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The Lab

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The Lab
The Lab cover
Developers
Valve Corporation
Engines
The Lab / Secret Shop Unity 5[Note 1]
Robot Repair Source 2
Release dates
Windows April 5, 2016
The Lab on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
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Key points

Contains 8 VR mini-games, including:
  • Robot Repair, set in the Portal universe.
  • Slingshot, set in the Portal universe.
  • Secret Shop, set in the Dota universe.
  • Longbow
  • Xortex
  • Postcards
  • Human Medical Scan
  • Solar System

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Valve\TheLab\PlayerData.txt
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/450390/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Valve\TheLab\PlayerData.txt
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/450390/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Bulgarian
Czech
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Swedish
Ukrainian

VR support

This game requires a virtual reality headset.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4590
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 290
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.4.0f3[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19