Portal
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
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Portal has 395 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 84% lower than its previous all-time peak of 2,412 players achieved on 9/16/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Portal. It has received a total of 164,777 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 97 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Portal. Right now, it costs $9.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Portal and its growth over time. It currently has 142,980 followers on its community page.
About Portal
Portal is an Action game developed by Valve. On 10/10/2007, it was released on the Steam Store by Valve.
Players have rated Portal as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 164,777 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 162,250 positive reviews and 2,527 negative reviews — an overall 98% positive review rating. Additionally, Portal has earned a metascore of 90 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $9.99. It can also be purchased through Portal Bundle and Valve Complete Pack which give a discount off its base price.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 27 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Russian, and Danish. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Portal supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Achievements
- Remote Play on Phone
- Includes level editor
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Partial Controller Support
- Remote Play Together
- Single-player
- Commentary available
- Captions available
- Includes Source SDK
From the Steam community, Portal has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Classic
- 3D Platformer
- Atmospheric
- Short
- Platformer
- Story Rich
- Puzzle
- Dark Humor
- Comedy
- First-Person
- FPS
- Funny
- Science
- Puzzle Platformer
- Sci-fi
- Adventure
- Action
- Female Protagonist
- Singleplayer
- Physics
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Portal and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Portal is referenced by 2 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Portal with RTX | Game | 12/8/2022 | View |
 | Portal Soundtrack | Music | 9/24/2014 | View |
Related Bundles
Portal is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Portal Bundle | 2 | 2 | $14.98 | View |
 | Valve Complete Pack | 25 | 18 | $131.22 | View |
Related Packages
Portal is referenced by 3 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Portal | $0.99 | View |
| Portal - Commercial License | $9.99 | View |
| The Orange Box | $1.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Portal is available in 27 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | 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 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Portal data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 25). Portal on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/400
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 25). Portal. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/400
- Metacritic. (2024, September 25). Portal for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/portal
- Valve. (2023, July 7). Portal. Portal. http://www.whatistheorangebox.com/