Rat Lab Game Guide: Roles, Tools, and How a Session Works
A source-checked guide to the Roblox experience Rat Lab: the lab rat, scientist and security roles, the per-session tool timer, and what is not verified.
Rat Lab is a Roblox experience by the verified Evil Science group. Its official listing gives a clear three-role structure and one important progression rule: tools unlock the longer you play, but the timer resets every session. This page sticks to those published facts and clearly marks the details the listing does not provide.
The Correct Game at a Glance
| Detail | Official value |
|---|---|
| Platform | Roblox |
| Experience | Rat Lab |
| Place ID | 105904727825849 |
| Universe ID | 10598688389 |
| Developer | Evil Science (verified group 176619995) |
| Listed genre | Action / Open World Action |
| Roles | Lab Rat, Scientist, Security |
Roblox resolves the official place to universe 10598688389. The group ID in the game's creator data is 176619995. Both values were checked against Roblox's public game and group APIs on 2026-11-02.
The Three Official Roles
The official description is short but specific. It does not present a list of unlockable heroes; it describes three roles within the same experience.
| Role | Official objective | What that means in practice |
|---|---|---|
| Lab Rat 🐁 | Attempt to escape and take revenge, or be tested on | Your session is about getting out of containment, not clearing a story campaign |
| Scientist 🔬 | Create your own mutations and test them on lab rats | You design and run experiments on live rat subjects |
| Security 👮 | Stop rats from escaping or capture escaped rats | You guard containment and return runners to a closed cell |
The distinction matters because older versions of this page treated Rat Lab as a single-player puzzle game or a malware-analysis challenge. Neither is the Roblox experience described by the developer.
Tools and the Session Timer
The official listing says:
Unlock different tools the longer you play - ( ⚠︎ Your time resets every session ⚠︎ )
That supports two conclusions:
- Tool access is time-based within a session.
- Progress toward those tools is not a permanent account level, because the timer resets.
It does not publish exact unlock times, a complete tool list, cooldowns, keybinds, or the number of stages. We have not filled those gaps with numbers from another game or a competitor wiki.
How a Session Fits Together
The listing presents the three roles as competing perspectives in one laboratory experience. Choose the role that matches the job you want to learn, then use that role's objective as your first goal:
- Play as a rat: start with the escape route.
- Play as a scientist: start with mutations and experiments.
- Play as security: focus on stopping runners and returning an escaped rat to a closed cell.
For badge requirements, use the official badge guide. For the status of a game-specific community invite, see the community page.
What Is Not Verified
We did not find official public support for a code system, named mutation tiers, numbered player levels, a complete map, or a separate demo build. Those claims are omitted rather than replaced with plausible-looking numbers. If the developer publishes them, they should be added with a new verification date.
Source
- Official Rat Lab page on Roblox, description and creator data, checked 2026-11-02.
- Evil Science group, verified group identity, checked 2026-11-02.
- Roblox public APIs: place-to-universe lookup, game details, and group details, checked 2026-11-02.
Related Guides
How to Escape in Rat Lab: Verified Lab Rat Route and Limits
The verified Lab Rat escape objective: clear three stages, use the bite on breakable walls, reach the outside, and avoid security. No invented maps or timers.
Rat Lab Mutations and Experiments: What Scientists Can Verify
A source-checked guide to Rat Lab mutations: Scientists create and test mutations, while official badges mark a first experiment and logging a new mutation.