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Lab Rat

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

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Quick resume

A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.

Global score

98/100

Genres

Indie, Puzzle

Similar games

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Can of Wormholes

  • She Remembered Caterpillars

  • The Looker

  • The Talos Principle 2

  • Stephen's Sausage Roll

  • Occlude

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • Kairo

  • Isles of Sea and Sky
Outsiders

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Can of Wormholes

  • She Remembered Caterpillars

  • Occlude
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Escapism

    Safety First!
  • Competition

    The Black Watchmen
  • Cooperation

    Toy Shire: Room One

Pros

  • Clever and challenging puzzles
  • Engaging and humorous story
  • Polished visuals and voice acting
  • Varied and fresh mechanics
  • Strong portal-inspired atmosphere

Cons

  • Some humor may feel forced or repetitive
  • Short game length
  • Minor bugs reported
  • Some puzzles can be frustrating
  • Limited customization and social features

Analysis

Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

How to use the graph
Similar games map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: the game you are viewing on this page.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
  • Hover a dot for a quick preview; click to compare it in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Competence
    4

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  • Competition

    Game with the same Competition vibe

    -3

    "Focus is on personal and community puzzle solving rather than direct competition or ranked modes."

    Capsule for The Black Watchmen The Black Watchmen

    "Focus is on individual puzzle solving and personal progress; some community stats shown but no direct competition."

  • Continuation
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Cooperation

    Game with the same Cooperation vibe

    -4

    "Gameplay is single-player focused with no cooperative multiplayer or teamwork elements mentioned."

    Capsule for Toy Shire: Room One Toy Shire: Room One

    "Gameplay is single-player focused with no cooperative elements; some players mention help from others but not in-game."

  • Creativity
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Domination

    Game with the same Domination vibe

    -5

    "No evidence of exerting control over others; gameplay is solitary and cooperative dominance is absent."

    Capsule for dotAGE dotAGE

    "No evidence of exerting control over others; gameplay is solitary and collaborative dominance is absent."

  • Escapism

    Game with the same Escapism vibe

    4

    "Players use the game as a humorous distraction and stress relief from real life."

    Capsule for Safety First! Safety First!

    "Players use the game as a brain exercise and humorous distraction, escaping real life stresses."

  • Expectation
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Experimenting
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Exploration
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Expression
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Fantasy
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Fellowship
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Growth
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Health
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Idle
    -4

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  • Intimacy
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Leadership
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Progression
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Relaxation
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Sensation
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Status
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Story
    4

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  • Strategy
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Thrill
    1

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  • Value
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Violence
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Survival
    -4

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Last update: 23/05/2026