Rank 01Games like SCP: Secret Laboratory
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- Updated Oct 5, 2026
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The closest matches to SCP: Secret Laboratory: SCP: 5K, Dead by Daylight, Left 4 Dead 2, GTFO, and Barotrauma. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Same tense mood as SCP: Secret Laboratory.
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Same intense mood as SCP: Secret Laboratory.
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: Northwood Studios
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 92% of 90,600 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, RPG, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- High risk low reward positioning
- Mastering 939 ambush tactics
- Psychological warfare against players
- Competitive
- Intense
- Tense
About SCP: Secret Laboratory
The closest matches to SCP: Secret Laboratory: SCP: 5K, Dead by Daylight, Left 4 Dead 2, GTFO, and Barotrauma. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If SCP: Secret Laboratory is your kind of game, the closest matches are SCP: 5K, Dead by Daylight and Left 4 Dead 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as competitive, intense and tense, and single out its asylum survival and hit registration. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About SCP: Secret Laboratory: 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.
Is SCP: Secret Laboratory worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 92% of 90,600 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 88% positive across 1,185 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 179 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 329 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- High risk low reward positioning
- Mastering 939 ambush tactics
- Psychological warfare against players
- Server hopping for ideal gameplay
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game didn't need the addition of features from competitive shooter games like skill based recoil patterns. it's a casual game, I'm not here to spend hours learning a recoil pattern. Another awful feature is the hume shield, the…”
People who play it also play: SCP: 5K, Dead by Daylight, Left 4 Dead 2
Frequently asked about SCP: Secret Laboratory
Can I run it?
Does SCP: Secret Laboratory run on Steam Deck?
SCP: Secret Laboratory is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is SCP: Secret Laboratory free to play?
Yes — SCP: Secret Laboratory is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does SCP: Secret Laboratory have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — SCP: Secret Laboratory supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to SCP: Secret Laboratory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SCP: Secret Laboratory are SCP: 5K, Dead by Daylight, Left 4 Dead 2.
Who developed SCP: Secret Laboratory?
SCP: Secret Laboratory was developed by Northwood Studios.