Portal Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-04-21
  • Challenging and fun puzzles
  • Engaging story and narrative
  • Top-notch puzzle design
  • High difficulty in levels
  • Game length too short
  • Price not worth content
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
193,305
Positive
190,44698.5%
Negative
2,8591.5%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
14,840,709
Estimated revenue
$148,258,683
Game price
$10
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
840.40%
Estimated copies lost
6,449
Estimated revenue lost
$64,426
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
850.4%
Avg playtime 0.9h
1,0705.1%
Avg playtime 1.2h
> 2h playtime
2241.1%
Avg playtime 18.8h
19,53493.4%
Avg playtime 15.6h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day4.6 rev/day
Last 30d61.6 rev/day
Quarterly252.2 rev/qtr
Days covered4,529.3 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
20,913 total
Organic purchasers19,31092.3%
Voted up: 99%
Key activations1,6037.67%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
20,913 total
First impression0-2h1,5667.49%
Voted up: 94%
Mid game2-10h14,55369.6%
Voted up: 99%
Late game10-20h3,18215.2%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+1,6127.71%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.35% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
98.2%
Global baseline 98.5%
282 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 193,305 total.