Chaotic, hilarious rounds and voice chat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Half horror game, half social experiment, and somehow pure comedy.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%Northwood Studios2017Horror · Survival Horror · Shooter
The verdict
A free, chaotic multiplayer SCP game where proximity chat and unpredictable rounds make it fun. Skip it if you dislike toxic lobbies, die-and-spectate loops, or the newer competitive-shooter direction.
Great for
Players who want chaotic proximity-chat fun with friends and don't mind dying a lot
Main risk
Toxic lobbies, strict mods and a sweaty die-and-spectate loop can sour the fun
What players love
Great community and friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The players make it infinitely more fun as well”
Steam review · 795.9 h played ↗
Fun with friends and good servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“If you find a good server, then you will have a blast and fun playing this game.”
Steam review · 83.9 h played ↗
Free to play
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“playing a game like this for free in this economy is a blessing”
Steam review · 498.1 h played ↗
Regular updates and good SCP implementation
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“recieves frequent decent updates”
Steam review · 80 h played ↗
High replayability and variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“It's also VERY big on replayability as there are always new map formations, different factions you can spawn as, and a lot of SCP's you could become.”
Steam review · 209.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization, crashes and launch issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“updates come out and the FPS keeps getting lower”
Steam review · translated · 1272 h played ↗
Game became a sweaty competitive shooter, less horror
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Fast forward to 2026 and the game just feels like a Call of Duty knockoff and the SCPs just feel like a joke”
Steam review · 56.4 h played ↗
Toxic community, kids and soundpads
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the game is infested with voice changers, sound pad spammers, and little kids”
Steam review · 261.7 h played ↗
Overzealous mods, admins and unfair bans
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Admins are fun police.”
Steam review · 136.3 h played ↗
Repetitive die-respawn-spectate loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“"spawn, die, wait, wait, wait, spawn, die, wait, wait, game over"”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
Steep learning curve, no tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“There is no tutorial (for either human roles OR SCP roles) anywhere in game”
Steam review · 18.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 21H1+/11, x64
ProcessorIntel I5 6600 or equivalent, 4 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti or equivalent, 4GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 21H1+/11, x64
ProcessorIntel I7 6700 or equivalent, 8 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 3060 or equivalent, 8GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 10 21H1+/11, x64
ProcessorIntel I5 6600 or equivalent, 4 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti or equivalent, 4GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported
Storage8 GB available space
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