Choose The Lab
Choose The Lab if you want the Steam Leaderboards and SteamVR Collectibles side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 95.1% positive across 4,429 reviews.
The Lab vs NVIDIA® VR Funhouse
The Lab and NVIDIA® VR Funhouse 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 scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than NVIDIA® VR Funhouse (77.4% positive). 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 NVIDIA® VR Funhouse
Choose NVIDIA® VR Funhouse if you want a Casual experience. NVIDIA® VR Funhouse launched in 2016.
Both The Lab and NVIDIA® VR Funhouse 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
 The Lab |  NVIDIA® VR Funhouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2016 |
| Genres | Free To Play | Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 95.1% positive (4,429 reviews) | 77.4% positive (620 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Valve | Lightspeed Studios™ |
Side by side
- Both are Free To Play games on Steam.
- Both released in 2016.
- The Lab scores higher on Steam reviews (95.1% positive) than NVIDIA® VR Funhouse (77.4% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- The Lab is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; NVIDIA® VR Funhouse has no Deck rating yet.
The Lab vs NVIDIA® VR Funhouse — FAQ
- Which is better, The Lab or NVIDIA® VR Funhouse?
- On Steam reviews The Lab scores higher (95.1% positive) than NVIDIA® VR Funhouse (77.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Lab is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Are The Lab and NVIDIA® VR Funhouse 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.