Portal

Buy99%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 200k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Valve · Puzzle · Oct 10, 2007

Player review score
99%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$1.99−80%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
15
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
27
Full audio6 of 27
Subtitles27 of 27

Should I buy Portal?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 200k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise30% are divided10% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
84 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is snappy and the best selling point of Portal, though I have to admit, that Portal 2 superseeds it in all ways it is still a fun gameplay and with the challenge maps and modes there's some replayability after its completion.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I feel like anyone who enjoys puzzle games and an interesting plot would enjoy this game a lot.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The chambers themselves offer a balanced difficulty, with the game requiring the player to think outside the box without losing their mind.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Pretty high frame rate, good resolution, and the graphics look like it was made in the early 2010s rather than the late 2000s.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The strange writings outside the test chambers and the sound design also complement the atmosphere very well.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
KB+Mouse with Raw Input + Mouse Acceleration did it for me, as well as my sort of unusual layout, as someone who doesn't play FPS (Interact/Pick-Item on MOUSE3, Crouch on Space, Jump on Shift), and it FELT GOOD to play, the game makes you "get into a zone" so much that I immediately started it again after beating it for the first time.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay84 reviews
Story80 reviews
Difficulty22 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
100% still recommend
Bugs
100% still recommend
Optimization
100% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support
  • Steam Input API Support

Store features

  • Camera Comfort
  • Captions available
  • Commentary available
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Includes Source SDK
  • Includes level editor
  • Remote Play on Phone

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$1.99$9.99−80%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $1.99

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