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The Lab

Developed by
  1. Valve
Published by
  1. Valve
Peak #91
Current #537
Top 250 45%
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
First review
2016-04-05
Age on Steam
1,996 days (5.4 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
4,915 186 (4%)
Reviews per day
2
Positive reviews
4,677 (95.2%)
Days in top 1000
1,992 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
369K–614K 491,500

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 255
  2. VR 214
  3. Action 68
  4. Singleplayer 65
  5. First-Person 62
  6. Adventure 44
  7. Funny 44
  8. Sandbox 37
  9. Casual 36
  1. Sci-fi 26
  2. Family Friendly 24
  3. FPS 18
  4. Shooter 16
  5. Memes 13
  6. Puzzle 12
  7. Strategy 12
  8. Archery 11
  9. Atmospheric 6

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

Details last updated: September 21, 2021 04:30

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