Lab Rat

Lab Rat

Steam Deck Playable

Chump Squad · Dark Humor · Apr 15, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

On sale at $19.98, but it has been as low as $11.38.

97%
Very Positive
382 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 278 sampled reviews

Based on 382 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 278 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise278 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The main lore disappointment to me however was the ending. -major spoiler- The ending was basically a "jk, the ai never actually went rouge.
84 of 278 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack, voice acting, and atmosphere are great
20 of 278 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
There is about 8-10 hours of gameplay here depending on how good you are at puzzles.
18 of 278 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals are really well done and the game play is polished.
17 of 278 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
I thought the difficulty curve was also nice, it ramps up evenly and then some of the hardest stuff is around the two-thirds point, so you don't end up in a situation where you really want to see how the story ends, but the last couple puzzles are impossible.
17 of 278 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters84 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Gameplay18 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Difficulty17 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $19.98 (−38%). The lowest we've tracked is $11.38.

5 points recordedtoday · $19.98

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
11
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.