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The Lab

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App ID 450390
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Valve
Supported Systems
Technologies Source2 Engine, Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29244343
Last Record Update 28 May 2025 – 19:23:41 UTC ()
Release Date 5 April 2016 – 13:47:00 UTC ()
😍 91.75%
6k reviews
16
In-Game

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!

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Valve
metacritic_name The Lab
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Valve
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 5 April 2016 – 13:47:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
OpenVrSupport Yes
ControllerVr
steamvr1
oculus1
PlayAreaVr
standing1
roomscale ↴
width2
depth1.5
360_required0
vrheadsetstreaming Yes
onlyvrsupport Yes
openvr_controller_bindings
0 ↴
controller_typeholographic_controller
urlvr-input-workshop://2028041343
1 ↴
controller_typeoculus_touch
urlvr-input-workshop://2028042868
Primary Genre Free to Play (37)
Store Genres Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 5 April 2016 – 13:47:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 August 2019 – 17:29:07 UTC () (1567099747)
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library_heroen
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height_pct95.13888888888889
Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 94
Detected Technologies (?) Source2 Engine, Unity Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, Bink_Video SDK, FMOD SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK, OpenVR SDK, Python SDK, Qt SDK, SDL SDK, Steam_Audio SDK, V8 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Steam Deck does not support VR games
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unknown
  • test_timestamp: 8 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: No build
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 1 March 2016 – 23:54:09 UTC (), in changelist #1796522
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

21 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes
Bulgarian Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes
Italian Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Danish Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes

Tags

🆓 Free to Play 🥽 VR 👤 Singleplayer 💥 Action 🙌 First-Person 🗺️ Adventure 😃 Funny 🧱 Sandbox 😌 Casual 👪 Family Friendly 🚀 Sci-fi 🔫 FPS 🧩 Puzzle 🔫 Shooter 💡 Strategy 🤣 Memes 🎯 Archery 🕹️ Multiplayer 🌫 Atmospheric 🖥️ Simulation

Categories

Single-player SteamVR Collectibles Steam Leaderboards

Hardware Categories

Tracked Controller Support VR Only

Assets

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library_logo ↴
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Assets
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timestamp24 February 2023 – 19:28:22 UTC
Trailers
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timestamp1459973739

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
450391 The Lab Content 15.48 GiB 6.18 GiB

Total size on disk is 15.48 GiB and total download size is 6.18 GiB.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 7242747 27 August 2021 – 03:09:11 UTC
archive 1505229 29 August 2019 – 19:02:32 UTC
beta testing 7242747 24 August 2021 – 17:52:23 UTC
mgpu_beta 1714202 25 March 2017 – 01:01:37 UTC
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