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Portal

by Valve

  • Released Oct 10, 2007
  • $9.99
  • 2 h to beat
  • Android
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 3
  • Xbox 360

99%positive reviews

198,019 positive2,957 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Clever puzzles with a strong sense of logic and strategy

  • Excellent writing, humour and memorable ending

Cons

  • Motion sickness is a problem for some players

Mixed

  • Puzzle difficulty feels easy to some and rewarding to others

System requirements

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

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Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, without an explanation as to how, why or by whom.

Portal's plot is revealed to the…

Ratings

  • 86IGDB players4,061 ratings
  • 80Critics1 reviews
  • 83Overall4,062 scores

Time to beat

  • 1.9 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 4.1 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 7.4 hCompletionist100%

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