The Lost Laboratory is a atmospheric point-and-click escape room game built entirely in a single HTML file — no

  installation, no download, just open and play in any browser.

 

  You wake up on the cold floor of an abandoned laboratory. The air smells of chemicals. The lights flicker. You don't

  know how you got here — but you know you need to get out.

 

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  Your escape leads you through 10 increasingly difficult rooms, each with its own unique puzzle mechanics, atmosphere,

  and secrets:

 

  - Lab — Your starting point. Hidden keys, locked cabinets, and a cryptic whiteboard set the tone.

  - Storage Room — Combine items to craft tools. A locked safe stands between you and the next area.

  - Server Room — Assemble electronic components and hack a terminal to reveal an access code.

  - Archive Room — Decode clues hidden across the room, repair a shredded keycard, and unlock a heavily secured door.

  - Reactor Chamber — Power up a dead terminal with a salvaged fuse, crack a locked drawer, and assemble a 5-digit

  override code from two separate sources.

  - Medical Bay — Treat a suspicious wall with chemical spray, then reveal a hidden UV code under black light.

  - Machine Hall — Repair three broken industrial machines using the right components. Each machine reveals part of a

  5-digit activation sequence.

  - Final Exit — Power up a radio transmitter, decode an encrypted signal using a cipher book, and enter the 6-digit

  code on the final door.

  - Freezer — Read temperature gauges for a cabinet code, melt a frozen ice block with a heat rod, and retrieve the key

  locked inside.

  - Surveillance Room — Read active monitor displays for a panel code, salvage a chip from a broken screen, combine it

  with a signal decoder, and use the result to unlock the final exit.

 

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  Features:

  - 10 rooms with unique, hand-crafted puzzles

  - Every room introduces a new mechanic — no two puzzles feel the same

  - Full inventory system with item combination

  - Atmospheric procedural sound design (ambient drone, creaks, heartbeat, static)

  - Horror system with random events: flickering screens, shadow figures, and jumpscares

  - Volume control (mute, quiet, medium, loud)

  - A hidden walkthrough() function in the browser console if you get stuck

  - Built in a single HTML file — works offline, no install needed

 

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  Can you find your way through all 10 rooms and escape the lost laboratory?

Updated 16 days ago
Published 21 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorGhostCoder06
GenrePuzzle
Tags2D, Escape Game, Horror, Indie, Point & Click, Retro
AI DisclosureAI Assisted, Graphics, Text

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I umm don't know German.....how do i change the language setting?

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this is quite tricky because I cant easily google translate anything, nor do I have acess to someone who speaks German currently.  I have gotten all the way to room three, tis is very cool game and I love the art style, I'm not sure how I ended up in German language but I'm trying my best without a translator rn

k y'all gonna be taken on this confusing adventure with me via updates  

update #1 I figured out how to craft/merge items!!! AND GOT TO ROOM 4 LETS GO!

Update #2 Through some trial and error I used the only text I understood: numbers and unlocked chests, then managed to recognize a word that kept reappearing and combines some stuff and used that to......GET TO ROOM 5 HELL YEAHHHHH

UPDATE #3 I DID SOMETHING WORNG! I DONT KNOW WHAT BUT NOW THINGS ARE IN RED TEXT? HELP! IM SCARED TO DO ANYHTHING NOW

update #4 I overreacted, nothing bad happened lmao. I reconised the word 'override' coz I'm hella smart (jkjk) and so I got thee code to get to room SIX HELL YAH. I'm %99 sure I skipped a step or three but oh well

update #5 I take it back I'm not smart. I'm so lost. and freaking beans on toast man; I GOT JUMSCSCARED.  but I'm hella awesome coz I still got to room 7 LETS GO

update #6 due to the mature stratagy of manually trying everything I have in my inventory, I got to room number 8, though not without another flipping jumpscare from chainsaw man. and I'll be the one who says it; chainsaw man needs to learn personal space.

update #7 I have to leave for now, hopefully I can continue in a few hours. chainsaw man, I will personally lock you in a cage with a four year old on a sugar rush if you keep jumping at me. 

Update #8 I have returned however it has not saved my progress, I will continue this tomorrow because then I will have acess to a German who can help me lol

Hey, I am the Developer and I realley am happy that you like the game :). I'm gonna publish an Update with English soon. When it is published I write you here

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Now the game is in English and it also saves your progress. I am sorry that you have to start again but I hope now you can enjoy it better

TYSM! lol it was quite fun to mess around but now I gotta lock in lol, ty for such a fast response!

um I need help. I'm stuck on the decrypted signal, I have the decrypted signal in my inventory....but I cant figure out the code? or read the decrypted signal...

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Combine the Cipher Book with the Radio Signal Print in your inventory.
That creates the Decoded Signal, which reveals the code for the final door.

i have that but how do i see the code it should give me?