Underplayed Gems

The White Laboratory (2019)

The White Laboratory cover
Developer
Laboratory Systems
Publisher
Laboratory Systems, Gamera Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Strategy
Rating
3.9 of 5, 361 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 8.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A slow, deliberate sandbox where you painstakingly assemble and command modular robotic structures through physics-driven combat.

sandboxphysics-basedmodularstrategicmethodicaltinkeringsystematicunhurried

What players say

Players praise the creative block-building system but split on whether the physics add challenge or frustration. The game is short with only four campaign levels and no modding, and a crash in the second campaign locks some players out of progress.

Trailer

Screenshots

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