The Lab
Live player count and Steam charts
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Player history
Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 13, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.
Monthly player counts
| Month | Avg players | Gain | % gain | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 * | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 26 |
| Jun 2026 | 12 | -2 | -14.3% | 40 |
| May 2026 | 14 | +1 | +7.7% | 46 |
| Apr 2026 | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 36 |
| Mar 2026 | 13 | -3 | -18.8% | 33 |
| Feb 2026 | 16 | -2 | -11.1% | 50 |
| Jan 2026 | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 46 |
| Dec 2025 | 18 | +1 | +5.9% | 47 |
| Nov 2025 | 17 | +2 | +13.3% | 41 |
| Oct 2025 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 41 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 33 |
| Aug 2025 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 42 |
* current month, data so far
Recent updates
- Aug 26, 2021Minor performance updates, localization fixes
- Sep 17, 2019The Lab Update - September 17, 2019
- Aug 29, 2019The Lab: Hands-On Update
- Dec 9, 2016Developing “The Lab”
- Dec 9, 2016Developing “The Lab”
- Dec 8, 2016The Lab Update - December 7, 2016
When people play
Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 7 days, shown in .
Daily activity peaks around 17:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.
Audience
Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 141 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.
