Portal on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Portal is a puzzle, puzzle-platformer and first-person game developed and published by Valve.
Released on October 10th 2007 is available on Windows and Linux in 27 languages: English, French, German, Russian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Turkish and Ukrainian.

It has received 175,686 reviews of which 172,996 were positive and 2,690 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Portal into these genres:

Puzzle Puzzle-Platformer First-Person 3D Platformer Singleplayer Sci-fi Comedy Female Protagonist Physics Funny Action Story Rich Classic Platformer Science Atmospheric Dark Humor Short FPS Adventure

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

User reviews & Ratings

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Sept. 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10

June 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10 Portal surprised me. To be honest I’m not really into puzzle games but this was different. I had a blast with the game and would definitely recommend. I would wait till it’s on sale for a dollar because the game is very short.

May 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10

May 2024

When playing Portal, it is important to understand that everything you see is primarily an experiment. "Will the game be trampled on, will the players like it?". For such a training option, they did not come up with a plot, interesting characters and much more. But believe me, there are many other things here. The puzzles here are INCREDIBLY interesting. They are diverse, they never repeat themselves, besides, in addition to portals, you will have to interact with other objects and devices. Some places need to be traversed using the laws of physics, for example, gravity. There are also some very peculiar jokes in the game. He is sometimes subtle, witty, and not without black humor. All this is very attractive and looks very interesting. The graphics in the game are based on the old engine, however, the game looks very nice for 2007. No excess, simple and tasteful. The music is also very good. I rarely pay attention to music in principle, but here the musical accompaniment is really very nice. The Portal game is a very interesting, colorful experiment that was undoubtedly a success. Valve came up with an idea that turned out to be successful and promising, thereby making you remember this game for a very long time. ____________________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ _________________¶¶_¶_______________¶¶ ________________¶¶___¶_______________¶¶ _______________¶¶_____¶_______________¶¶ ______________¶¶_______¶_______________¶¶ _____________¶¶_________¶_______________¶¶ ____________¶¶___________¶_______________¶¶ ___________¶¶_____________¶_______________¶¶ ___________¶______________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ ___________¶¶____________¶¶______________¶¶ ____________¶¶__________¶¶______________¶¶ _____________¶¶¶¶______¶¶______________¶¶ _________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶__¶¶______________¶¶ ______¶¶¶¶¶_______¶¶¶¶¶______________¶¶ ___¶¶¶¶¶_____________¶¶¶¶___________¶¶ _¶¶¶¶____________________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ ¶¶¶_____________________¶¶¶ ¶_¶¶¶¶¶________________¶¶¶¶_¶ ¶_____¶¶¶¶__________¶¶¶¶¶___¶ ¶______¶¶¶¶¶____¶¶¶¶________¶ ¶__________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶__________¶ ¶_____________¶¶____________¶ ¶_____________¶_____________¶ ¶_____________¶_____________¶ ¶_____________¶_____________¶ ¶¶¶___________¶___________¶¶¶ __¶¶¶¶________¶________¶¶¶¶¶ ____¶¶¶¶¶_____¶_____¶¶¶¶¶ _______¶¶¶¶¶¶_¶_¶¶¶¶¶¶ __________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶

April 2024

Portal is a unique first-person puzzle-platformer game developed by Valve Corporation. In the game, players take on the role of Chell, who finds herself trapped in the Aperture Science research facility and must use her skills and a special portal gun to create portals, navigating through various levels to escape the laboratory. PROS: Unique gameplay mechanics based on portal creation, providing endless possibilities for puzzle-solving and world exploration Exceptional storyline presented in a subtle manner, leaving ample room for interpretation Great soundtrack and excellent voice acting, particularly with the computer GLaDOS, who serves as the antagonist CONS: May be challenging for beginners as it requires good reflexes and problem-solving abilities May feel short for some players, although the expansion Portal 2 adds significantly more content and puzzles to solve Overall, Portal is a fantastic game with excellent mechanics, an intriguing story, and humorous dialogue. If you enjoy skill-based and logical games, you will definitely find it engaging.

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9.75€

9.7

172,996

2,690

Online players

457

Developer

Valve

Publisher

Valve

Release 10 Oct 2007

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