SCP: Secret Laboratory overview

Overview

SCP: Secret Laboratory comes from Northwood Studios and is published by Northwood Studios. It arrived on Steam on Dec 29, 2017, and it sits naturally among Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

SCP: Secret Laboratory's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1,710 players at 23 September 2026 - 00:44:46 UTC, with a tracked peak near 9,338. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 229,777 reviews.

Language and system requirements

SCP: Secret Laboratory is available in 18 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

SCP: Secret Laboratory has sold up to 10,800,000 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 1 streamers are live with around 1 total watchers.

SCP: Secret Laboratory overview details

SCP: Secret Laboratory combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Deep within one of the SCP Foundation’s emergency containment sites, a catastrophic containment breach leads to multiple SCP subjects being released from their cells. With containment compromised, facility personnel rush to evacuate while waiting for Mobile Task Forces to arrive and restore order, but with the Class-D population running amok in a desperate attempt to escape, along with the involvement of the Chaos Insurgency, the fate of Site-02 remains uncertain. SCP: Secret Laboratory (SCP:SL) is a free-to-play multiplayer horror game where you must escape from fearsome entities, or fight to secure a facility under the control of the SCP Foundation, an organisation which seeks to secure and contain anomalous items and creatures in order to protect humanity. These objects, or SCPs, range from mundane-looking items with extraordinary effects, to horrific abominations capable of bypassing the most impenetrable containment methods the Foundation puts in place. Throughout the game, you will witness the perspective of the 5 different human classes, each trying desperately to survive. These include: Scientists: Foundation personnel caught in the midst of the chaos, they must work with Facility Guards and the Mobile Task Force while using their equipment and wits to escape. Class-D Personnel: Prisoners and test subjects using the breach to their advantage, they start with nothing and will do anything it takes to escape from the Foundation. Facility Guards: The woefully unequipped first responders who must help the Scientists escape, prevent the Class-D from escaping, and ho…

SteamPulse editorial summary

SCP: Secret Laboratory is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Casual, Indie, RPG, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1,710 players at 23 September 2026 - 00:44:46 UTC, a tracked peak of 9,338, and 91% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Free to PlayMultiplayerHorrorFirst-PersonCo-opSurvival HorrorShooterOnline Co-OpFPSActionMemesSurvivalSci-fiPsychological HorrorAtmospheric

Content descriptors

This game contains strong violence, use of firearms against armed and unarmed players, blood, horror, and potentially disturbing imagery.

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Support and legal notes

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