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.
- Puzzle (4128)
- Puzzle-Platformer (3103)
- First-Person (2462)
- 3D Platformer (2421)
- Singleplayer (2100)
- Sci-fi (1942)
- Comedy (1578)
- Female Protagonist (1499)
- Funny (1054)
- Physics (1051)
- Action (1038)
- Story Rich (857)
- Classic (851)
- Platformer (811)
- Science (775)
- Atmospheric (675)
- Dark Humor (648)
- FPS (646)
- Short (635)
- Adventure (622)
Release Date | Oct 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% |
Curators | 612 reviews Top 1% |
Median Play Time | 6 hours Top 30% |
Play Time per Dollar | 36 minutes |
Followers | 140.2K Top 1% |
Owners | ± 16.7M Top 1% |
Copies Sold | ± 11.9M Top 1% |
Gross Revenue ($) | ± 45.8M Top 1% |
Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
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
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
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 Strengths | Game's Weaknesses |
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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.