Action · October 10, 2007

Portal (2007)

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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. The game is designed to change the way players approach, manipulate, and surmise the possibilities in a given environment; similar to how Half-Life® 2's Gravity Gun innovated new ways to leverage an object in any given situation. Players must solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and themselves, through space.

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume177.7k Steam reviewsTop 3% in Action
Positive rating98% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 3%
Metacritic90/100Genre average 77 — top 4% of Action titles
Concurrent peak638 playersTop 13% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 69% for session depth among Action

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Puzzle · 4.3k
  • Puzzle-Platformer · 3.2k
  • First-Person · 2.6k
  • 3D Platformer · 2.5k
  • Singleplayer · 2.2k
  • Sci-fi · 2.1k
  • Comedy · 1.7k
  • Female Protagonist · 1.6k
  • Physics · 1.2k
  • Funny · 1.1k
  • Action · 1.1k
  • Classic · 932
  • Story Rich · 931
  • Platformer · 875
  • Science · 855

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • Russian volume_up
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Portugal

Full audio (7)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Ukrainian

Reception Metrics

Steam community

98%Overwhelmingly Positive · 177.7k reviews

174.2k positive · 3.6k negative

Metacritic

90/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

9.2/10

Curator recommendations

162.7k

Peak concurrent players

638

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Accessibility

  • Captions available
  • Subtitle Options

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support
  • Camera Comfort
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Stereo Sound
  • Surround Sound

Other

  • Single-player
  • Save Anytime
  • Includes level editor
  • Includes Source SDK

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

15

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 10, 2007
DeveloperValve
Base price$1.99 -80%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Estimated owners10M–100M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Portal