80BANG SCORE
The Lab
banger · other · 2016
A lot of game for the money: about 1h, free to play, 95% positive.
Better value than 88% of other games
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!
Advertised
1h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
1.9h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
Free
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
Free
Reviews
95%
6,637 reviews
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2016
What drives the score
ValueFree
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews95% positive
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DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
Genreother
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