Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale vs SCP: Secret Laboratory
Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale is an FPS survival game from Define Human Studios (2018) while SCP: Secret Laboratory is an FPS horror game from Northwood Studios (2017).
What each one is
Steam files Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale under FPS and Survival. In contrast, it files SCP: Secret Laboratory under FPS and Horror.
Drop into massive, alien-built arenas and begin the frantic search for weapons and gear - all while trying to stay one step ahead of the advancing plasma field… or the sights of other contenders. ION offers its players a skill-driven, first-person-only Battle Royale all built into a unique sci-fi universe.
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.
At a glance
| Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale | SCP: Secret Laboratory | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 4.9/10 | 8.3/10 |
| Steam rating | Mixed (51%, 6,630) | Very Positive (91%, 234,020) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | Not listed | Free |
| Install size | 25 GB | 8 GB |
| Steam Deck | Untested | playable |
| Released | 2018 | 2017 |
| Developer | Define Human Studios | Northwood Studios |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale vs SCP: Secret Laboratory, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Islands of Nyne: Battle RoyaleFPS survival gameSCP: Secret LaboratoryFPS horror gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Islands of Nyne: Battle RoyaleEarly Access, Battle Royale, FPSSCP: Secret LaboratoryFree to Play, Horror, First-PersonThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Islands of Nyne: Battle RoyaleScore 4.9 · 51% on SteamSCP: Secret Laboratory ✓Score 8.3 · 91% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale6,630 reviews · 25 GBSCP: Secret Laboratory234,020 reviews · 8 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Islands of Nyne: Battle RoyaleNot listedSCP: Secret LaboratoryFreeRead live from Steam and subject to change.
SCP: Secret Laboratory takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueIslands of Nyne: Battle Royale and SCP: Secret Laboratory on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: SCP: Secret Laboratory (GamingPickz Score 8.3)
- Lighter on storage: SCP: Secret Laboratory (8 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: SCP: Secret Laboratory (234,020 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
FPSMultiplayerActionSurvivalShooterIndieFirst-PersonFree to Play
Where they differ
Early AccessBattle RoyalePvPFuturistic
HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpMemesPsychological Horror
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. SCP: Secret Laboratory is demanding, for players who want a challenge.
System requirements, side by side
| Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale | SCP: Secret Laboratory | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | Geforce GTX 660 | NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K CPU | Intel I5 6600 |
| Minimum RAM | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Install size | 25 GB | 8 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale · SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale and 0 for SCP: Secret Laboratory. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
If you like one, also try
Common questions
How different are Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale and SCP: Secret Laboratory in scope?
Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale has drawn 6,630 Steam reviews and installs in 25 GB. SCP: Secret Laboratory has drawn 234,020 Steam reviews and installs in 8 GB.
Is Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale or SCP: Secret Laboratory better?
By the GamingPickz Score, SCP: Secret Laboratory rates higher (8.3 to 4.9). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale or SCP: Secret Laboratory?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
Related comparisons
How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.