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The Lab

Valve / Apr 5, 2016 / Free To Play

windows
Steam Deck Unsupported

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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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What's new

Minor performance updates, localization fixes

2021-08-26

Some minor performance updates to scene loads. Chinese and Japanese language users should be able to play the Slingshot scene again.

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What players say

Overwhelmingly Positive

95% positive, 4,458 reviews

Recommended21 hrs played

Pretty chill game. Nice to relax and just explore. DO NOT USE VIVE! It will linger on your system for years. I uninstalled it years ago and it randomly freezes my computer because it tries to open itself on its own and crashes my computer when it cant open. DONT USE VIVE!

9 found this helpful, 2026-04-07

Recommended1 hrs played

While there are now probably way more better experiences out there, I still think this may be the "gold standard" for VR experiences, and is a perfect bunch of "mini games" and hub with random small things to tinker and mess around with at your own pace. For anyone just getting into VR, I think this might be the best thing to try first, just to ease into it as it can be jarring for some first time, and it also has a...

5 found this helpful, 2025-11-12

Recommended9 hrs played

Amazing experience, Gabe and team we need 10x these types of things to really sell VR, we're seeing the hardware is getting up to speed now for general popuplation adoption, but, there are hardly any games/experiences to keep selling that hardware!

4 found this helpful, 2025-12-20

Recommended2 hrs played

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