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Lab Rat nominated at the 2026 Thinky Awards🧪🐀
Attention, valued test subjects Good news! The testing program is now being evaluated and possibly awarded by an independent third party! Lab Rat has been nominated for the 3rd annual Thinky Awards, with winners announc…
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1.4.2 Patch Notes
NEW: Added option to disable copyrighted music. BUGFIX: Fixed some issues with localized text overflowing their containing widgets.
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1.4.1 Patch Notes
BUGFIX: Resolution and display mode settings would not be properly restored when restarting game. BUGFIX: Localized text would sometimes overflow widgets. BUGFIX: Some keyboard/mouse inputs do not have a corresponding b…
Announcement - Lab Rat
1.4.0 Patch Notes - Localization and Keybindings!
NEW: Translated game text and subtitles to Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain & Latin America), and Turkish. NEW: Added keyboa…
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1.3.3 Patch Notes
BUGFIX: Player could not complete level if undoing or resetting after the gate is unlocked at the end of the spider boss level . BUGFIX: Level would remain dark when returning from the combat simulator to the village .…
Announcement - Lab Rat
1.3.2 Patch Notes
BUGFIX: Ambient SFX would become distorted at lower SFX volumes. BUGFIX: The Tier IV "A Mysterious Princess" levels could not be completed when entering via the green pipe in the Village . We were not able to reproduce…
Announcement - Lab Rat
1.3.0 Patch Notes
BUGFIX: Player character would cover poll response screen in ultrawide resolutions. - BUGFIX: Using undo while certain actions were resolving could leave the level in an invalid state. - BUGFIX: Continuing after complet…
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Lab Rat is Now Available!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/Lab_Rat/ Congratulations! You have been chosen to participate in a special test that will help refine a brand new kind of game! Lab Rat was generated by the world's most advanc…
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Lab Rat Launches April 15th!
On April 15th LabRat Launches with 100+ Mind-Bending Puzzles. Put your logic to the test in this hand-crafted satirical sci-fi puzzle game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/Lab_Rat/ Congratulations! You have b…
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New Modes - New Platform - New Trailer!
Hello! We're still deep in production on Lab Rat, but I wanted to pause for a second and share a sneak peak at what we're building for you. Check out the new trailer on our Steam page, or here on YouTube: https://www.yo…
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NEW E3 Dev Trailer!
I'm SO EXCITED to share some brand-new footage of Lab Rat! Check it out!!! 👀👂👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkGaGF6Seg
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Live Q&A with Lab Rat Devs Gwen & Lucas
Lab Rat is a collaboration between 2 designers: Gwen Frey has worked in commercial game development for 12 years. She was a senior technical animator on BioShock Infinite, cofounded The Molasses Flood & developed roguel…
Announcement - Lab Rat
Live Puzzle Dev Roundtable
This is a true meeting of minds! Alan Hazelden is famous in puzzle game circles. He directed A Monster's Expedition, Cosmic Express, A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build, and Sokobond. Alan runs the largest Discord dedicated…
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Join the Lab Rat closed beta!
The Lab Rat closed beta has officially begun. A few hundred testers are playing the first demo of the game, and more playtesters are being added to the beta every week! If you would like to join the closed beta then sig…
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