Game overview

Portal

Valve · Oct 10, 2007

Puzzle Puzzle-Platformer First-Person 3D Platformer Singleplayer

Last tracked players: 424
All-time peak: 1,381
24-hour change: Unavailable
Steam reviews: 98.5% positive

Delayed observation · last tracked Nov 9, 2026 17:41 UTC. Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

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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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Player activity

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Latest news

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Mar 25, 2026 Imagine GTA with AI-generated characters "just going along with whatever insane thing you say," muses Valve writer, absent-mindedly spotlighting what terrifies me about genAI Mar 25, 2026 Portal writer Erik Wolpaw is "not worried about AI taking over creative writing," but it could be the straight-faced foil to GTA's chaos Aug 10, 2025 Valve's superfans are back to break the player concurrent record for Portal, but the challenge may be steeper than anyone has realised

System requirements Windows · macOS

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Minimum

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

macOS

Minimum

Minimum: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, 1GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8 or higher, ATI X1600 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Game details Languages, features & support

Publisher: Valve
USK rating: 12
Brazilian rating: 10
Steam Germany rating: 6
Achievements: 15
Controller support: full
Metacritic: 90
Features: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Captions available, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Save Anytime, Steam Input API Support, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Surround Sound, Includes level editor, Includes Source SDK, Commentary available, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Family Sharing
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, Ukrainian
*languages with full audio support
Website: Official website ↗
Support: Support site ↗

Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

Sources fresh

Native Steam builds

Windows: supported

macOS: not-listed

Linux: supported

Steam Deck

verified

Valve compatibility test

Input

Controller support: full

Steam feature declarations

single player remote play phone remote play tablet family sharing

Developer-declared accessibility on Steam

Features not declared by the developer are not labeled unsupported.

subtitle options camera comfort custom volume controls stereo sound surround sound save anytime

Structured language support (27)

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Danish	Yes	No	Yes
Dutch	Yes	No	Yes
Finnish	Yes	No	Yes
Italian	Yes	No	Yes
Japanese	Yes	No	Yes
Norwegian	Yes	No	Yes
Polish	Yes	No	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes	No	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	No	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Swedish	Yes	No	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	No	Yes
Bulgarian	Yes	No	Yes
Czech	Yes	No	Yes
Greek	Yes	No	Yes
Hungarian	Yes	No	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	No	Yes
Romanian	Yes	No	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes	No	Yes
Thai	Yes	No	Yes
Turkish	Yes	No	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes	No	Yes

Steam Store app details fresh · checked 2026-11-09 Steam store page fresh · checked 2026-11-01 PCGamingWiki technical notes External link only; SteamIQHQ does not ingest PCGamingWiki content.

Achievement progress Rarity & completion patterns

Achievement Difficulty

Global unlock percentages are not exact completion or retention metrics.

Steam source

Achievements measured

Hunter score

56.8 / 100

SteamIQHQ inference from rarity and count

Progression analysis

Achievement rarity is available, but milestone order is not defensible.

Rarest achievements

Aperture Science 2.8%

Rocket Science 2.8%

Basic Science 2.9%

Camera Shy 4.1%

Transmission Received 4.4%

Difficulty distribution

Ultra rare (<1%)0

Very rare (1–5%)5

Rare (5–20%)5

Uncommon (20–50%)1

Common (50%+)4

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Game Insights

Buy Verdict

Wait — $9.99.

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Value Score

Great Value — 95th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 95th percentile. Priced as Market at $9.99.

▲ Market pricing tier

Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 40%

Value Ratio Top 5%

Activity Heatmap

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Portal worth buying right now?

Wait — $9.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.

When does Portal go on sale?

Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.

Is Portal free to play?

Portal costs $9.99 on Steam.

What genre is Portal?

Portal is a Action game.

Who developed Portal?

Portal was developed by Valve and published by Valve.

What platforms does Portal support?

Available on Steam for Windows, macOS, Linux.

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Windows

Minimum

macOS

Minimum

Can I Play This?

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Achievement Difficulty

Rarest achievements

Difficulty distribution

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Buy Verdict

Value Score

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Review Score Trend

Developer Analytics

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Review Score Trends

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