
A masterclass in action design, SCP: Secret Laboratory delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
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Verdict
91%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (91% positive from 229K reviews)
Healthy player count of 3,261 concurrent
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
Below-average player reception
SCP: Secret Laboratory is a free-to-play, multiplayer, asymmetrical, first-person shooter video game, developed and published by Northwood Studios. Originally released in 2017; it is inspired by the works of the SCP Foundation collaborative fiction writing project, as well as the 2012 video game SCP – Containment Breach. Like its inspiration, SCP: Secret Laboratory takes place during a site-wide containment breach at an SCP Foundation owned facility. The premise tasks players with either escaping the facility alive, or killing all opposing players, depending on which role they spawn as. The game has received mostly positive reviews for its chaotic gameplay and for being an easy to access introduction to the SCP mythos.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18h ago
You will find the most unfunny and rudest people in the game while also finding the most funny and nice people in the same match 10/10 will play again
scp but everyone and everything is mentally deficient
SCP: Secret Laboratory — The Greatest FPS Ever Made There are games that are good. There are games that are great. And then there is SCP: Secret Laboratory, a game so absurdly entertaining that calling it merely “an FPS” feels like an insult. SCP: Secret Laboratory is, without exaggeration, the greatest FPS in human history. Forget the polished military shooters. Forget the billion-dollar franchises. Forget the games with Hollywood budgets, celebrity voice actors, and enough weapon skins to bankrupt a small country. SCP: Secret Laboratory looks at all of them, laughs, and asks one simple question: “But can your game turn you into a terrified prisoner running through a dark hallway while a screaming monster chases you?” Exactly. The genius of SCP is that every match is completely unpredictable. You might start as a helpless Class-D prisoner, desperately searching for a way out. Five minutes later, you could be carrying a gun, fighting alongside security forces, betraying everyone you know, or desperately hiding from an SCP that has decided your existence is personally offensive. And the SCPs themselves are where the game becomes legendary. You aren't simply fighting enemies controlled by predictable AI. You're dealing with actual players who are equally capable of making brilliant decisions, terrible decisions, and decisions that somehow involve screaming into their microphone while charging directly into certain death. This creates something most FPS games desperately lack: Stories. Not scripted stories. Not cinematic cutscenes. Actual stories that happen because of the players. One round can become a tactical military operation. The next can become a horror movie. The next can become a comedy sketch. And somehow, all three can happen within the same five minutes. The gunplay is satisfying, the atmosphere is phenomenal, and the sound design can make an ordinary corridor feel like the entrance to hell itself. Every door you open carries the possibility that something horrifying is waiting on the other side. And then there is the multiplayer. This is where SCP: Secret Laboratory ascends from “excellent game” to gaming perfection. The proximity-based chaos, alliances, betrayals, panic, teamwork and complete stupidity of other human beings create an experience that simply cannot be replicated by a traditional FPS. The game doesn't need to manufacture memorable moments because its players manufacture them naturally. Best of all, it's free-to-play, making the absurd amount of entertainment it provides almost offensive. Is it perfect? No. It has bugs. It has balance issues. Sometimes the servers behave like they were assembled inside the containment facility itself. Sometimes your carefully planned strategy lasts approximately three seconds before someone opens the wrong door and unleashes absolute chaos. But somehow, those imperfections are part of the charm. SCP: Secret Laboratory doesn't feel like a sterile, perfectly engineered product. It feels alive. It is an FPS. It is a horror game. It is a social experiment. It is a comedy. It is a tactical shooter. It is complete chaos. And somehow, it is all of those things at once. 10/10. Best FPS ever made. Best multiplayer game ever made. Possibly the greatest achievement in human civilization. If you have never played SCP: Secret Laboratory, stop reading this review, download it, and enter the facility. Just remember: You are not prepared.
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