SCP: Secret Laboratory

SCP: Secret Laboratory

Worth it · Multiplayer · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
91% of 235,746
Genre rank
Top 1% Multiplayer

Time and effort

Typical playtime
15h
To 100%
233.8h 15.6x the story
Achievements
52

Players and genre

Online
5,561 now
Recent reviews
87% 30 days
Better reviewed
96% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

56% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 96 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Zombie Panic! Source (free, scores 66) and No More Room in Hell (free, scores 80).

It is still busy. 5.6K players were online when we last checked, on Nov 1, 18:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about SCP: Secret Laboratory

HowLongToBeat players log 15 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 234, 16 times as much.

235,746 people have reviewed it, which is a big enough crowd to settle the number.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach7.5M+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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SCP: Secret Laboratory scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/700330/scp-secret-laboratory
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 4. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperNorthwood Studios
PublisherNorthwood Studios
GenreMultiplayer
Released2017
Players7.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements52