The Lab

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App ID	450390
App Type	Game
Developer	Valve
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

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

steamvr	1
oculus	1

PlayAreaVr

standing	1
roomscale ↴
width	2
depth	1.5
360_required	0

vrheadsetstreaming

Yes

onlyvrsupport

Yes

openvr_controller_bindings

0 ↴
controller_type	holographic_controller
url	vr-input-workshop://2028041343
1 ↴
controller_type	oculus_touch
url	vr-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)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	49.62368763426221
height_pct	95.13888888888889

Is free on the store?

Yes

review_score

review_percentage

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_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

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

Hardware Categories

Tracked Controller Support

VR Only

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

54f984de4e86ddf17de85229f9e9a0f01b8babbc

icon

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logo

dde7f70d5d590ba242ca8fcfaac9fe9b5e5e8754

logo_small

dde7f70d5d590ba242ca8fcfaac9fe9b5e5e8754_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	49.62368763426221
logo_position/height_pct	95.13888888888889

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
library_hero_2x	library_hero_2x.jpg
community_icon	69ca11312e3a1779946de8871d6bdb003636ffbf.jpg
page_background_path	app/450390
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	24 February 2023 – 19:28:22 UTC

Trailers

256662461 ↴
trailer_name	The Lab Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256662461/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256662461/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256662461/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256662461/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	256662461/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	256662461/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256662461/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256662461/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	55572
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1459973739

Bundles

ID	Name		%	Set	Created
232	Valve Complete Pack		-10%	No	12 December 2018 – 20:03:32 UTC

Store Packages

SubID	Name		Billing Type	Last Update
224571	The Lab - Commercial License (Free)		Free Commercial	13 March 2024 – 11:24:22 UTC
330213	The Lab		Free on Demand	11 December 2018 – 18:50:12 UTC

Packages

SubID	Name	Billing Type	Last Update
96742	Steam Sub 96742	CD Key	21 October 2024 – 17:51:57 UTC
96743	The Lab for Beta Testing	CD Key	21 October 2024 – 17:51:57 UTC
96744	The Lab	Free on Demand	25 March 2016 – 18:21:08 UTC
99250	Vive Launch Press Package	CD Key	19 November 2024 – 01:56:45 UTC
114790	Steam Sub 114790	CD Key	19 November 2024 – 01:56:14 UTC
133184	SDD VR Bundle	CD Key	19 November 2024 – 01:55:28 UTC
164525	KONA2017VR	CD Key	19 November 2024 – 01:54:25 UTC
262183	Steam Sub 262183	No Cost	19 November 2024 – 01:50:15 UTC
305597	Steam Sub 305597	CD Key	19 November 2024 – 01:48:36 UTC
322267	Steam Sub 322267	CD Key	19 November 2024 – 01:48:03 UTC

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