Physics is the backbone of progress in science and technology. But it comprises complex problems that are an act of meta-cognition. Students find physics problems hard to solve due to abstraction, the inability to interlink theory to problems. But technologies like virtual labs offer several benefits such as safety, flexibility, affordability, and no barriers to space and time. Virtual labs enable visualization of the concepts. So they have the potential to play an important role in physics problem-solving. Therefore, this paper attempts to review secondary data on the relevance of simulated virtual labs in physics problem-solving and the various features that make it a preferred choice for it by excluding review and meta-analysis studies.