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The Lab

App ID 450390
App Type Game
Name The Lab
Developer
Publisher Valve
Last Record Update (October 9, 2019 – 17:56:22 UTC)
Last Change Number 7000645
Release Date April 5, 2016 – 13:47:00 UTC ()

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!

Screenshots

Additional Information

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metacritic_name The Lab
community_visible_stats Yes
releasestate released
isfreeapp Yes
exfgls Yes
Store Release Date April 5, 2016 ()
community_hub_visible Yes
openvrsupport 1
controllervr
  • oculus: 1
  • steamvr: 1
playareavr
  • roomscale/360_required: 0
  • roomscale/depth: 1.5
  • roomscale/width: 2
  • standing: 1
small_capsule
  • english: capsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
  • english: header.jpg
vrheadsetstreaming Yes
onlyvrsupport Yes
Associations
  • 0/name: Valve
  • 0/type: developer
  • 1/name: Valve
  • 1/type: publisher
Primary Genre 37
Store Genres
  • 0: 37
Store Categories
  • category_2: 1
  • category_25: 1
  • category_31: 1
  • category_40: 1
Supported Languages
  • brazilian/subtitles: true
  • brazilian/supported: true
  • bulgarian/subtitles: true
  • bulgarian/supported: true
  • czech/subtitles: true
  • czech/supported: true
  • danish/supported: true
  • english/full_audio: true
  • english/subtitles: true
  • english/supported: true
  • finnish/subtitles: true
  • finnish/supported: true
  • french/subtitles: true
  • french/supported: true
  • german/subtitles: true
  • german/supported: true
  • hungarian/subtitles: true
  • hungarian/supported: true
  • italian/supported: true
  • japanese/subtitles: true
  • japanese/supported: true
  • koreana/subtitles: true
  • koreana/supported: true
  • polish/subtitles: true
  • polish/supported: true
  • portuguese/subtitles: true
  • portuguese/supported: true
  • russian/supported: true
  • schinese/subtitles: true
  • schinese/supported: true
  • spanish/supported: true
  • swedish/subtitles: true
  • swedish/supported: true
  • tchinese/subtitles: true
  • tchinese/supported: true
  • turkish/subtitles: true
  • turkish/supported: true
  • ukrainian/subtitles: true
  • ukrainian/supported: true
Steam Release Date April 5, 2016 – 13:47:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time August 29, 2019 – 17:29:07 UTC (1567099747)
library_assets
Is free on the store? Yes

Player counts

  • 64 players right now
  • 92 24-hour player peak
  • 4,655 all-time player peak July 24, 2019 – 20:45:03 UTC

SteamSpy Estimations

  • 198.3 hours median playtime in last 2 weeks 1.7 hours median total playtime
  • 99.2 hours average playtime in last 2 weeks 91.5 hours average total playtime
  • 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners 23,251 followers

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Markers

Date Label
April 5, 2016 – 17:10:00 UTC 📜 Now Available on Steam - The Lab

Bundles that include this app

ID Name % Created
8319 PC Café - VR Starter Bundle -45% Yes September 26, 2018 – 00:06:11 UTC
232 Valve Complete Pack -55% No December 12, 2018 – 20:03:32 UTC

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
96742 Steam Sub 96742 CD Key March 1, 2016 – 23:54:09 UTC
96743 The Lab for Beta Testing CD Key March 1, 2016 – 23:54:09 UTC
96744 The Lab Free on Demand March 25, 2016 – 18:21:08 UTC
99250 Vive Launch Press Package CD Key October 20, 2017 – 17:01:55 UTC
114790 Steam Sub 114790 CD Key May 4, 2017 – 21:54:19 UTC
133184 SDD VR Bundle CD Key April 11, 2019 – 21:53:13 UTC
164525 KONA2017VR CD Key March 27, 2017 – 17:55:22 UTC
224571 The Lab - Commercial License (Free) Free Commercial License November 27, 2017 – 19:37:07 UTC
262183 Steam Sub 262183 No Cost March 15, 2019 – 20:19:29 UTC
305597 Steam Sub 305597 CD Key October 11, 2019 – 18:03:53 UTC
322267 Steam Sub 322267 CD Key April 11, 2019 – 20:04:04 UTC
330213 The Lab Free on Demand December 11, 2018 – 18:50:12 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
450391 The Lab Content 15.34 GiB

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
retaildemo No Build
public 4271937 October 9, 2019 – 17:56:16 UTC
archive 1505229 August 29, 2019 – 19:02:32 UTC
beta knuckles testing 4271937 October 9, 2019 – 17:33:37 UTC
mgpu_beta 1714202 March 25, 2017 – 01:01:37 UTC

Raw Information

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
None TheLab/win64/TheLab.exe -popupwindow Vr

Configuration

Key Value
contenttype 3
installdir The Lab
launch See section above

History