SCP: Secret Laboratory
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How do players who really played SCP: Secret Laboratory rate it? TrueGG Rating 89.5%

Release date: Dec 29, 2017 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

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  • Players who need stable servers (reports of connection issues)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
89.5%
▼ −1.5 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 5,978 reviews

TrueGG, all time
92.3%
Steam overall
91.0%
Japanese, all time
87.1%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 7.4% of all reviews. Their positive share is 66.5%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h56%3111–2 h75%1502–5 h90%7595–10 h92%79310–20 h92%95720–50 h93%1,40150–100 h94%1,063100–200 h91%1,089200+ h85%2,425Positive share by playtime0–1 h31156%1–2 h15075%2–5 h75990%5–10 h79392%10–20 h95792%20–50 h1,40193%50–100 h1,06394%100–200 h1,08991%200+ h2,42585%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h56.3%—311
1–2 h74.7%—150
2–5 h90.4%100.0%759
5–10 h92.1%—793
10–20 h92.2%—957
20–50 h93.1%—1,401
50–100 h93.8%—1,063
100–200 h91.4%—1,089
200+ h84.7%—2,425

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 58% had 20+ hours and 29% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

SCP: Secret Laboratory has a TrueGG Rating of 89.5%: the positive share among 5,978 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 91.0%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 92.3%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 7% of the total, and only 67% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

In the last 180 days, approval peaks at 94% around 50–100h and falls to 85% at 200h+: in the current version, long-time players are harsher.

Negative reviews most often mention servers (less than at launch) and updates and the developers (less than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (90.4% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on live operations and online play (Servers & connection, Updates & developers). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Servers & connection19% of negative reviews (11% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch
  • Updates & developers9% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel24% of positive reviews (13% of negative)
＋ 無料＋ 脱出＋ クラス＋ 存在＋ peak＋ cool＋ 面白＋ funny− players− isn't− whole− feels− until− terrible− completely− worst

Counted from 349 recent negative and 558 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating91.0%All time, all languages · 235,424 reviews
Adjusted rating90.4%Weighted by trust (95% range 90.1%–90.8%), −0.6pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews84.0%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−7.0pt vs overall) · 307 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review4%16%
Very short text50%30%
Key activated outside Steam0%0%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games24%10%
Over 100 reviews written1%1%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.730.78

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 93.4 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 2017-12: +700 / −173 2018-01: +1,368 / −436 2018-02: +905 / −181 2018-03: +821 / −157 2018-04: +923 / −172 2018-05: +730 / −158 2018-06: +1,340 / −160 2018-07: +906 / −208 2018-08: +811 / −176 2018-09: +664 / −121 2018-10: +842 / −118 2018-11: +2,287 / −134 2018-12: +1,022 / −162 2019-01: +1,021 / −162 2019-02: +856 / −122 2019-03: +1,000 / −166 2019-04: +970 / −183 2019-05: +877 / −102 2019-06: +2,550 / −195 2019-07: +2,940 / −272 2019-08: +1,033 / −168 2019-09: +745 / −107 2019-10: +1,349 / −110 2019-11: +6,101 / −264 2019-12: +3,753 / −263 2020-01: +2,935 / −208 2020-02: +2,425 / −189 2020-03: +3,266 / −263 2020-04: +3,097 / −274 2020-05: +3,087 / −284 2020-06: +3,343 / −235 2020-07: +3,569 / −321 2020-08: +4,598 / −321 2020-09: +3,199 / −229 2020-10: +3,078 / −247 2020-11: +3,954 / −302 2020-12: +3,523 / −259 2021-01: +4,087 / −288 2021-02: +3,916 / −294 2021-03: +3,893 / −268 2021-04: +3,034 / −242 2021-05: +2,809 / −237 2021-06: +2,774 / −263 2021-07: +3,757 / −335 2021-08: +5,100 / −388 2021-09: +3,398 / −319 2021-10: +3,707 / −324 2021-11: +2,757 / −239 2021-12: +2,854 / −261 2022-01: +2,766 / −282 2022-02: +2,173 / −252 2022-03: +2,160 / −208 2022-04: +2,236 / −260 2022-05: +1,750 / −232 2022-06: +1,890 / −211 2022-07: +2,118 / −227 2022-08: +2,278 / −242 2022-09: +1,512 / −167 2022-10: +1,678 / −142 2022-11: +1,784 / −149 2022-12: +2,572 / −229 2023-01: +2,982 / −247 2023-02: +2,115 / −198 2023-03: +2,201 / −182 2023-04: +2,051 / −191 2023-05: +2,386 / −263 2023-06: +3,083 / −352 2023-07: +3,381 / −291 2023-08: +3,304 / −278 2023-09: +2,564 / −255 2023-10: +2,538 / −227 2023-11: +2,714 / −212 2023-12: +2,543 / −228 2024-01: +2,914 / −271 2024-02: +2,829 / −249 2024-03: +2,432 / −252 2024-04: +1,984 / −207 2024-05: +2,167 / −242 2024-06: +2,518 / −327 2024-07: +2,750 / −370 2024-08: +2,986 / −334 2024-09: +2,080 / −206 2024-10: +2,299 / −214 2024-11: +2,643 / −232 2024-12: +2,473 / −295 2025-01: +1,964 / −233 2025-02: +1,618 / −184 2025-03: +1,878 / −213 2025-04: +1,785 / −189 2025-05: +1,936 / −261 2025-06: +1,843 / −255 2025-07: +2,061 / −236 2025-08: +2,320 / −288 2025-09: +1,440 / −174 2025-10: +1,649 / −221 2025-11: +2,190 / −219 2025-12: +1,676 / −206 2026-01: +1,817 / −228 2026-02: +1,710 / −209 2026-03: +1,611 / −231 2026-04: +1,206 / −182 2026-05: +1,291 / −162 2026-06: +1,364 / −153 2026-07: +1,439 / −202 2026-08: +1,779 / −242 2026-09: +1,137 / −168 2026-10: +755 / −104 2018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 90.9% 2024-06: update2024-12: update2025-05: update 2017-12: 80.2%2018-01: 75.8%2018-02: 83.3%2018-03: 83.9%2018-04: 84.3%2018-05: 82.2%2018-06: 89.3%2018-07: 81.3%2018-08: 82.2%2018-09: 84.6%2018-10: 87.7%2018-11: 94.5%2018-12: 86.3%2019-01: 86.3%2019-02: 87.5%2019-03: 85.8%2019-04: 84.1%2019-05: 89.6%2019-06: 92.9%2019-07: 91.5%2019-08: 86.0%2019-09: 87.4%2019-10: 92.5%2019-11: 95.9%2019-12: 93.5%2020-01: 93.4%2020-02: 92.8%2020-03: 92.5%2020-04: 91.9%2020-05: 91.6%2020-06: 93.4%2020-07: 91.7%2020-08: 93.5%2020-09: 93.3%2020-10: 92.6%2020-11: 92.9%2020-12: 93.2%2021-01: 93.4%2021-02: 93.0%2021-03: 93.6%2021-04: 92.6%2021-05: 92.2%2021-06: 91.3%2021-07: 91.8%2021-08: 92.9%2021-09: 91.4%2021-10: 92.0%2021-11: 92.0%2021-12: 91.6%2022-01: 90.7%2022-02: 89.6%2022-03: 91.2%2022-04: 89.6%2022-05: 88.3%2022-06: 90.0%2022-07: 90.3%2022-08: 90.4%2022-09: 90.1%2022-10: 92.2%2022-11: 92.3%2022-12: 91.8%2023-01: 92.4%2023-02: 91.4%2023-03: 92.4%2023-04: 91.5%2023-05: 90.1%2023-06: 89.8%2023-07: 92.1%2023-08: 92.2%2023-09: 91.0%2023-10: 91.8%2023-11: 92.8%2023-12: 91.8%2024-01: 91.5%2024-02: 91.9%2024-03: 90.6%2024-04: 90.6%2024-05: 90.0%2024-06: 88.5%2024-07: 88.1%2024-08: 89.9%2024-09: 91.0%2024-10: 91.5%2024-11: 91.9%2024-12: 89.3%2025-01: 89.4%2025-02: 89.8%2025-03: 89.8%2025-04: 90.4%2025-05: 88.1%2025-06: 87.8%2025-07: 89.7%2025-08: 89.0%2025-09: 89.2%2025-10: 88.2%2025-11: 90.9%2025-12: 89.1%2026-01: 88.9%2026-02: 89.1%2026-03: 87.5%2026-04: 86.9%2026-05: 88.9%2026-06: 89.9%2026-07: 87.7%2026-08: 88.0%2026-09: 87.1%2026-10: 87.9% 2018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2025-05-10 SCP-106 Plush campaign is now LIVE 90% → 89% (−1.3pt)
2024-12-22 14.0 Full Release + Holiday Update 92% → 90% (−2.1pt)
2024-06-07 Version 13.5 out now! 90% → 89% (−1.2pt)

Picked automatically from the titles of Steam announcements by the developer (one per month, last 3 years, up to 10). The dotted lines mark those months. Before and after are the positive rates of the two months before and after (excluding the month itself); shown as "—" under 50 reviews or when the two months after are not complete. An update is not necessarily the cause of a change.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 50 100 2026-09-19: +39 / −7 2026-09-20: +34 / −6 2026-09-21: +33 / −8 2026-09-22: +46 / −3 2026-09-23: +33 / −9 2026-09-24: +29 / −3 2026-09-25: +47 / −6 2026-09-26: +38 / −11 2026-09-27: +44 / −4 2026-09-28: +41 / −5 2026-09-29: +24 / −7 2026-09-30: +31 / −1 2026-10-01: +32 / −8 2026-10-02: +45 / −7 2026-10-03: +48 / −5 2026-10-04: +51 / −7 2026-10-05: +48 / −4 2026-10-06: +42 / −8 2026-10-07: +30 / −4 2026-10-08: +30 / −9 2026-10-09: +31 / −3 2026-10-10: +59 / −2 2026-10-11: +46 / −7 2026-10-12: +27 / −5 2026-10-13: +33 / −5 2026-10-14: +32 / −3 2026-10-15: +34 / −7 2026-10-16: +45 / −4 2026-10-17: +71 / −11 2026-10-18: +51 / −5 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2017-1270017380.2%
2018-011,36843675.8%
2018-0290518183.3%
2018-0382115783.9%
2018-0492317284.3%
2018-0573015882.2%
2018-061,34016089.3%
2018-0790620881.3%
2018-0881117682.2%
2018-0966412184.6%
2018-1084211887.7%
2018-112,28713494.5%
2018-121,02216286.3%
2019-011,02116286.3%
2019-0285612287.5%
2019-031,00016685.8%
2019-0497018384.1%
2019-0587710289.6%
2019-062,55019592.9%
2019-072,94027291.5%
2019-081,03316886.0%
2019-0974510787.4%
2019-101,34911092.5%
2019-116,10126495.9%
2019-123,75326393.5%
2020-012,93520893.4%
2020-022,42518992.8%
2020-033,26626392.5%
2020-043,09727491.9%
2020-053,08728491.6%
2020-063,34323593.4%
2020-073,56932191.7%
2020-084,59832193.5%
2020-093,19922993.3%
2020-103,07824792.6%
2020-113,95430292.9%
2020-123,52325993.2%
2021-014,08728893.4%
2021-023,91629493.0%
2021-033,89326893.6%
2021-043,03424292.6%
2021-052,80923792.2%
2021-062,77426391.3%
2021-073,75733591.8%
2021-085,10038892.9%
2021-093,39831991.4%
2021-103,70732492.0%
2021-112,75723992.0%
2021-122,85426191.6%
2022-012,76628290.7%
2022-022,17325289.6%
2022-032,16020891.2%
2022-042,23626089.6%
2022-051,75023288.3%
2022-061,89021190.0%
2022-072,11822790.3%
2022-082,27824290.4%
2022-091,51216790.1%
2022-101,67814292.2%
2022-111,78414992.3%
2022-122,57222991.8%
2023-012,98224792.4%
2023-022,11519891.4%
2023-032,20118292.4%
2023-042,05119191.5%
2023-052,38626390.1%
2023-063,08335289.8%
2023-073,38129192.1%
2023-083,30427892.2%
2023-092,56425591.0%
2023-102,53822791.8%
2023-112,71421292.8%
2023-122,54322891.8%
2024-012,91427191.5%
2024-022,82924991.9%
2024-032,43225290.6%
2024-041,98420790.6%
2024-052,16724290.0%
2024-062,51832788.5%
2024-072,75037088.1%
2024-082,98633489.9%
2024-092,08020691.0%
2024-102,29921491.5%
2024-112,64323291.9%
2024-122,47329589.3%
2025-011,96423389.4%
2025-021,61818489.8%
2025-031,87821389.8%
2025-041,78518990.4%
2025-051,93626188.1%
2025-061,84325587.8%
2025-072,06123689.7%
2025-082,32028889.0%
2025-091,44017489.2%
2025-101,64922188.2%
2025-112,19021990.9%
2025-121,67620689.1%
2026-011,81722888.9%
2026-021,71020989.1%
2026-031,61123187.5%
2026-041,20618286.9%
2026-051,29116288.9%
2026-061,36415389.9%
2026-071,43920287.7%
2026-081,77924288.0%
2026-091,13716887.1%
2026-1075510487.9%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19397
2026-09-20346
2026-09-21338
2026-09-22463
2026-09-23339
2026-09-24293
2026-09-25476
2026-09-263811
2026-09-27444
2026-09-28415
2026-09-29247
2026-09-30311
2026-10-01328
2026-10-02457
2026-10-03485
2026-10-04517
2026-10-05484
2026-10-06428
2026-10-07304
2026-10-08309
2026-10-09313
2026-10-10592
2026-10-11467
2026-10-12275
2026-10-13335
2026-10-14323
2026-10-15347
2026-10-16454
2026-10-177111
2026-10-18515
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days87.5%1,340
Last 180 days88.7%8,932
All time91.0%235,424
Japanese, last 180 days100.0%2
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