Underplayed Gems

Happy Lab (2023)

Happy Lab cover
Developer
Sunset TEKO, Badim
Publisher
Sunset TEKO
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Rating
4.7 of 5, 32 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.7 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You navigate a mysterious test facility as an intern, training an AI through hands-on experiments and upgrading tools while uncovering the lab's secrets.

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What players say

Players are split on the voice acting, which some find awful, but most enjoy the physics-driven puzzles and dark humour. The game blends puzzle-solving with horror elements, and its sandbox mode adds replayability, though the story mode's difficulty variations are minimal.

Screenshots

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