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Survive a multiplayer containment breach as a human faction or SCP, escaping, hunting survivors, or fighting to secure the facility.
Released 29 Dec 2017
Play as SCPs
Escape as Class-D
Upgrade Access Cards
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.
Developed by Northwood Studios · Published by Northwood Studios
At Site-02, a containment breach throws Foundation staff, prisoners, response teams, and escaped anomalies into the same underground facility. Players take the role of a human class—such as a Scientist, Class-D, Guard, Mobile Task Force member, or Chaos Insurgent—or play as an SCP.
Human factions have different goals: Scientists and Class-D try to escape, Guards and Mobile Task Forces work to protect personnel and restore control, and the Chaos Insurgency attacks Foundation forces and seeks to rescue Class-D. Players navigate the facility, gather equipment and access cards, and cooperate or fight with others as their objectives bring them into conflict.
SCPs have distinct abilities and pursue the humans, while armed human teams can fight back. The facility contains hazards and emergency systems, including Tesla Gates, bulkheads, and a nuclear warhead; players can also upgrade access cards using SCP-914. Each round centers on escaping, eliminating threats, or bringing the breach under control.
Players who enjoy the game often describe unpredictable matches shaped by player interactions: tense escapes, improvised teamwork, jokes, and unexpected encounters between human factions and SCPs. Reviews also praise the range of roles and the social experience of playing with friends, though other players report unwelcoming servers and a steep learning curve.
Deep within one of the SCP Foundation’s emergency containment sites, a catastrophic containment breach leads to multiple SCP subjects being released from their cells. With containment compromised, facility personnel rush to evacuate while waiting for Mobile Task Forces to arrive and restore order, but with the Class-D population running amok in a desperate attempt to escape, along with the involvement of the Chaos Insurgency, the fate of Site-02 remains uncertain.
SCP: Secret Laboratory (SCP:SL) is a free-to-play multiplayer horror game where you must escape from fearsome entities, or fight to secure a facility under the control of the SCP Foundation, an organisation which seeks to secure and contain anomalous items and creatures in order to protect humanity. These objects, or SCPs, range from mundane-looking items with extraordinary effects, to horrific abominations capable of bypassing the most impenetrable containment methods the Foundation puts in place.
Throughout the game, you will witness the perspective of the 5 different human classes, each trying desperately to survive. These include:
Scientists: Foundation personnel caught in the midst of the chaos, they must work with Facility Guards and the Mobile Task Force while using their equipment and wits to escape.
Class-D Personnel: Prisoners and test subjects using the breach to their advantage, they start with nothing and will do anything it takes to escape from the Foundation.
Facility Guards: The woefully unequipped first responders who must help the Scientists escape, prevent the Class-D from escaping, and hold back the SCPs for as long as possible until the Mobile Task Force arrive.
Mobile Task Force: Specialised re-containment agents sent into containment breaches to restore order and eliminate threats, they are tasked with assisting in the evacuation of Scientists and taking down anything that poses a threat to the Foundation.
Chaos Insurgency: Soldiers of an unknown directive, who are ordered to attack major Foundation sites and terminate all Foundation personnel. They also aim to rescue Class-D Personnel in order to gather useful information from them.
Site-02 is a sprawling maze of different zones. Light Containment Zone, where Scientists and Class-D Personnel reside. Heavy Containment Zone, where the SCPs are contained. Entrance Zone, where Facility Guards are stationed, and Surface Zone, where the evacuation point is located, along with the insertion points for Mobile Task Forces and Chaos Insurgents. The site is prepared for these breaches, containing numerous emergency measures — from Tesla Gates able to electrocute anything caught in the blast, to emergency bulkheads able to temporarily hold back threats from a fleeing target, or even the on-site nuclear warhead capable of vaporising the entire underground section of the site.
Despite all the security precautions and safety measures, Site-02 is not impenetrable. Fight alongside and against other players in order to help the Foundation restore containment and order, sabotage the site as the Insurgency, or kill everyone as a SCP in a murderous rampage.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 52 |
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| Players | Up to 70 |
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| Multiplayer | SCP: Secret Laboratory is a multiplayer-only, round-based online game. Players are assigned to human classes or SCP roles and play both cooperatively and competitively across opposing factions. Steam lists Online PvP, and the tags include Co-op and Online Co-Op. Reviews describe public servers, private servers, modded servers, proximity voice chat, spectator/respawn waves, and team-based asymmetrical play. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews state that many servers run mods or scripts, including custom servers, official modded servers, plugins, changed escape mechanics, added SCPs, and altered atmosphere or gameplay. Multiplayer behavior can differ by server, including team-kill settings and server-side rules. |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
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