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The White Laboratory is a sandbox style physics-based tower defense and RTS game in which you modularly build and command robotic structures. Use them to defend against or conquer other disobedient mechanical blocks on a facility floating in the atmosphere of a remote gas planet.

Release DateMar 28, 2019
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.9% (mostly positive) / 77.7%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.5% / 72.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)247  Top 25% / 336  Top 25%
Curators15 reviews
Median Play Time6.5 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar39 minutes
Followers3.4K  Top 20%
Owners± 19.9K 
Copies Sold± 10.6K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 64.5K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The White Laboratory steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows The White Laboratory's Steam rating and reviews between March 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 79.7% (August 2020) to 77.2% (June 2023).

With its 336 reviews Top 25%, The White Laboratory could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The White Laboratory and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows The White Laboratory's review languages. The most popular language is Simplified Chinese (46%), followed by English (45%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 10 different languages represented. The game has 3 translations (English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying The White Laboratory percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in The White Laboratory depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is not bad at all, with 23 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A low negative review time (median : 106 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by The White Laboratory and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Tower defense game well-made UI
  • Integrated help and gradual information
  • List of inventions in main menu
  • Outstanding support and bug fixing
  • Inventive and fun gameplay features
  • Custom turrets and impressive weapons
  • Mega towers for head start in next zone
  • Great new tower defense game for fans
  • Interesting unique levels
  • Dirt cheap
  • Horrible building process
  • Tiny parts constantly snapping incorrectly
  • No dedicated build mode
  • Wobbling uncontrollably due to physics
  • Flyers shot down quickly
  • Difficulty spike in third chapter
  • Punishing the player heavily
  • Not preserving enough parts is irritating
  • Cannot zoom enough
  • No way to look underneath flyers

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 72.9% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of The White Laboratory's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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