Yes, worth buying.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.
- Story and characters: 106 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 198k player reviews · updated 4 days ago
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The story and voice lines are pretty funny.
In general, 9/10 game and impressive depth of humor, innovative gameplay, and being just hard enough puzzle-wise that I HAD to beat the next test chamber.
I experienced not a single technical difficulty.
Only micro stutters when loading a new level, but otherwise high graphics with a super smooth 144 FPS.
Only micro stutters when loading a new level, but otherwise high graphics with a super smooth 144 FPS.
the soundtrack also deserves more credit for this feeling. most of the game is nearly silent. you hear mechanical hums, distant machinery, the echo of your own footsteps. music only appears in fragments, and because of that, every sound matters. the emptiness becomes part of the storytelling. silence in portal is not absence—it’s architecture.
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Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.
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