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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 176,241 reviews of which 173,548 were positive and 2,693 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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Dec. 2024
There are no enemies, no open world, and barely any plot at first glance. But you do have a portal gun to solve puzzles — or just entertain yourself by falling into an infinite loop. Your companion is the sarcastic AI GLaDOS, who promises you cake but does it in such a tone that you start suspecting you're more of an ingredient than a guest. The gameplay makes you feel smart—at least until you get stuck trying to figure out where to place a portal without face-planting into a wall. Portal is like a physics exam that’s actually fun, but you still walk away feeling like you’ve been tricked.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. ____________________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ _________________¶¶_¶_______________¶¶ ________________¶¶___¶_______________¶¶ _______________¶¶_____¶_______________¶¶ ______________¶¶_______¶_______________¶¶ _____________¶¶_________¶_______________¶¶ ____________¶¶___________¶_______________¶¶ ___________¶¶_____________¶_______________¶¶ ___________¶______________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ ___________¶¶____________¶¶______________¶¶ ____________¶¶__________¶¶______________¶¶ _____________¶¶¶¶______¶¶______________¶¶ _________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶__¶¶______________¶¶ ______¶¶¶¶¶_______¶¶¶¶¶______________¶¶ ___¶¶¶¶¶_____________¶¶¶¶___________¶¶ _¶¶¶¶____________________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ ¶¶¶_____________________¶¶¶ ¶_¶¶¶¶¶________________¶¶¶¶_¶ ¶_____¶¶¶¶__________¶¶¶¶¶___¶ ¶______¶¶¶¶¶____¶¶¶¶________¶ ¶__________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶__________¶ ¶_____________¶¶____________¶ ¶_____________¶_____________¶ ¶_____________¶_____________¶ ¶_____________¶_____________¶ ¶¶¶___________¶___________¶¶¶ __¶¶¶¶________¶________¶¶¶¶¶ ____¶¶¶¶¶_____¶_____¶¶¶¶¶ _______¶¶¶¶¶¶_¶_¶¶¶¶¶¶ __________¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶
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Frequently Asked Questions

Portal is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Portal is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Portal received 173,548 positive votes out of a total of 176,241 achieving an impressive rating of 9.72.
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Portal was developed and published by Valve.

Portal is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Portal is not playable on MacOS.

Portal is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Portal is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Portal. Explore additional content available for Portal on Steam.

Portal does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Portal supports Remote Play on Phone and Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Portal is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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