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BONELAB

Stress Level Zero · 2022-09-29

Steam

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 29, 2022 (SteamVR), Sep 29, 2022 (Meta Quest 2)

BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.

BONELAB is an Action, Adventure, Simulation title released in 2022, priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive (82% of 20397 reviews) sentiment.

136
playing now
82%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
136
Nexus mods (468k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$39.99
steam price (US)

136 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Bonelab is a 2022 video game developed and published by American studio Stress Level Zero. It is a sequel to the 2019 game Boneworks. The player controls an outcast that escapes death and explores experimental worlds in a research lab in MythOS. Bonelab was released for Windows and Meta Quest 2 on September 29, 2022, and later for the Meta Quest 3 on October 10, 2023, and then for the Meta Quest 3S just over a year later on October 15, 2024.

Trailer

BONELAB trailer thumbnail

BONELAB - Launch Trailer l Meta Quest

≈289,259 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 136 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,459 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~307/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 413k–930k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,664 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $31.99 at Humble Store (2022-12-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 2,409 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 718 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,544 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,222 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5371252026-09-14 20:00 — 315 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 191 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 207 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 380 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 403 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 185 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 369 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 337 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 172 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 516 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 471 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 125 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 308 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 328 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 250 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 486 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 383 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 181 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 234 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 390 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 334 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 164 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 393 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 136 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
904112Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 904 · peak 5,616Dec 2022 — avg 250 · peak 609Feb 2023 — avg 139 · peak 312Apr 2023 — avg 154 · peak 342Jun 2023 — avg 143 · peak 295Aug 2023 — avg 134 · peak 253Oct 2023 — avg 132 · peak 292Dec 2023 — avg 156 · peak 387Feb 2024 — avg 136 · peak 283Apr 2024 — avg 137 · peak 288Jun 2024 — avg 177 · peak 546Aug 2024 — avg 158 · peak 294Oct 2024 — avg 112 · peak 249Dec 2024 — avg 164 · peak 412Feb 2025 — avg 182 · peak 375Apr 2025 — avg 145 · peak 307Jun 2025 — avg 185 · peak 315Aug 2025 — avg 251 · peak 465Oct 2025 — avg 196 · peak 407Dec 2025 — avg 257 · peak 607Feb 2026 — avg 250 · peak 490Apr 2026 — avg 275 · peak 555Jun 2026 — avg 301 · peak 514Aug 2026 — avg 373 · peak 603
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
70702026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 70 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-03: 17 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 12 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 14 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 14 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 13 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-13: 7 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$31.992022-09-292026-08-132022-09-29 — best price $39.992022-12-23 — best price $31.992023-02-07 — best price $39.992023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-05-23 — best price $39.992023-06-29 — best price $31.992023-08-25 — best price $39.992023-11-17 — best price $31.992023-12-04 — best price $31.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-01-30 — best price $36.792024-03-14 — best price $31.992024-05-21 — best price $39.992024-07-04 — best price $39.992024-08-15 — best price $31.992024-11-04 — best price $39.992024-12-02 — best price $39.992024-12-12 — best price $39.992025-01-23 — best price $31.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-06-26 — best price $31.992025-09-04 — best price $39.992025-10-23 — best price $31.992025-12-04 — best price $39.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-03-19 — best price $31.992026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-08-13 — best price $31.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

175512026-06-02 — 70 pageviews2026-06-06 — 76 pageviews2026-06-10 — 62 pageviews2026-06-14 — 73 pageviews2026-06-18 — 65 pageviews2026-06-22 — 59 pageviews2026-06-26 — 175 pageviews2026-06-30 — 74 pageviews2026-07-04 — 91 pageviews2026-07-08 — 79 pageviews2026-07-12 — 74 pageviews2026-07-16 — 55 pageviews2026-07-20 — 59 pageviews2026-07-24 — 81 pageviews2026-07-28 — 100 pageviews2026-08-01 — 75 pageviews2026-08-05 — 61 pageviews2026-08-09 — 106 pageviews2026-08-13 — 85 pageviews2026-08-17 — 66 pageviews2026-08-21 — 80 pageviews2026-08-25 — 104 pageviews2026-08-29 — 89 pageviews2026-09-02 — 71 pageviews2026-09-06 — 103 pageviews2026-09-10 — 77 pageviews2026-09-14 — 89 pageviews2026-09-18 — 84 pageviews2026-09-22 — 72 pageviews2026-09-26 — 81 pageviews2026-09-30 — 88 pageviews2026-10-04 — 80 pageviews2026-10-08 — 67 pageviews2026-10-12 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

902026-09-30 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-01 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "Backstage"
29.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-09-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4723%55

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSIndieActionCombatPuzzlePhysicsSandboxShooterViolent

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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