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Game entry

Portal

2007 · Puzzle, Platformer, Action-adventure · PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, Android · Valve

Portal carries 1,813 ELO points on GameForever and holds position no. 138 in the world ranking, with 65% of duels won out of 3,397 played. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Portal 2: 127 duels settled, 60 to 67. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 3 out of 141 (Puzzle).

World rank

no. 138

ELO score

1,813

Wins

65%

Duels played

3,397

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About Portal

Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, without an explanation as to how, why or by whom.

The community says

I quoted the ending for weeks after, my roommate threatened to move out.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,813 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Portal sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 135 Star Wars: Battlefront II 1,817
  2. 136 The Sims 1,817
  3. 137 God of War Ragnarök 1,815
  4. 138 Portal 1,813
  5. 139 Super Smash Bros. Melee 1,813
  6. 140 God of War II 1,812
  7. 141 Street Fighter 6 1,812

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The standing

Where Portal ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Portal stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 3 out of 141 (Puzzle).

Where Portal ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 138 5,035
Puzzle 3 141
2000s 38 1,308
2007 4 143

The community

The debate

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  1. Alaina_61

    I quoted the ending for weeks after, my roommate threatened to move out.

    Pacheco72

    tal cual, a mí me paso lo mismo con una frase que repetía sin parar, quien más la sigue citando por ahí

  2. FrameRex2

    Look, I know it's short, people love to point that out like it's some gotcha, but a game doesn't need padding to earn its spot, it needs to nail what it's doing and this one does.

    Lopes69

    Sauf que niveau classement ça compte quand même, sinon on juge plus rien objectivement.

  3. VinylRex

    Played it during a weird stretch of my early twenties, barely remember why.

  4. Green18

    Finished it in one sitting on a rainy afternoon, forgot to eat.

    CritRunner70

    Ah sí, seguro que Mario 64 también se resolvía gritando soluciones a un amigo, qué originalidad

  5. suzanne16

    I get that it's clever, but 47th feels generous when the whole experience is over before you've really settled into the mechanics. Short doesn't always mean essential.

    FrameLegend2010

    ¿De verdad crees que el problema es la duración o que lo comparamos con juegos que están pensados para durar cien horas?

    Samuel_75

    No entiendo la manía de medir todo en horas, como si un juego valiera por su duración y no por lo que deja después de jugarlo.

    FrameKid

    mas 47 no es tan alto la verdad, comparado con lo que se vota en este sitio ya es un logro estar ahí arriba

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