Portal 2 (2011) - How Long to Beat, Player Count, Cast and Crew

About

Portal 2 came out on April 18, 2011 for Mac and PC, then for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 20, 2011 and for Nintendo Switch on June 28, 2022. On Steam, 99% of 392,486 player reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive). 1,429 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 2,585 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 4.5 hours, doing everything about 27 hours. It won the British Academy Games Award for Best Game.

Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing the Portal Gun's mechanics and taking revenge on Chell for the events of Portal. As a result of several interactions and revelations, Chell once again pushes to escape Aperture Science Labs.

Story

You lost your memory, you are alone in a world full of danger, and your mission is survive using your mind. The only way to get out from this hell is.....Hi i'm GLAdOS, and welcome to the amazing world of portal 2, here i will expose you to a lot of tests, and try to k.. help Aperture Science envolve in a new era. Your job is advance in the levels i propose and get better and better, you will have an portal gun to help you, and remember nothing is impossible if you try, and try again and again and again.... The puzzles are waiting for you!

What is happening now

Portal 2 remains one of gaming's definitive puzzle-platformers, blending first-person navigation with portal-based mechanics and dark comedy. Originally released in 2011 across multiple platforms, it continues to find audiences through ports like the Nintendo Switch version. Recent attention has centered on a significant data leak from Valve containing over a decade of internal files, reportedly including early builds of Portal 2 itself alongside unreleased material from other projects. Separately, Portal 2's humor has become a reference point for contemporary game design - critics recently noted that one of 2026's most acclaimed releases achieves similar comedic success, suggesting the original's influence on how developers approach tone and writing remains relevant fifteen years after launch.

How long to beat Portal 2

from 36 players

Main storyrushing through the story

4.5 h

Main + extrasstory plus side content

10 h

Completionisteverything the game has

27 h

More in the Portal series

3 other titles

From the people behind Portal 2

shared cast and crew

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Left 4 Dead 2

2009 · Mike Morasky

Overwatch

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BattleBlock Theater

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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

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Cast and crew

4 credits

Crew

Mike Morasky

Composer

Voice cast

Awards

1 won, 1 more nomination

British Academy Games Awards 2012

Won: Best Game Nominated: GAME Award

Media

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Releases

Platform

Date

Mac

April 18, 2011

PC (Microsoft Windows)

April 18, 2011

PlayStation 3

April 20, 2011 (North America first)

Xbox 360

April 20, 2011 (North America first)

Nintendo Switch

June 28, 2022

Linux

TBA

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified works great out of the box

Minimum

OS *

Windows 7 / Vista / XP

Processor

3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)

Memory

2 GB RAM

Graphics

Video card must be 128 MB or more and with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher).

DirectX

Version 9.0c

Storage

8 GB available space

Sound Card

DirectX 9.0c compatible

Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.

Portal 2 player count

concurrent players on Steam

1,429playing now8m ago

1,501peak today

2,58530-day peak

2,585highest we have seenOct 24, 2026

Oct 23daily peak, last 12 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

Portal 2 achievements

51 achievements on Steam

Rarest

Still Alive Complete Course 4 with neither you nor your co-op partner dying

2.4%

Talent Show Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mobility Gels co-op course

2.7%

Portal Conservation Society Complete Chamber 3 in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course using only 5 total portal placements

2.8%

Triple Crown Solve 3 co-op chambers in the Mass and Velocity course in under 60 seconds each

Party of Three Find the hidden companion cube in co-op test chamber

3.5%

Iron Grip Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mass and Velocity co-op course

3.6%

All 51 achievements by how many players unlocked them

Smash TV Break 11 test chamber monitors

3.7%

Overclocker Complete Test Chamber 10 in 70 seconds

Friends List With Benefits While playing co-op, hug 3 different people on your friends list

4.5%

Empty Gesture Drop your co-op partner in goo while they are gesturing by removing the bridge under them

4.6%

Final Transmission Find the hidden signal in one of the Rat Man's dens

5.4%

Narbacular Drop Place a portal under your co-op partner while they are gesturing

5.8%

Professor Portal After completing co-op, complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before

5.9%

You Made Your Point Refuse to solve the first test in Chapter 8

6.5%

Four Ring Circus Enter 4 different portals without touching the ground in co-op

6.8%

Schrodinger's Catch Catch a blue-painted box before it touches the ground

6.9%

Door Prize Examine all the vitrified test chamber doors

7.2%

Pit Boss Show that pit who's boss

7.9%

Pturretdactyl Use an Aerial Faith Plate to launch a turret

8.7%

Asking for Trouble Taunt GLaDOS in front of a camera in each of the five co-op courses

8.9%

Can't Touch This Dance in front of a turret blocked by a hard light bridge in co-op

9.8%

Rock Portal Scissors Win 3 co-op games of rock-paper-scissors in a row

9.8%

Ship Overboard Discover the missing experiment

10.7%

Portrait of a Lady Find a hidden portrait

11.6%

You Saved Science Complete all test chambers in all courses of co-op

21.2%

Preservation of Mass Break the rules in Test Chamber 07

24.4%

Obstacle Building Complete all test chambers in the Excursion Funnels co-op course

26.3%

Gesticul-8 Perform all 8 gestures of your own volition in co-op

27%

Good Listener Take GLaDOS' escape advice

28.3%

Drop Box Place a cube on a button without touching the cube

28.9%

No Hard Feelings Save a turret from redemption

31%

Bridge Building Complete all test chambers in the Hard-Light Surfaces co-op course

32%

Air Show Perform 2 aerial gestures before touching the ground in co-op

33.2%

Lunacy That just happened

34.1%

The Part Where He Kills You This is that part

34.4%

Scanned Alone Stand in a defective turret detector

34.7%

Tunnel of Funnel Master the Excursion Funnel

35.1%

Dual Pit Experiment Do the same test twice

36.9%

White Out Complete the first Conversion Gel test

38.2%

Stranger Than Friction Master the Propulsion Gel

39.3%

Tater Tote Carry science forward

40.9%

Confidence Building Complete all test chambers in the Mass and Velocity co-op course

40.9%

Vertically Unchallenged Master the Repulsion Gel

42.8%

Stalemate Associate Press the button!

45.5%

SaBOTour Make a break for it

46.5%

Team Building Complete all test chambers in the Team Building co-op course

49.4%

Bridge Over Troubling Water Complete the first Hard Light Bridge test

53.2%

High Five Celebrate your cooperative calibration success

58.5%

Undiscouraged Complete the first Thermal Discouragement Beam test

62.6%

You Monster Reunite with GLaDOS

64.7%

Wake Up Call Survive the manual override

74%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.

In the news

4 stories

Escher's Dream is a Portal 2 mod inspired by the non-euclidean works of the classic artist that will leave you feeling only a little bit nauseated

1 outlet · Oct 13, 2026

Massive 12TB Valve leak reveals early Portal 2 and CS:GO builds

4 outlets · Aug 30, 2026

A massive cache of Valve data has reportedly leaked online, appearing to include Portal 2's elusive beta build and a potential weapon from Half-Life 2: Episode 3

1 outlet · Aug 30, 2026

One of 2026's Best-Reviewed Games Is the Funniest Thing I've Played Since Portal 2

1 outlet · Aug 11, 2026

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