98.5%Overwhelmingly Positive

Portal

by ValveOct 10, 2007$9.99

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.

Puzzle, Puzzle-Platformer, First-Person games average 86% — Portal scores 13 points above average

Total Reviews

173,639

171,105 positive / 2,534 negative

Top 18%

Positive %

98.5%

Top 1%

30-Day Trend

+0%

Dev Response Rate

0%

Top 100%

Monthly Velocity

500

reviews/month

Top 42%

Early Access Ratio

0.0%

of reviews from early access

Developer Activity

activeLast update: 9 days ago

Update Frequency

Averages one update every 54 days

Recent Updates

3 updates in the last 90 days

Review Themes

content30 mentions
story22 mentions
value18 mentions
difficulty11 mentions
graphics8 mentions
audio8 mentions
bugs4 mentions
pricing4 mentions
performance3 mentions
accessibility3 mentions
PositiveNegative

Extracted from 500 reviews using keyword analysis

Score based on all 173,639 reviews. Theme analysis based on 500 recent reviews.

How Portal Compares

GameScoreDev ResponseMonthly Reviews
Portal98.5%0%500
Half-Life96.6%0%500
Portal 298.7%0%500
SOMA95.9%0%472
INSIDE97.1%0%500
GRIS96.1%0%294

Verdict

With 173.6K reviews and a 98.5% positive score, Portal is Overwhelmingly Positive. The absence of developer responses represents a missed opportunity to deepen player loyalty. Sentiment has been consistent over the past month with no significant shifts.

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