The Lab
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.
The Lab is an adventure developed by Valve, released 5 April 2016 on Oculus Rift, Oculus VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What The Lab is
The Lab is an adventure game developed by Valve and released in 2016. It is available on Oculus Rift, Oculus VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Portal series
The Lab is the 12th of 18 entries we hold in the Portal series. It arrived 6 months after LEGO Dimensions. The next entry was Bridge Constructor Portal in 2017.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs.
What it launched against
The Lab launched on 5 April 2016, within three weeks of Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together and Quantum Break.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together, Quantum Break.
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