

Aperture Hand Lab
Cloudhead Games Ltd. · June 25, 2019 · Adventure, VR, Free to Play, Funny, First-Person
Aperture Hand Lab is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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About Aperture Hand Lab
Master grab, shake, and wave mechanics with hyper-realistic virtual hands in Aperture Science's quirky lab environment. This VR hand simulator lets you perfect precise hand gestures in a risk-free setting inspired by the Portal universe.
Experience the high fidelity virtual reality of your own hands like never before.
Aperture Hand Lab — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Aperture Hand Lab is a free VR tech demo that players find amusing and functional for testing hand grip mechanics, though most agree it's quite short and shallow in overall content. While some praise its aesthetic and humor, others criticize it for relying heavily on Aperture Science branding without much genuine innovation, with a few players getting stuck on specific segments. Since it's free, players generally recommend giving it a try if you own a VR headset, though it's best viewed as a brief demonstration rather than a substantial game experience.
there is genuinely nothing to this game lot of people seem to get stuck at the shaking hand segment but as someone who did this on quest 3 and successfuly beat it, luckily for them thats like the second to last part of the game. at the bare minimum this is free, but if youre at all interested in VR and want to test out your headset there are far better and more engaging tech demos than this one. gameplay aside, it should also be noted that this is quite flagrantly reliant on the aperture science branding and iconography, and while it attempts a bit of witty banter its as shallow as a political comic you find on facebook since this was only PUBLISHED by valve and developed by another studio that asked valve for permission it makes sense that the writing and innovative talent valve is known for is absent, but the fact this was even greenlit to be published under their name and allowed to exist in portal's universe makes hand lab a stain on valve's ironclad lineup on par with artifact which is an accomplishment if i sound harsh its in large part both because i'm writing this at like 11:30 pm and the fact i really love vr as a medium and i wish it got to flourish with innovative idea…
Pretty Interesting i'll say
[h1] DISCLAIMER: This is a full review, and NOT a first impressions review [/h1] Aperture Hand Lab is a game developed by Cloudhead Games Ltd. and published by Valve The game has an interesting aesthetic and has some great visuals although it still has some ugly textures and glitches from time to time The game isn't too long and is more of a tech demo for VR Aperture Hand Lab overall, however, is a fun game to play and a very good short and funny game to play! [h1] RECOMMENDED :) [/h1] [b] REVIEW SOURCES: [/b] [list] [*] None
Comparing this to "The Lab" is like apples to oranges; It's a funny demo of the grip mechanics in VR, fully functional, if not a bit short... But it's free, so I'd say it's worth trying!
good vr game
Good VR title from Valve. Recommended!!! to experience the hand lab :p
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