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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Cloudhead Games Ltd.
- Price: Free to play
- 88% of 1,247 reviews
- Genres: Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Feels eerily natural to control your own virtual hands
- Fun mini games like rock paper scissors
- Portal universe humor shines in short bursts
- Atmospheric
- Comedic
- Funny
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About Aperture Hand Lab
The closest matches to Aperture Hand Lab: The Lab, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, Vacation Simulator, Half-Life: Alyx, and Virtual Virtual Reality. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Aperture Hand Lab is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Lab, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality and Vacation Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, comedic and funny, and single out its finger precision controls and gesture based puzzles. 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.
Aperture Hand Lab is an adventure title that developer Cloudhead Games Ltd. released in 2019. Valve handled publishing. Its core systems cover finger precision controls, gesture based puzzles, hand tracking interaction, mini game challenges, and vr presence simulation. The design pairs a relaxed difficulty with a short runtime. Its pacing suits short play sessions. Play is single-player only. The title is free to play. On Steam it stands at 88% positive across 1,247 user reviews. Players often describe the tone as atmospheric and comedic. Reviewers single out fun mini games like rock paper scissors, portal universe humor shines in short bursts, showcases valve index controller capabilities, and uses real hand gestures to solve puzzles.
About Aperture Hand Lab: Experience the high fidelity virtual reality of your own hands like never before.
Is Aperture Hand Lab worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 88% of 1,247 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Feels eerily natural to control your own virtual hands
- Fun mini games like rock paper scissors
- Portal universe humor shines in short bursts
- Showcases valve index controller capabilities
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“wont let me past "firm handshake" guy. i squeeze the controllers as hard as possible but still wouldnt let me continue. please help”
People who play it also play: The Lab, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, Vacation Simulator
Frequently asked about Aperture Hand Lab
Can I run it?
Is Aperture Hand Lab free to play?
Yes — Aperture Hand Lab 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.
What games are most similar to Aperture Hand Lab?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aperture Hand Lab are The Lab, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, Vacation Simulator.
Who developed Aperture Hand Lab?
Aperture Hand Lab was developed by Cloudhead Games Ltd. and published by Valve.