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Portal 2

First-person puzzle platformer built around portals, physics, and dark humor

Valve · Released Apr 18, 2011

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Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
99% of 430K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
98% of 1,925 in 30 days
Players
1,432
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
1 month ago
Sep 29, 2026
Minimum PC
must be 128 MB
2 GB RAM · 8 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 95/100 (critic reviews)

What is Portal 2?

A first-person puzzle platformer set in Aperture Science laboratories, where you place portals and use physics to navigate test chambers while encountering GLaDOS again. Its two-player co-op mode has a separate campaign, story, characters, and puzzles.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy clever physics puzzles that feel fair
  • +you want dark humor alongside a story-driven campaign
  • +you plan to play a separate two-player co-op campaign

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer open worlds to structured puzzle chambers
  • −you quickly tire of repeated room-based puzzle solving

What players say

99% of 430,223 reviews are positive · 98% of 1,925 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the physics puzzles, humor, writing, voice acting, and co-op campaign. Some players report controller, crash, and co-op progression problems; others find chambers repetitive or spend too much time searching for portal spots.

Players over time

▼ -30% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 2,230 players on Oct 4, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 20261,432
Nov 6, 20261,146
Nov 5, 20261,102
Nov 4, 20261,114
Nov 3, 20261,255
Nov 2, 20261,403
Nov 1, 20261,278
Oct 31, 20261,416
Oct 30, 20261,137
Oct 29, 20261,100
Oct 28, 20261,129
Oct 27, 2026778
Oct 27, 20261,182
Oct 26, 20261,310
Oct 25, 20261,593
Oct 24, 20261,349
Oct 23, 20261,215
Oct 22, 20260
Oct 21, 20261,213
Oct 20, 20261,290
Oct 19, 20261,513
Oct 18, 20261,617
Oct 17, 20261,585
Oct 16, 20261,323
Oct 15, 20261,322
Oct 14, 20261,343
Oct 13, 20261,600
Oct 12, 20261,824
Oct 11, 20261,901
Oct 10, 20261,879
Oct 9, 20261,662
Oct 8, 20261,699
Oct 7, 20261,655
Oct 6, 20261,704
Oct 5, 20262,039
Oct 4, 20262,230
Oct 3, 20261,743
Oct 2, 20261,337
Oct 1, 20261,192
Sep 30, 20261,229
Sep 29, 20261,280
Sep 28, 20261,413
Sep 27, 20261,638
Sep 26, 20261,498
Sep 25, 20261,229
Sep 24, 20261,238
Sep 23, 2026790
Sep 23, 20261,266
Sep 22, 20261,287
Sep 21, 20261,873

How many players finish Portal 2?

34% of Steam players have unlocked «Lunacy», the achievement for finishing the main story.

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Screenshots and trailer

Portal 2 screenshot 1

Portal 2 system requirements

Minimum: must be 128 MB, 2 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 / Vista / XP
Processor
3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Graphics
Video card must be 128 MB or more and with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher).
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
8 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c

Does Portal 2 have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does Portal 2 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
Achievements
51
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian. Text only: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Greek, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Ukrainian.

Does Portal 2 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 Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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