Valve Corporation · Valve^*

Portal

2007 first-person shooter · science fiction video game · puzzle video game +1^*

At a glance

Genres

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game
Single-player · Portal^*

Series

Portal · Portal^*

Game facts

Developers

Valve Corporation
Valve^*

Publishers

Valve Corporation
Valve^*
Valve · Portal^*

Engines

Source
Source · Portal^*

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Platforms

PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
Windows · Portal^*
Xbox 360 · Portal^*
PlayStation 3 · Portal^*
Mac OS X · Portal^*
Linux · Portal^*
Android · Portal^*
Nintendo Switch · Portal^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck^*
Compatibility category
Verified^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Platinum^*
Reports
249^*
Community confidence
strong^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Full^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Verified^*
Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27^*
Community-reported frame rate
60 fps^*
Reports
1^*

System requirements

Windows · Minimum^*
Requirements
1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Requirements
Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection^*
macOS · Minimum^*
Requirements
OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, 1GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8 or higher, ATI X1600 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
Full audio
Yes^*
German^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Russian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Danish^*
Dutch^*
Finnish^*
Italian^*
Japanese^*
Norwegian^*
Polish^*
Portuguese - Portugal^*
Simplified Chinese^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Swedish^*
Traditional Chinese^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Korean^*
Bulgarian^*
Czech^*
Greek^*
Hungarian^*
Portuguese - Brazil^*
Romanian^*
Spanish - Latin America^*
Thai^*
Turkish^*
Ukrainian^*

Audio languages

English^*
French^*
German^*
Russian^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Traditional Chinese^*
Ukrainian^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Steam Achievements^*
Full controller support^*
Captions available^*
Camera Comfort^*
Custom Volume Controls^*
Save Anytime^*
Stereo Sound^*
Subtitle Options^*
Surround Sound^*
Includes level editor^*
Includes Source SDK^*
Commentary available^*
Remote Play on Phone^*
Remote Play on Tablet^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Action^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Portal

Screenshot 2 from Portal

Screenshot 3 from Portal

* Provisional data