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SCP: Secret Laboratory

Northwood Studios · 2017-12-29

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

SCP: Secret Laboratory is an Action, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2017, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 234,622 reviews).

1,699
playing now
91%
positive of 235k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
73/100
IGDB user rating (53 ratings)
99999h
to beat · rushed 99999h · completionist 99999h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1,699 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

SCP: Secret Laboratory is a free-to-play, multiplayer, asymmetrical, first-person shooter video game, developed and published by Northwood Studios. Originally released in 2017; it is inspired by the works of the SCP Foundation collaborative fiction writing project, as well as the 2012 video game SCP – Containment Breach. Like its inspiration, SCP: Secret Laboratory takes place during a site-wide containment breach at an SCP Foundation owned facility. The premise tasks players with either escaping the facility alive, or killing all opposing players, depending on which role they spawn as. The game has received mostly positive reviews for its chaotic gameplay and for being an easy to access introduction to the SCP mythos.

Trailer

SCP: Secret Laboratory trailer thumbnail

Tooth and Nail | Release Trailer | SCP: Secret Laboratory

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,699 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13,086 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,636/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.1k6.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 821 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,340 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 842 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,287 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,021 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 970 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,550 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,940 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,349 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6,101 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3,753 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,935 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,425 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,266 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,097 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,087 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,343 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,569 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4,598 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,199 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3,078 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,954 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,523 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,087 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,916 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,893 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,034 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,809 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,774 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3,757 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5,100 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 388 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3,398 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,707 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,757 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,854 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,766 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,173 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,160 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,236 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,750 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,890 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,118 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,278 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,512 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,678 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,784 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,572 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,982 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,115 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,201 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,051 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,386 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,083 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,381 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,304 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,564 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,538 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,714 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,543 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,914 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,829 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,432 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,984 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,167 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,518 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,750 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 370 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,986 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,080 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,299 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,643 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,473 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,964 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,618 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,878 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,785 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,936 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,843 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,061 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,320 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,649 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,190 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,676 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,817 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,710 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,611 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,439 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,779 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 44 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.8k1.6k2026-09-15 11:00 — 4,152 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,587 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,008 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 5,914 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,597 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,735 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,662 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5,319 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,155 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 5,297 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4,934 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,600 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,492 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 6,645 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 3,134 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,704 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 6,230 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 2,294 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,873 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 6,023 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4,458 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,712 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,156 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,699 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.8k100Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 100 · peak 4,326Mar 2018 — avg 1,127 · peak 2,322Jun 2018 — avg 1,306 · peak 2,270Sep 2018 — avg 1,887 · peak 4,268Dec 2018 — avg 2,355 · peak 4,135Mar 2019 — avg 2,617 · peak 4,834Jun 2019 — avg 2,617 · peak 3,815Sep 2019 — avg 2,474 · peak 4,720Dec 2019 — avg 2,472 · peak 5,901Mar 2020 — avg 3,426 · peak 5,190Jun 2020 — avg 3,612 · peak 5,341Sep 2020 — avg 4,106 · peak 6,970Dec 2020 — avg 3,610 · peak 5,789Mar 2021 — avg 4,268 · peak 7,422Jun 2021 — avg 3,362 · peak 5,195Sep 2021 — avg 3,272 · peak 5,954Dec 2021 — avg 2,869 · peak 4,805Mar 2022 — avg 2,473 · peak 4,271Jun 2022 — avg 2,832 · peak 4,248Sep 2022 — avg 2,411 · peak 4,753Dec 2022 — avg 3,701 · peak 7,382Mar 2023 — avg 3,886 · peak 7,069Jun 2023 — avg 5,845 · peak 9,263Sep 2023 — avg 5,353 · peak 11,350Dec 2023 — avg 5,488 · peak 11,144Mar 2024 — avg 5,119 · peak 10,376Jun 2024 — avg 5,539 · peak 10,260Sep 2024 — avg 4,682 · peak 9,294Dec 2024 — avg 4,377 · peak 8,160Mar 2025 — avg 3,925 · peak 7,586Jun 2025 — avg 4,657 · peak 7,991Sep 2025 — avg 3,910 · peak 9,187Dec 2025 — avg 3,956 · peak 8,681Mar 2026 — avg 3,647 · peak 8,194Jun 2026 — avg 4,296 · peak 7,722Aug 2026 — avg 5,459 · peak 9,071
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
59592026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 17 new positive2026-09-21: 12 new negative2026-09-22: 31 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 16 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 29 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 26 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 22 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new negative2026-09-28: 21 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 20 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 24 new positive2026-10-02: 8 new negative2026-10-03: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 33 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 32 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 59 new positive2026-10-06: 10 new negative2026-10-07: 20 new positive2026-10-08: 16 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 43 new positive2026-10-11: 22 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 24 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

122572026-05-29 — 112 pageviews2026-06-02 — 83 pageviews2026-06-06 — 107 pageviews2026-06-10 — 90 pageviews2026-06-14 — 108 pageviews2026-06-18 — 92 pageviews2026-06-22 — 88 pageviews2026-06-26 — 88 pageviews2026-06-30 — 69 pageviews2026-07-04 — 81 pageviews2026-07-08 — 81 pageviews2026-07-12 — 84 pageviews2026-07-16 — 75 pageviews2026-07-20 — 72 pageviews2026-07-24 — 71 pageviews2026-07-28 — 98 pageviews2026-08-01 — 87 pageviews2026-08-05 — 87 pageviews2026-08-09 — 90 pageviews2026-08-13 — 79 pageviews2026-08-17 — 78 pageviews2026-08-21 — 101 pageviews2026-08-25 — 81 pageviews2026-08-29 — 93 pageviews2026-09-02 — 57 pageviews2026-09-06 — 117 pageviews2026-09-10 — 60 pageviews2026-09-14 — 107 pageviews2026-09-18 — 94 pageviews2026-09-22 — 79 pageviews2026-09-26 — 79 pageviews2026-09-30 — 65 pageviews2026-10-04 — 82 pageviews2026-10-07 — 70 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

64002026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 640 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
55.5%
earned "Lights Out"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam CloudValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily Sharing

17 supported languages: English, Polish, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Russian, French, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)75,3500%52

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

FPSCo-opMemesActionHorrorSci-fiShooterSurvivalAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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