Crawling Lab

First-person roguelike shooter with gun upgrades in an AI-controlled lab

eTIRUe · Released Jun 16, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 727
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 14; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 weeks ago; Sep 7, 2026

What is Crawling Lab?

A first-person roguelike shooter set in a secret mountain laboratory taken over by an AI. Sent to retrieve research materials, you fight hostile artificial life forms, gather ammo, and upgrade guns as you try to escape across repeated runs.

For you if...

+you like experimenting with gun upgrades across repeated runs
+you enjoy managing ammo during first-person combat
+you want adult-themed enemy designs in an action game

Not for you if...

−you expect explicit scenes from the sexual content tag
−you prefer plentiful ammo from the start
−you dislike repeating combat in the same laboratory

What players say

83% of 727 reviews are positive

Players praise the shooting, enemy designs, and upgrades that encourage different weapon setups. Common complaints include scarce ammo before upgrades, repetitive areas, and less explicit sexual content than some expected.

Screenshots and trailer

Crawling Lab system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: All newer version of Windows 10 (newer than version 1909.1350) and Windows 11 with support for DirectX 12 Agility SDK are supported.
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
Graphics: DirectX 12 (with Shader Model 6.6 atomics), or Vulkan (VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12