“fantastic game start to finish, fun campaign with clever puzzles”
How it holds up
−50+5
Gameplay
+3.31
Difficulty+2.75· How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
“puzzles are clever and challenging without feeling unfair” (25)
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Story & World
+4.20
Story+4.37· Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
“story is life-changing and immersive” (104)
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Content Volume
+2.41
Volume+2.30· How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
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Visuals & Sound
+4.00
Audio+4.16· Music, sound effects, and voice acting
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Multiplayer
+3.98
Playing together+4.10· Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
“co-op is even more fun than single-player, laughing with friends” (47)
Короче, Portal 2 — это такая игра, к которой возвращаешься спустя годы и, ну, как будто снова попал в те времена. Она реально затягивает в ностальгию. Вроде бы уже всё видел, знаешь как работают порталы, а всё равно сидишь и такой: «Блин, классная же игра» Головоломки тут, кстати, не просто для галочки. Иногда приходится реально посидеть, подумать, так сказать немного «проветрить мозги». Но в этом и кайф — когда наконец понимаешь, что надо сделать, чувствуешь себя почти гением. Ну и ещё один момент — в неё можно играть вдвоём. И вот это вообще отдельная тема. Кооператив иногда даже веселее оди
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Pricing & Fairness
+2.60
Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.
Pricing+2.60· Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
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Tech & Support
+2.46
Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.
Performance+3.12· 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
Apr 2011Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,800 reviews, peak 80/day
Aug 21Sep 18
per month · 7,505 reviews, peak 3,311/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 14,454 reviews, peak 3,311/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 30,438 reviews, peak 3,770/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.
Review languages
Languages of the 411 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English37%
Russian23%
Chinese11%
Portuguese9%
Spanish6%
Turkish4%
Other10%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.