Games like Job Simulator were early pioneers in the VR industry, foregoing locomotion for highly interactive playspaces that are close at hand. Developer VR Factory Games has continued this methodology with titles like Zombie Bar Simulator and now, Freaky Lab VR. However, as our cohorts over at 131XR find in their Meta Quest review, Freaky Lab VR is silly and shallow.
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Gettin’ Freaky!
In Freaky Lab VR, users can conduct weird and bizarre experiments on folks, changing them into horses or putting random eyes all over their bodies. While this might sound like the opening of a horror film, Freaky Lab VR is, in fact, a colourful, wacky game far more akin to a kids’ TV show.
In your ‘Lab’, you have an array of tools, ingredients to create elixirs and other items to turn hapless folks into something entirely different. You can follow the various challenges set out for you on a TV screen, or ignore that entirely and experiment to your heart’s content! With its quirky, slapstick humour, kids will love it; everyone else will get bored after about 15 minutes.
Freaky Lab VR Review
The lab is laid out into three sections. To your left is the main station, where you can mix different ingredients to make your potions. These can create all sorts of funny effects, from simply changing your patient’s skin tone to green to transforming their head into a cactus. In the centre is your patient whom you can grab, wiggle their arms around and slap them in their face, should you so wish.
On your right is the secondary station that contains a random assortment of items from eyes to doughnuts. You’ll also find tools such as a defibrillator, tongs and the Quest screen. This can help teach you the basics of Freaky Lab VR and what this abundance of objects can be used for.
As mentioned, Freaky Lab VR is daft, occasionally funny, yet completely light-hearted VR gaming for a younger audience. As 131XR notes in its review, because of this, many gamers may find it far too simplistic, lacking any real depth of gameplay. It’s initially enjoyable, but it’s not a game you’ll come back to again and again.
What’s Next?
VR Factory Games launched Freaky Lab VR into Early Access in December 2025, and since then, has continued to support the game with new updates. Some have been smaller performance and audio tweaks, improving the general gameplay. The most recently added were achievements, which should help with the replay factor.
Yet, as 131XR found, Freaky Lab VR needs fleshing out further to really broaden its scope to more players. Hopefully, that’ll happen in time during Early Access.
Are you already playing Freaky Lab VR? What do you reckon about the gameplay? Let us know in the comments!
