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ActionAdventureSingleplayerPlatformerPuzzleFirst-PersonDark Humor

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Game description

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Basic info

DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
PlatformsWindows · Linux
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateApr 18, 2011
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 / Vista / XP
Processor3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Memory2 GB
GraphicsVideo card must be 128 MB or more and with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800…
Storage8 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 411 reviews from the past 1 year

96.4/ 100
Top 1%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (99%)

Metacritic: 95 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Clever puzzles, a moving story and a co-op mode built for playing with friends put Portal 2 at 96.4. It ranks 2nd of 1447 among the games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

The story leads the praise: 104 reviews praise it as immersive, the most upvoted calling it life changing, and Story & World ranks 23rd of 1096, raised in 64% of analyzed reviews. 99 call it fantastic from start to finish, with a fun campaign built on clever puzzles that are challenging without feeling unfair. Multiplayer ranks 10th of 642; 47 reviews call co-op great fun, the most upvoted even preferring it to the single player game for the laughing with friends. Gameplay ranks 14th of 1396, and players single out solutions that feel satisfying to reach.

👎 Where it falls short

Complaints are rare and mostly physical. 20 reviews find the 3D motion hard on them, causing dizziness or eye strain. 11 wish there were more content, the most upvoted adding that it ends before it can repeat itself, and a few say the magic cannot be recreated on a second playthrough once every solution is known.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“story is life-changing and immersive” · 104 reviews
“fantastic game start to finish, fun campaign with clever puzzles” · 99 reviews
“co-op is even more fun than single-player, laughing with friends” · 47 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +4.48 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “puzzles exercise brain with satisfying solutions” · 34 reviews
Negative “puzzles lack reflection and feel empty” · 1 review

Progression 1% · Difficulty 27% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 2% · Controls & feel 2%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 64% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Story +4.37 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “story is life-changing and immersive” · 104 reviews
Negative “story feels heavy with four narrators and overly long at times” · 3 reviews

Characters 27% · World 20%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 25% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.30 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “huge amount of workshop maps after main campaign completion” · 4 reviews
Negative “ends before it becomes repetitive, limited content” · 11 reviews

Variety 6% · Replayability 9%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 29% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +4.16 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “voice acting perfect, sound track amazing” · 8 reviews

Visuals 17%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +4.10 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “co-op is even more fun than single-player, laughing with friends” · 47 reviews

Community 1% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 4% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.09 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 0% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 9% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +0.18 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “runs smoothly, overshadows most modern AAA games” · 5 reviews
Negative “can't continue playing on newer version of mac” · 2 reviews

Stability 2% · Developer support 2%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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