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Terrible Laboratory

aburasobabiyori · Kagura Games · 2019-03-28

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The pretty and talented scientist, Konica Yaegaki, must earn money to save her lab from competing companies and peers who seek to destroy her reputation. However, she won't go down that easily. Follow Konica in this slice-of-life RPG as she tries to save her laboratory!

Terrible Laboratory is an Indie, RPG game released in 2019, priced at $10.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 411 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 411 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

The genius scientist Dr. Konica Yaegaki has been developing a brand-new robot, a technological breakthrough that could shake the world... and bring more funds to her research facility! However, just as the project's approaching completion, she's betrayed by one of her assistants, who has conspired with the president of a rival company to shutter her laboratory by destroying her work. To make matters worse, the rival company snatches away most of her loyal staff. The cost of repairs is estimated to be over 50 million yen, and now it's up to Konica to raise as much capital as possible and save(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 411 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.39 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820192026Week of 2019-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$4.392019-03-292026-07-242019-03-29 — best price $8.242019-06-07 — best price $10.992019-09-27 — best price $6.592019-11-01 — best price $10.992019-12-03 — best price $10.992020-01-27 — best price $10.992020-06-18 — best price $5.492020-09-28 — best price $5.492020-11-23 — best price $10.992021-02-08 — best price $5.492021-05-06 — best price $10.992021-07-26 — best price $5.492021-11-08 — best price $10.992022-01-27 — best price $5.492022-05-23 — best price $10.992022-09-20 — best price $5.492022-12-09 — best price $10.992023-02-13 — best price $5.492023-04-03 — best price $10.992023-06-30 — best price $5.492023-09-18 — best price $10.992023-11-29 — best price $5.492024-01-12 — best price $10.992024-03-25 — best price $4.392024-06-19 — best price $10.992024-08-26 — best price $4.392024-11-26 — best price $10.992025-02-15 — best price $4.392025-04-14 — best price $10.992025-07-14 — best price $4.392025-10-06 — best price $10.992025-12-18 — best price $4.392026-03-05 — best price $10.992026-05-18 — best price $4.392026-07-24 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
52.2%
earned "No, My Robot..."
24.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19931%22

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeFunnyIndieMemesMatureNudityRPGMakerAdventure

Census log

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

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