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The Lab

Developed by
  1. Valve
Published by
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Peak #91
Current #576
Top 250 42%
Gem Peak #1

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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!

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Dates

Released
2016-04-05 (5 years ago)
First review
2016-04-05 (5 years ago)
Age on Steam
2,119 days (5.8 years)

Reviews

Total reviews verified
5,131 197 (4%)
Review breakdown
4,885 (95.2%) 246 (4.8%)
Review velocity
2 reviews per day
Days in top 1000
2,116 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Pricing

Release price
Free since launch

Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. Free to Play 261
  2. VR 219
  3. Action 69
  4. Singleplayer 67
  5. First-Person 65
  6. Funny 46
  7. Adventure 46
  8. Sandbox 40
  9. Casual 38
  10. Sci-fi 28
  11. Family Friendly 27
  1. FPS 19
  2. Shooter 17
  3. Memes 14
  4. Puzzle 14
  5. Strategy 14
  6. Archery 13
  7. Atmospheric 8
  8. Simulation 6
  9. Comedy 5

Tags below the threshold do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: January 22, 2022 04:50

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