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Upload Labs

Upload Labs

by EnigmaDev Studios

★ 92%
Price Free
Avg Players 759
Reviews 8,845
Released Oct 3, 2025
AutomationClickerFree To PlayFree to Play
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Upload Labs presents itself as a system-building puzzle but operates as a straightforward idle game where you repeatedly upgrade a single set of nodes to increase processing speeds and earnings. The core loop involves watching exponential income growth punctuated by tier-ups that multiply your gains, designed to keep you engaged through satisfying numbers rather than strategic depth. It's compulsively playable for anyone who enjoys the dopamine hit of exponential progression, though the game's lack of meaningful scaling or complexity may frustrate players expecting actual factory-building or a

About this game

Players, last 71 days

Peak 1,175 · Low 544

Daily peak concurrent players, sampled once a night from Steam.

What players are saying

▼ Not recommended 0 hrs
Let me be clear. This is NOT an automation game. It is an idle game like cookie clicker very loosely disguised as a factory game. You have one of each production unit. That means you cannot scale up at all. You literally are just waiting to click the upgrade button that increases your income by 100% over and over and over. Tier up just increases money, no nuance. The free to play is to lure in people to pay for boosts etc. Terrible and honestly disgusting design.
520 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 1 hrs
This isnt really a review but rather snitching on someone that copied your game and putting gamepasses onto it to earn money! This roblox game https://www.roblox.com/games/133238741253706/OVERCLOCKED is an exact copy of this game. Please spread aweraness and let the creators see this!
307 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 15 hrs
I had to uninstall this game for my own good.
I just played 15 hours in one sitting.
It's currently 8 am.
I am not okay.
294 found helpful Steam ↗

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Latest updates

3.0.12

13 days ago
Balance: -Greatly reduced the amount of alien files output by the Unit Reader. -Greatly reduced the Data Lab speed reduction when reading alien files. You should see it working at about level 120 instead of 150. -Reduced processing seller and mining automatic value scaling. -The Reconstructor and Redownloader now uses white inputs, meaning you can now fix a corrupted zipped file. This change makes Zipocalypse + Renaissance universe beatable. -AI modifier no longer prevents neuron production, but instead reduces neuron yield by 4x. This change makes Dead Internet beatable. -The Trainer now requires more files as file quality decreases. This change only affects files that have quality lower than 1. -The main advanced research upgrades now grants additive bonus rather than multiplicative ones. This only affects the upgrades that cost research, not the ones that cost Tech, Hacking and Coding points. Bug Fixes: -Fixed the IDE not updating its variable production when getting upgrades. -Fixed AI Power inputs being able to accept AI Skills. -Fixed Checksum Verifier guide not being unlocked when researching Checksum Validation. -Fixed Unit Reader not updating its clock cycle requirement when changing inputs.

3.0.8 (Beta branch)

15 days ago
Balance: -Redownloader’s output now applies the Verified modifier again Bug Fixes: -Fixed file size and process size display on iOS -Fixed Alien Universe modifier causing you to have 256x less income -The keyboard no longer overlaps with the text entry when editing a note on mobile -Fixed the Request Uploader not counting towards some request progress -Fixed Download Manager not applying default modifiers of the universe you are in Misc: -Updated translations

3.0 The End Update

17 days ago
The End Update reworks progression and the Portal, expands AI and file processing, and adds interdimensional research and a new ending. It also brings desktop undo and redo, multiple save slots, and improvements to performance and account saving. Despite its name, this is not the final update! Research & Progression -Redesigned the research tree and rebalanced progression -Reworked Advanced Research into a separate tree using Tech, Hacking and Coding points -Added research nodes for generating each Advanced Research point type -Added Interdimensional Communication and Alien Research technologies Portal -Reworked the Portal around universe modifiers, which change how you play in exchange for increased game speed -Added 13 universe modifiers: Alien Domination, Renaissance, Unslop, Dead Internet, Alive Internet, Deindustrialization, Zipocalypse, 1984, Virus Domination, Network Maxxing, Diverse Economy, Underground and Singleton Universe -Entering the Portal now resets your research progress -Added two permanent completion rewards AI & File Generation -Reworked AI file generation and its progression -Added LLM, Diffusion, Vocoder and Skill Combiner nodes -Added Summarizer, Vectorizer, Upscaler, Masterer, Interpolator, Balancer, Performance Refactorer, Size Refactorer, Denoiser and DLC Generator process nodes -Added Video Composer, Program Composer and Game Composer nodes -Composers inherit modifiers from their inputs and combine compression and enhancement levels -File generators now requires GPU Speed to produce files -File generators now requires a set amount of neurons based on the quality of the file being produced Nodes -Added a new alien node category -Added Computing Provider and GPU Computing Provider -Uploader now outputs reputation, a resource that when collected grants temporary increased income from all sources based on how much reputation was collected -Added Encoder, Decoder, Certifier, Seeder, Polisher, Perfecter, Relic Finder, Treasurer, Thumbnailer, Met...

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