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Portal

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App ID 400
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Valve
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Source Engine
Last Changenumber 29789059
Last Record Update 27 June 2025 – 14:37:12 UTC ()
Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:01:00 UTC ()
🤩 97.22%
183k reviews
361
In-Game
+14
🧩 Puzzle 🧩 Puzzle Platformer 🙌 First-Person 🦘 3D Platformer 🚀 Sci-fi

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.

Additional Information

Developer Valve
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PreloadUnlockTime 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1191999600)
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Publisher Valve
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Store Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:01:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1191999600)
Store Asset Modification Time 23 April 2025 – 00:35:52 UTC () (1745368552)
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Detected Technologies (?) Source Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, Bink_Video SDK, CEF SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK, SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 3 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8289359
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controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 28 February 2013 – 18:36:44 UTC (), in changelist #187589

Supported Languages

28 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Norwegian Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Bulgarian Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes
Greek Yes Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Romanian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes Yes
Vietnamese Yes

Tags

🧩 Puzzle 🧩 Puzzle Platformer 🙌 First-Person 🦘 3D Platformer 👤 Singleplayer 🚀 Sci-fi 🤡 Comedy 👩 Female Protagonist 🔋 Physics 😃 Funny 💥 Action 🕒 Classic 📚 Story Rich 🏗️ Platformer 🔬 Science 🌫 Atmospheric 🗿 Dark Humor 🤏 Short 🔫 FPS 🗺️ Adventure

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Captions available Includes level editor Includes Source SDK Commentary available Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Family Sharing HDR rendering Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers Steam Input API Supported

Accessibility Categories

Subtitle Options Camera Comfort Custom Volume Controls Stereo Sound Surround Sound Save Anytime

Assets

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timestamp23 April 2025 – 00:35:54 UTC

Trailer 336 ↴

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timestamp 28 April 2023 – 20:50:59 UTC

Steam charts

  • 361 players right now
  • 496 24-hour peak
  • 20,672 all-time peak 14 May 2010
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Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 13 24-hour peak
  • 171,880 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 97.22% SteamDB Rating
  • 181,149 98.5% positive reviews
  • 2,791 1.5% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
10 October 2007 Steam Release -
9 August 2025 #RememberPortal -

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How many players are playing Portal right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 361 players live playing Portal on Steam.

Portal had an all-time peak of 20672 concurrent players on 14 May 2010.

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