The Lab
Short description
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!
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Valve
- Release
- Tue, Apr 05, 2016
- Price
- Free
- Reviews
- 418
- Positive
- 91%
- Followers
- 26,743
- Owners (estimated)
- 1M – 2M
- Concurrent players
- 18
- Genres
- Free To Play
- Features
- Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, VR Support, SteamVR Collectibles, Steam Leaderboards
- Tags
No revenue estimate: this needs both a review count and a launch price, and at least one of them is missing.
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Media
History
9 data points since Jul 31, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 125 further data points reach back to Apr 1, 2016 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.
Lowest price in the visible window: $0.00 on Jul 31, 2026. That is the current price.
Similar games that found an audience
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
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Thief | Feral Interactive (Mac) 36 titles +1 | 4 | − Free to Play − VR + Stealth + Dark | $19.99 | 17,434 | 75% | Thu, Feb 27, 2014 | $20m $20m – $27.9m |
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Bendy and the Dark Revival | Joey Drew Studios 7 titles | 4 | − Free to Play − VR + Horror + Survival Horror | $1.99 90% best price ever |
14,623 | 92% | Tue, Nov 15, 2022 | $13.2m $10m – $20m |
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Atomfall | Rebellion 43 titles | 4 | − Free to Play − VR + Open World + Action RPG | $49.99 | 4,331 | 77% | Thu, Mar 27, 2025 | $5m $4.3m – $5m |
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Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond | Respawn Entertainment 3 titles | 4 | − Free to Play − Adventure + World War II + Wargame | $39.99 | 2,464 | 65% | Thu, Dec 10, 2020 | $4.3m $3.9m – $7.7m |
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STRIDE | Joy Way 8 titles | 4 | − Free to Play − Singleplayer + Sports + Fast-Paced | $19.99 | 1,978 | 80% | Fri, Jun 10, 2022 | $1.7m $739k – $9.3m |
There are more like this. Your plan shows the 5 closest neighbours; Plus and Pro show up to 100 — enough to see the shape of a niche instead of a sample of it.