Aperture Desk Job
A desk-bound comedy that doubles as a handheld controls tutorial
Valve · Released Mar 1, 2022
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 28K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 99 in 30 days
- Players
- 6
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Mar 2, 2022
What is Aperture Desk Job?
This free, single-player short takes place at Aperture Science in the Portal universe. You play an entry-level employee on their first day, using controller inputs while seated behind a desk rather than exploring on foot.
For you if...
- +you prefer brief games you can finish in one sitting
- +you enjoy casual games with robots and workplace humor
Not for you if...
- −you expect a direct sequel to Portal
What players say
95% of 27,704 reviews are positive · 95% of 99 in the last 30 days
Players praise the story's charm and the additional background on Portal's characters.
Screenshots and trailer
Aperture Desk Job system requirements
Minimum: GTX 1060, 12 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Aperture Desk Job?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
- Graphics
- GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
- Memory
- 12 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
Recommended
- Notes
- Steam Deck
Does Aperture Desk Job have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Aperture Desk Job run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
Does Aperture Desk Job use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
