Great story, voice acting and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Beautiful design, fantastic storyline, and brilliant voice acting.”
Steam review · 748.9 h played ↗
Portal 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 99%Valve2011Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
The verdict
Portal 2 is a clever, funny puzzle game with great writing and a standout co-op campaign. Skip it if you dislike puzzles or want the first game's tense, lonely tone.
Great for
Puzzle fans, co-op duos, and anyone who wants sharp humor and memorable characters
Main risk
Late-game puzzles and the heavy comedy tone may frustrate or bore you
What players love
Clever, rewarding puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The puzzles are clever and challenging without feeling unfair, and the game constantly introduces new ideas that keep everything fresh.”
Steam review · 3309.6 h played ↗
Hilarious writing and memorable characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The character writing and performances are phenomenal. Wheatly is genuinely hilarious sidekick, Cave Johnson is funny but also commands a haunting presence”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
Fantastic co-op campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“an equally stellar co-op campaign that stands as one of the best cooperative experiences of all time”
Steam review · 26 h played ↗
Holds up visually and runs well
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“This game runs more smoothly than having a single empty tab open in your browser”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Workshop community maps add replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“the almost endless number of community chambers! They make the game feel practically infinite”
Steam review · 110 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too many or boring puzzles; bloated
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Too much "dead time" that isn't puzzle solving detracts from the element everyone actually came for.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and Linux/Mac issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“it lags and crashes 24/7 even with the lowest graphics”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Second half drags with hard-to-read levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“a deadpan, boring, soulless walking simulator with boring and unobvious puzzles in which you need a walkthrough to understand where you're supposed to go”
Steam review · 13 h played ↗
Co-op and controller setup problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“we keep getting booted back to the title screen with a "No Steam Logon" error, even when playing with Steam in offline mode.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Tone lost the first game's atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Portal 1 had this ambiance, this immersive atmosphere and feeling of isolation, portal 2 feels like it was written by childish millennials”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Too short or too easy
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“Very little content (good content, but like 5 hours worth)”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 / Vista / XP
Processor3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsVideo 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).
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 7 / Vista / XP
Processor3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsVideo 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).
Storage8 GB available space
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