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.
“mandatory gaming experience for puzzle enthusiasts”
How it holds up
−50+5
Gameplay
+3.18
Difficulty+2.32· How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
“difficulty increases gradually and remains fair throughout” (38)
Игра проходится на одном дыхании и довольно быстро. Поначалу всё кажется лёгким, но ближе к концу головоломки становятся всё сложнее и сложнее, из-за чего приходится реально думать, как пройти тот или иной уровень. При этом игра не успевает надоесть за время прохождения. Отдельно хочется отметить озвучку GLaDOS - она просто топовая и отлично дополняет атмосферу игры. Моя оценка игре - 10 тортов из 10.
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Story & World
+3.60
Story+3.55· Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
“must play for story, puzzles, and ideas” (38)
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Content Volume
-0.47
Volume-0.94· How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
“short game if you know what you're doing” (65)
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Visuals & Sound
+3.26
Audio+3.54· Music, sound effects, and voice acting
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Multiplayer
+3.67
Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.
Playing together+3.50· Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
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Pricing & Fairness
+2.50
Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.
Pricing+2.41· Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
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Tech & Support
+2.17
Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.
Performance+2.81· Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
Oct 2010Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,059 reviews, peak 47/day
Aug 21Sep 18
per month · 4,911 reviews, peak 2,237/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 9,072 reviews, peak 2,237/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 19,398 reviews, peak 2,299/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.
Review languages
Languages of the 397 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English42%
Russian19%
Spanish10%
Portuguese9%
Chinese6%
Turkish5%
Other9%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.
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