''Aimlabs'', formerly ''Aim Lab'', is an aim-training

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released on June 16, 2023. It was developed and published by State Space Labs, Inc.. It allows players to practice and optimize their gameplay in a

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setting. It is available for the

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, Android, and

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operating systems.

Gameplay

While players complete certain tasks in the game, it will gather information about accuracy and reaction time and offer feedback based on their performance. It can be adjusted to have the physics of certain games, and maps from those games are also available in the game as well.

Development and release

''Aimlabs'', then called ''Aim Lab'', was available in

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starting February 7, 2018. A mobile versions of the game was released for

and Android on July 14, 2022, and the game was officially released on Windows on June 16, 2023, rebranding itself as ''Aimlabs''. In the first two days of its full launch, it reached #1 on Steam's bestseller list and reached 30 million global players. The game grew significantly during the

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. By September 2021, the game had 5 million monthly active users out of a 20 million total in comparison to 100,000 out of 1.5 million in March 2020. In 2021,

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announced that ''Aimlabs'' became the official FPS training partner for ''

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followed in 2022, announcing the same with ''

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''. It has also partnered with the

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and the

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. Additionally, ''Aimlabs'' collaborated with neurotechnology company

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to use the game for studies on

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and brain activity during games. Aimlabs ventured into consoles in June 2024, when it became available on the

Reception

Emma Matthews of ''

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'' gave a positive review of ''Aimlabs'', saying that the game effectively points out mistakes and allows the player to improve from them. By April 2023 the game broke its peak lifetime player count record with 10,724 concurrent players.

References

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External links

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