# Mission Biotech

Summer DB entity ID: bf10e95c\-95a1\-4b0d\-bd1f\-3609640b07ec

Steam App ID: 1286810

This single\-player game teaches middle school and higher students the concepts, procedures, and tools used in a real biotechnology laboratory\.    You are a member of a virtual team trying to stop the spread of dangerous pathogens, and the clock is ticking\. Gameplay includes discovering and using high\-tech, fully functional laboratory equipment, collecting badges and clues, and unlocking mini\-games that reinforce scientific concepts\.   Mission Biotech includes a hinting system to help guide players in their tasks, and a virtual Lab Director and other workers are available to answer questions\. The game features a randomized virus database and hours of replayable missions\.    Funded by the National Science Foundation \(NSF\) and developed in coordination with the University of Florida, Mission Biotech encourages players to explore the biotechnology field\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Virtual Heroes

- Publisher: Applied Research Associates, Inc\.

- Release date: May 13, 2020

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

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- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 31

- Steam positive reviews: 28

- Steam negative reviews: 3

- Steam positive percentage: 90.3225806451613%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T22:41:53\.063315\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T22:41:54\.47111\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T22:41:54\.235656\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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