Games like SCP: Secret Laboratory
If SCP: Secret Laboratory is your kind of game, the closest matches are S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, KUNKUN League and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mastering 939 ambush tactics, psychological warfare against players and competitive. 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.
Get personalized picks →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.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
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Shares a tense mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Top pick for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – standalone prequel for the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, which tells you story about the Clear Sky group, that want to research the Zone and understand it better.
KUNKUN League
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Second-strongest match for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Rougelite + Russian Roulette, but using a more powerful cannon. Survive and take all the prizes!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Third-strongest match for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
Deceit
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Ranked #4 for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Test your instincts at trust and deception in an action-filled, multiplayer first-person shooter. You wake up in unknown surroundings to the sound of the Game Master’s unfamiliar voice, surrounded by five others. A third of your group have been infected with a virus, but who will escape?
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Ranked #5 for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Killing Floor 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Ranked #6 for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Dying Light
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Ranked #7 for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Contagion
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Ranked #8 for SCP: Secret Laboratory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Contagion
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Frequently asked about SCP: Secret Laboratory
- 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 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, KUNKUN League, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.
- Who developed SCP: Secret Laboratory?
- SCP: Secret Laboratory was developed by Northwood Studios.
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