96 % positive of 3,820
- Microtopia87 % positive of 895
- SYNTHETIK: Arena90 % positive of 2,345
- Rogue Command88 % positive of 1,053
- SENTRY82 % positive of 863
- Fogpiercer82 % positive of 646
- TerraTech Legion80 % positive of 2,166
At a glance
What games like Tower Lab have in common
- The tags they share most often with Tower Lab: Tower Defense (20 of 24), Building (15) and Sandbox (8).
- They came out between 2008 and 2026, none of them after Tower Lab (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Emberward (95 % positive of 4,421).
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.