SCP: Secret Laboratory
- Developer
- Northwood Studios
- Publisher
- Northwood Studios
- Released
- 28 December 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
Platforms: PC
Genres: shooter , role playing rpg , strategy , indie
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Best gaming PC for SCP: Secret Laboratory in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for SCP: Secret Laboratory today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Northwood Studios on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 21H1+ / 11 / x64 | Windows 10 21H1+ / 11 / x64 |
| CPU | Intel I5 6600 or equivalent, 4 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher | Intel I7 6700 or equivalent, 8 threads, x86-64-v2 or higher |
| RAM | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti or equivalent, 4GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported | NVIDIA RTX 3060 or equivalent, 8GB VRAM, Intel Integrated Graphics not supported |
| Storage | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run SCP: Secret Laboratory?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel I7 6700 and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA RTX 3060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.