
The Lab
by Valve
2016Sci-Fi
Sci-Fi
About
- Publisher
- Valve
- Modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Perspective
- Virtual Reality
- Released
- Apr 05, 2016 — WMR, PC, SteamVR, Oculus, Oculus VR
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Language Support
20 languages| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
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| Chinese (Simplified) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Czech | — | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Polish | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Russian | — | — | ✓ |
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| Swedish | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Turkish | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ukrainian | — | ✓ | ✓ |










