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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 39327009
Last Record Update 30 September 2026 – 01:15:27 UTC ()
Release Date 5 April 2016 – 13:47:00 UTC ()
😍 91.68%
6k reviews
56
In-Game
🆓 Free to Play 💥 Action 🙌 First-Person 🗺️ Adventure 😃 Funny

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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Steam price history

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Lowest Recorded Price -92% $11.01 13 September 2023
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British Pound N/A N/A $9.94 -94% £7.53
Euro N/A N/A N/A
Russian Ruble N/A N/A $19.37 -70% 1615,50 ₽
Brazilian Real N/A N/A N/A
Japanese Yen N/A N/A $86.10 ¥ 13590
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Ukrainian Hryvnia N/A N/A $30.97 1392₴
Mexican Peso N/A N/A $68.14 -14% Mex$ 1245.26
Canadian Dollar N/A N/A $59.12 CDN$ 84.07
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Polish Zloty N/A N/A $71.58 278,47zł
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Peruvian Sol N/A N/A $43.85 S/.152.10
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South African Rand N/A N/A $38.67 R 645.30
Hong Kong Dollar N/A N/A $7.43 -94% HK$ 58.36
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Saudi Riyal N/A N/A $26.10 -70% 98.28 SR
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Additional Information

Developer Valve
metacritic_name The Lab
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Valve
IsFreeApp Yes
Store Release Date 5 April 2016 – 13:47:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
OpenVrSupport Yes
ControllerVr
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PlayAreaVr
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onlyvrsupport Yes
openvr_controller_bindings
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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 15 September 2026 – 22:31:24 UTC () (1789511484)
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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, Mono 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
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 0
  • test_timestamp: 8 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: No build
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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)
Steam Frame Compatibility
  • Steam Frame:
  • This game's graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Frame
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 5 August 2026 – 18:23:35 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7242747
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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

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timestamp15 September 2026 – 22:39:04 UTC

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timestamp 6 April 2016 – 20:15:39 UTC
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