Game entry

Portal

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

Portal is ranked no. 30 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,892 and 65% of duels won.

World rank

no. 30

ELO score

1,892

Wins

65%

Duels played

3,355

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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 1,892 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Portal 2 47% 127 duels played · 101 points behind
against Tomb Raider 64% 95 duels played · 174 points ahead
against Super Mario 64 53% 92 duels played · 9 points ahead
against The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 48% 91 duels played · 69 points behind
against Life Is Strange 71% 86 duels played · 231 points ahead

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43 comments

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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
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.
VinylRex

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