One-off purchase
Portal cost to play
What Portal costs on Steam UK, and as Portal: Companion Collection on Nintendo Switch, plus its PEGI rating and Steam players.
Portal gameplay, images and trailer
© Valve, Portal trailer “Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £8.19: Cheapest standard price: Portal (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 3 h to beat: Main story: 3 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £2.73 an hour: £8.19 ÷ 3 hours (main story)
- 1,381 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 12: Age rating
- Released
- 10 October 2007
- Developer
- Valve
- Platforms
- PS3, Linux, Android, PC, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
- Genre
- Action
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
Portal player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 1,381
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 816
- 447 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +5%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 3,617
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Is Portal dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Portal peaked at 816 players at once in September 2026, with 447 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Linux, Android, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 447 | 816 | +5.2% |
| August 2026 | 455 | 776 | −42.0% |
| July 2026 | 677 | 1,338 | −8.9% |
| June 2026 | 506 | 1,469 | +101.2% |
| May 2026 | 434 | 730 | −15.1% |
| April 2026 | 461 | 860 | −31.6% |
| March 2026 | 522 | 1,258 | +45.4% |
| February 2026 | 470 | 865 | −43.6% |
| January 2026 | 693 | 1,533 | −3.6% |
| December 2025 | 676 | 1,590 | +98.3% |
| November 2025 | 429 | 802 | −23.8% |
| October 2025 | 457 | 1,052 | – |
What Portal costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portal (Steam UK, standard price) | £8.19 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| Portal: Companion Collection (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price) | £13.49 | game | nintendo.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Portal?
Portal takes about 3 hours to finish the main story, and about 10.5 hours to complete everything.
- Main story3 h
- Main + extras5 h
- Completionist10.5 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£2.73
£8.19 on Steam UK ÷ 3 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 5 Nov 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Portal is rated
GamesChart Score
86.8, #60 of 3,236 rated games
#3 of 2007 · #12 of the 2000s · #14 in Platform · #12 on Mobile
Critics
Players
Built from 201,935 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #59
Ori and the Will of the Wisps2020 · Moon Studios86.9 - #60
Portal2007 · Valve86.8 - #61
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain2015 · Kojima Productions86.8
Portal questions
How much does Portal cost in the UK?
Portal (Steam UK, standard price): £8.19. Portal: Companion Collection (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price): £13.49. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Portal free to play?
No. Portal is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Portal?
Main story: about 3 hours. Main + extras: about 5 hours. Completionist: about 10.5 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £8.19, that's £2.73 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Portal?
Portal is rated PEGI 12.
How many people play Portal?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 1,381, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 3,617.
What is Portal's all-time Steam peak?
3,617 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Portal (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 1,381. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Portal dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Portal peaked at 816 players at once in September 2026, with 447 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Linux, Android, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Portal player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS3, Linux, Android, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Portal?
Portal is developed by Valve.
Portal is a single-player first-person puzzle game, developed and published by Valve. It was first released in 2007 on PC, as part of The Orange Box, and on Steam on 10 October 2007. On Nintendo Switch it is sold with Portal 2 as Portal: Companion Collection, released on 28 June 2022. It is sold at a one-off price. It ranks #60 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
Portal is a single-player puzzle game from Valve, set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories. The player has to solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals and moving objects, and themselves, through space.
Valve says the game is designed to change the way players approach, manipulate and weigh up the possibilities of a given environment, in the same way that the Gravity Gun in Half-Life 2 opened up new ways to use an object in any situation.
On PC the Steam page lists full controller support, including DualShock and DualSense controllers, captions and subtitles, developer commentary, camera comfort options and the ability to save at any time. The game also comes with a level editor and the Source SDK.
What it costs
Portal costs £8.19 at standard price on Steam UK. Steam also sells The Orange Box, which includes Portal, for £15.99. On the Nintendo eShop UK, Portal: Companion Collection costs £13.49 and includes Portal and Portal 2. Steam lists 2 add-ons for Portal.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 1,381 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. Its all-time peak on Steam Charts is 3,617. Steam Charts counts only Steam players, so Switch players aren't included.
Age rating
Portal: Companion Collection is rated PEGI 12 on its Nintendo UK listing. Steam's store data doesn't list a PEGI rating for Portal, and we didn't find a separate pegi.info entry for the original release.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK and Nintendo eShop UK listings, read on 21 October 2026 at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The rating is from the Nintendo UK listing. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Valve's Portal Steam store page. © Valve. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Valve.
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