SCP: Secret Laboratory similar games & best alternatives

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SCP: Secret Laboratory

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

What works

  • Free to play with no microtransactions
  • High replayability with chaotic, unpredictable matches
  • Strong community and voice chat integration
  • Frequent updates and developer support
  • Engaging mix of horror, action, and social gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Toxic and offensive community behavior reported
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Occasional bugs and performance issues
  • Some imbalance and frustration in gameplay
  • Limited visual customization and progression

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Unfortunate Spacemen

  • Get Stuffed!

  • Deceit

  • Quake

  • ANEURISM IV

  • Dead by Daylight

Less competitive

Games that feels like SCP: Secret Laboratory but with less competition against others

  • System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

  • Backrooms Society

  • Lethal Company

  • Subterror

  • CRYO

  • SCP: Labrat

Less dominating

Games that feels like SCP: Secret Laboratory but with less domination over others

  • Klaus Veen's Treason

  • Space Beast Terror Fright

  • The Outlast Trials

  • Object N

  • Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

  • SCP: Containment Breach 2

Less story-driven

Games that feels like SCP: Secret Laboratory but with less narrative immersion

  • Warfork

  • Screencheat

  • Perfect Heist 2

  • Red Eclipse

  • LOCKDOWN Protocol

  • Rogue Company

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SCP: Secret Laboratory: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Progression.

Last update: 21/08/2026