The Lab

The Lab

Available on:

PC
Oculus VR
Steam VR

Genres

Puzzle, Adventure

Developer

Valve

Release Date

April 4, 2016 (10 years ago)

Publisher

Valve

Content Rating

N/A

Franchises

Portal

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Summary

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.

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