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Laboratory horror games on GOG

In these games you walk into a lab where something went wrong: a research base under a mansion, a facility on a far planet, a wrecked lab on the sea floor. Glass tanks hold specimens, notes from the staff hint at what they made, and what they made is still loose in the corridors. The fear comes from finding out what the work was.

The top 18 of 18 laboratory horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 18 best on GOG

  1. Resident Evil 2 (1998) key art: the red Resident Evil 2 logo on black beside a pale zombie with one bulging eye and clawed fingers peering round a dark door SurvivalResident Evil 2 (1998)The way leads down to an underground research laboratory, with zombies in white lab coats 96% on GOG (2,714 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC
  2. Penumbra: Black Plague key art: a lone figure with a red backpack stands in a snowstorm between two snow-covered roofs, beside a frozen post hung with charms PsychologicalPenumbra: Black PlagueAn underground research base of a secret organisation, with labs, examination rooms and the lab of a scientist who reaches Philip over the computer network. 94% on Steam (3,007 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  3. Dino Crisis key art: a scaly raptor foot with a raised curved sickle claw on a blood-smeared floor, lit against darkness SurvivalDino CrisisMost of the game is spent in the labs, offices and control rooms of a military research facility. 94% on the PlayStation Store (8,128 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation
  4. STASIS: BONE TOTEM key art: a frightened woman in a diving helmet underwater, a toothed orange-lit tentacle coiled around her in the green dark EscapeSTASIS: BONE TOTEMBelow the rig is an underwater lab crammed with questionable experiments and biomechanical machines. 93% on Steam (2,689 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  5. Resident Evil (1996) key art: a pale zombie with a wound in its forehead and a bloodied shirt turns toward the viewer out of black darkness SurvivalResident Evil (1996)Beneath the mansion are underground lairs, including a green-lit laboratory with glass tanks. 94% on GOG (1,830 ratings)about 6.5 hPaidPC
  6. Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note key art: a frightened eye behind the visor of a hazmat suit as a slimy green clawed hand grips it 2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The Goodbye NoteOne scene is his lab of reel-to-reel machines and control panels, where he phones home to say he'll be back soon. 92% on itch.io (378 ratings)about 30 minPaidPC
  7. The Thing: Remastered key art: soldiers in hooded snow parkas charge forward under a huge snarling dog-like creature in red and orange haze Body horrorThe Thing: RemasteredA screenshot shows a lab corridor lined with glass tanks holding alien specimens. 90% on Steam (1,446 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  8. CANINE key art: a snarling dog's face seen from below, with bared white fangs and glowing amber eyes against black SurvivalCANINELabs hold rows of green-lit tanks with mutated creatures floating inside 96% on Steam (317 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC, Mac, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  9. The Tartarus Key key art: a blue-lit portrait of Alex in a hood with red X marks over her eyes and red horn strokes, framed by red scribbles on black EscapeThe Tartarus KeyOne screenshot shows a green-lit laboratory where a man floats in a glowing glass tube beside an old computer. 93% on Steam (315 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. Stories Untold key art: a glowing red orb among old CRT monitors, a camcorder, a keypad panel and framed photos, with GET OUT on one screen PsychologicalStories UntoldThe second story puts you at a wall of lab equipment, keypads and a CRT monitor showing a red beating heart. 87% on Steam (5,561 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. DYSTHANASIA key art: a tall, cracked grey creature with a spike over one eye holds the head of a limp girl in a teal gown, under the title SurvivalDYSTHANASIAA girl wakes in a research facility warped by malice, its rooms of steel tables, biohazard bins and padded cells 89% on Steam (370 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC
  12. Teleglitch: Die More Edition key art: green title over a pixel-art scene of a blue robot and orange machines among a crowd of small mutants SurvivalTeleglitch: Die More EditionA shadowy research facility specialising in necrotic tissue reactivation, with levels such as Necrotic tissue research 87% on Steam (1,015 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  13. Apsulov: End of Gods key art: a pale woman's lower face and shoulder carved with red runes, breaking up into digital glitches Sci-fi horrorApsulov: End of GodsYou wake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete built to research and exploit the worlds of Yggdrasil 87% on Steam (1,717 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  14. Dark Fracture key art: a hooded figure seen from behind faces a fleshy, ribbed cave lit in sickly green, beside the jagged title PsychologicalDark Fracture: PrologueThe workplace is a decomposition research facility, with cold rooms, gurneys and storage drawers. 83% on Steam (1,382 reviews)about 45 minFreePC
  15. ASYLUM key art: a worn restraint chair with trailing straps in a dim, grimy room, the title in jagged red letters PsychologicalASYLUMOne screenshot shows an old laboratory of workbenches, flasks and glass cabinets inside the institute. 83% on Steam (432 reviews)about 8 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux
  16. STASIS key art: a bald man in a dark segmented suit sits hunched with a hand on his head, cables trailing from his back, in a dim industrial room lit by a purple glow 2D horrorSTASISMuch of the ship is labs: overgrown rooms with cracked specimen tubes, pods and banks of monitors. 79% on Steam (1,716 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  17. Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle key art: agent Dalila Reyes seen from behind, a glowing H.A.D.E.S. pack on her back and a gun at her shoulder, under a sky full of lightning SurvivalDaymare: 1994 SandcastleYou search the base's labs and research halls, past a mobile laboratory unit, desks with old monitors and bloody remains. 79% on the PlayStation Store (1,168 ratings)about 7 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  18. Daymare: 1998 key art: a skinless mutant with a gaping jaw lunges from a dark, blood-spattered lab corridor with biohazard and restricted-area signs SurvivalDaymare: 1998It opens at Aegis Laboratory, a secret government research facility where a lethal experimental weapon has leaked. 69% on Steam (4,315 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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