Randomized Facility Layout
Each round features a semi-randomized map, including different sectors such as:
- Light Containment Zone (LCZ): Where Class-D and Scientists start.
- Heavy Containment Zone (HCZ): Houses dangerous SCPs and important control rooms.
- Entrance Zone (EZ): The final area before reaching the surface.
Inventory and Equipment
Players can find keycards, weapons, medical supplies, and SCP items to aid survival.
Certain SCP artifacts, like SCP-914 (a machine that upgrades items), can significantly change gameplay.
Communication and Teamwork
The game features proximity voice chat and radio channels for team coordination.
SCP-939 can imitate human voices to deceive players.
Dynamic Events and Reinforcements
Throughout the match, reinforcements (MTF or Chaos Insurgency) arrive to shift the power balance.
SCP-106 can open "black holes" that alter gameplay.
Escape and Victory Conditions
Different teams have unique win conditions, such as:
- SCPs win by eliminating all human players.
- MTF win by rescuing scientists and eliminating SCPs and Class-D.
- Chaos Insurgency win by rescuing Class-D and killing MTF and SCP.
- Class-D and Scientists win by escaping to the surface.
| Team | Goal |
|---|---|
| SCP | Elimination of all human players |
| MTF | Rescue of allscientist and elimination of all SCPs and Class-D |
| Chaos Insurgency | Rescue of all Class-D and elimination of MTFs and SCPs |
| Class-D or Scientist | Escape successfully |
Development and Community
SCP: Secret Laboratory is continuously updated with new SCPs, weapons, and mechanics.
The game is free-to-play and has a strong modding community.
Servers range from vanilla gameplay to heavily modded experiences with custom rules and features.
If you are interested, you can find out more about the game mechanics here.