Portal (Steam Game) Steam logo

Release DateOct 10, 2007
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)98.5% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 1% / 98.5%  Top 1%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)97.1% Top 1% / 97.1%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)125.7K  Top 1% / 147.2K  Top 1%
Curators612 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time6 hours  Top 30%
Play Time per Dollar36 minutes
Followers140.2K  Top 1%
Owners± 16.7M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 11.9M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 45.8M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Portal steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Portal's Steam rating and reviews between October 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a very narrow range going from 100% (October 2010) to 98.1% (April 2019).

With its 147.2K reviews Top 1%, Portal is indisputably a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Portal and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Portal's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (51%), followed by Russian (12%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 27 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Portal percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Portal, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 13 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Innovative concept of portals
  • Intuitive and interesting puzzles
  • Captivating atmosphere
  • Hilarious and flawless dialogue
  • Short but perfect length
  • Riveting and purposeful gameplay
  • Controller compatible
  • Great replayability
  • Excellent logic puzzles
  • Cool soundtrack
  • Subtitles are not the default
  • Crouch function not mapped for controller
  • Disorienting physics involved
  • Story is not as rich as expected
  • Short game
  • Farewell to the companion cube
  • No multiplayer available
  • Third person perspective not available
  • Not ideal for players looking for longer games
  • No option to disable narrator

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 98.5%  Top 1% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Portal's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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