Choose Irrational Exuberance: Prologue
Choose Irrational Exuberance: Prologue if you want an Indie, Adventure, and Casual experience. Irrational Exuberance: Prologue launched in 2016.
Irrational Exuberance: Prologue vs The Lab
Irrational Exuberance: Prologue and The Lab both land in Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Free To Play games on Steam. Both released in 2016. The Lab is free; Irrational Exuberance: Prologue is paid (Price unknown). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Lab
Choose The Lab if you want the Steam Leaderboards and SteamVR Collectibles side of the pairing. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. 4,429 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Irrational Exuberance: Prologue and The Lab sit in Free To Play on Steam and both list Tracked Controller Support and VR Only, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Irrational Exuberance: Prologue |  The Lab | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2016 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual | Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 4 reviews | 95.1% positive (4,429 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Buffalo Vision | Valve |
Side by side
- Both are Free To Play games on Steam.
- Both released in 2016.
- The Lab is free; Irrational Exuberance: Prologue is paid (Price unknown).
- The Lab is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Irrational Exuberance: Prologue has no Deck rating yet.
Irrational Exuberance: Prologue vs The Lab — FAQ
- Are Irrational Exuberance: Prologue and The Lab similar?
- They overlap on Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Is The Lab free?
- Yes — The Lab is a free-to-play Steam title. Irrational Exuberance: Prologue is paid (Price unknown).