Games Like Portal

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 3D Platformer 12.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, First-Person 7.2%, Science 6.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: It expands Portal’s portal-based puzzle design, Aperture Science setting, and deadpan humor into a longer and even more inventive single-player campaign.

Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person sci-fi test rooms and object-rewinding mechanic closely capture Portal’s blend of physics puzzling and narrative banter.

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.5%, First-Person 18.4%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Physics 7.2%, Science 7.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its stark puzzle chambers, first-person perspective, and block-manipulating mechanics make it feel like a clear Portal descendant.

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, Puzzle 19.3%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, First-Person 8.5%, Comedy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Designed by Portal co-creator Kim Swift, it delivers the same style of playful first-person puzzle-platforming with dimension-based physics tricks.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.1%, First-Person 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Sci-fi 11%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest non-Valve takes on Portal, with clean first-person chambers built around elegant spatial and physics puzzles.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 49.4%, Sci-fi 17.3%, First-Person 17%, Story Rich 5.2%, Atmospheric 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades Portal’s comedy for philosophy, but its first-person puzzle rooms and gradual mastery of tools scratch a very similar itch.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, First-Person 15.1%, Physics 10.6%, Dark Humor 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Portal, it turns a simple first-person ruleset into a stream of smart, surprising perspective-based puzzles.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, Puzzle 16.6%, First-Person 11%, Dark Humor 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Portal’s joy of breaking space open with a single big idea, letting you reshape levels through photographed perspectives.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.7%, Sci-fi 19.4%, First-Person 18%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Story Rich 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its contained sci-fi setting, first-person puzzle rooms, and steady introduction of mechanics make it a strong Portal-like experience.

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 64.8%, First-Person 26.5%, Singleplayer 4%, Sci-fi 1.7%, Atmospheric 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Portal was having your mind bent by impossible spaces, this surreal first-person puzzler is a perfect next step.

Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Puzzle 24.1%, 3D Platformer 11.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This short free game is an overt Portal-inspired puzzle experience with first-person chambers, physics tools, and dry comedy.

The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Puzzle 20.7%, 3D Platformer 16.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%, First-Person 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers bigger, smarter first-person puzzle spaces that deliver the same satisfying chain of logical breakthroughs as Portal.

Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Puzzle 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Science 9.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person environmental puzzles built around magnetism and physics feel very close to Portal’s experimentation-driven design.

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Puzzle 49.5%, Physics 18.9%, Comedy 11.5%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It reimagines Aperture Science as a physics-building puzzler, keeping Portal’s humor and test-chamber logic in a different format.

Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, 3D Platformer 15.6%, Puzzle 13%, Science 10.1% ★, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its humorous lab framing and color-based physics puzzles echo Portal’s style of learning one mechanic and pushing it to clever extremes.

Introducing Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for the Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games.

Why similar: Comedy 33.4%, Funny 23.2%, First-Person 15.6%, Singleplayer 11.4%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This short Aperture Science spin-off captures Portal’s writing, worldbuilding, and comedic test-lab feel despite being less puzzle-focused.

A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.

Why similar: Puzzle 29%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, First-Person 15.9%, Science 14.1% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person puzzler mixes clean test-like spaces, witty narration, and clever environmental rules in a very Portal-adjacent way.

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 66.2%, First-Person 23%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Adventure 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more open-ended and less comedic, it delivers the same satisfying first-person puzzle epiphanies and environmental observation.

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Why similar: Comedy 40.1%, First-Person 26.6%, Funny 11.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is much lighter on puzzle mechanics, but its first-person Valve-style satire and dry comedy make it a strong tonal match.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.3%, Puzzle 32.5%, First-Person 18.1%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its impossible architecture and gravity-defying spaces recreate Portal’s sense of spatial discovery in a more abstract form.

Check-in to The Spectrum Retreat for a stay you won’t forget. Manipulate your way to the truth in this captivating narrative-driven puzzler.

Why similar: Puzzle 59.8%, First-Person 36.1%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person environmental puzzles and a sterile futuristic setting that will feel familiar to anyone who likes Portal’s atmosphere.

In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.7%, Puzzle 20%, First-Person 15.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Portal’s clean first-person spatial readability and momentum-driven movement, even if it leans more toward platforming than puzzles.

As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.2%, 3D Platformer 22.6%, Puzzle 16.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person environmental puzzles and object-focused physics interactions feel like a rougher but related cousin to Portal.

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.1%, Puzzle 29.9%, First-Person 18.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on elegant first-person environmental puzzle sequences that reward the same kind of calm, methodical thinking as Portal.

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.7%, First-Person 16.8%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Action 5%, FPS 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a darker Portal-like built around first-person physics puzzles and gadget-driven problem solving in a sci-fi facility.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Platformer 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Although it is side-on rather than first-person, its clever sci-fi logic puzzles and sterile experimental mood align well with Portal.

Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.4%, Puzzle 25.6%, First-Person 14.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%, Physics 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person platforming and geometry-manipulating puzzles appeal to the same players who love Portal’s spatial problem solving.

Experience the critically acclaimed and award-winning Portal™ reimagined with full ray tracing and DLSS 4 in this free DLC for Portal owners. Start thinking with portals, with RTX on.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.2%, First-Person 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Sci-fi 14%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

Relive Half-Life.

Why similar: Classic 25.9% ★, Sci-fi 22.3%, First-Person 19.3%, FPS 12.8%, Story Rich 5.4%

Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.2%, Puzzle 32.1%, First-Person 18.7%, Adventure 3.2%, Atmospheric 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person puzzle game plays with recursive scale and space in a way that delivers Portal-like moments of sudden realization.

Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.

Why similar: Classic 25.6% ★, Sci-fi 18.6%, FPS 13.5%, First-Person 11.8%, Puzzle 8.9%

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

Why similar: Classic 30.2% ★, Sci-fi 19.8%, First-Person 18.2%, FPS 11.6%, Story Rich 6%

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.5%, First-Person 21.6%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, FPS 11.3%, Story Rich 7.7%

Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!

Why similar: First-Person 23.3%, FPS 22%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Action 14.7%, Physics 13.6%

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 61.4%, Puzzle 22.4%, Platformer 7%, Atmospheric 3.2%, Physics 2.3%

From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

Why similar: First-Person 33.8%, FPS 31.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Action 10.4%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

Why similar: First-Person 32.8%, Sci-fi 16%, Puzzle 15.2%, Funny 12.3%, Singleplayer 8.4%

Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

Why similar: Comedy 23.9%, First-Person 23%, Physics 19.9%, Funny 12.5%, FPS 11.1%

Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.

Why similar: Puzzle 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Comedy 11.1%, 3D Platformer 9.4%, Funny 6.9%

Blast Course is a first-person puzzle-platformer centered around the classic game mechanic of Rocket Jumping. Control Kit in a day at work testing "Hyperboom", a revolutionary transport technology based on explosives.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.6%, 3D Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle 17.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Platformer 6.4%

Experience the high fidelity virtual reality of your own hands like never before.

Why similar: First-Person 38.8%, Funny 22.6%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 7.1%

In Tobla - Divine Path, creative puzzle gameplay, a story inspired by classics like Portal™, and impressive 3D graphics come together. Step into the role of Mort and tackle the challenging puzzles and cynical comments of the cunning goddess Tobla to find your way home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.2%, Puzzle 23.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Comedy 8%, Physics 5.4%

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Puzzle 18.6%, 3D Platformer 17.2%, First-Person 11%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Welcome to Gravulse, an innovative space curvature laboratory that is trying to "flip" the laws of physics, literally. Here you have to go through many test levels using various new technologies!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.6%, 3D Platformer 22.1%, First-Person 12.8%, Science 7.2% ★, Physics 6.2%

Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Why similar: Classic 26.5% ★, FPS 25.6%, Sci-fi 17.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Puzzle 5.6%

Red Trigger is an FPS Puzzle game inspired by Portal, Antichamber and more. Use a gun that can expand or retract red blocks. The catch? You can only expand three blocks at a time - so you need to manage your energy wisely.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, 3D Platformer 19.7%, Puzzle 15%, First-Person 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 62.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Sci-fi 4.9%, Female Protagonist 3.5%

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Why similar: FPS 40.7%, First-Person 39.5%, Action 15.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Atmospheric 2%

A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.1%, Science 14.6% ★, Sci-fi 14.5%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Comedy 13.4%

Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. For more information on Portal 2 click here.

Why similar: Puzzle 65.3%, Story Rich 15.5%, Action 8%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Adventure 5%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Comedy 39.2%, Funny 24.2%, Physics 23%, Dark Humor 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.

Why similar: Classic 27.5% ★, Sci-fi 22.4%, FPS 19%, First-Person 18.6%, Action 10.6%

Revisitor is a first person puzzle-platformer game set in a futuristic virtual space. Use two different types of teleportation to both navigate and solve a series of increasingly challenging missions.

Why similar: Puzzle 25%, Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, 3D Platformer 17.4%, First-Person 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.7%

Immerse yourself in the multidimensional universe of Desordre. Solve intricate puzzles, push the boundaries of 4-dimensional thinking. Get ready for a unique experience where reflection takes on a whole new dimension. Created by one-man development studio SHK Interactive using Unreal Engine.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, Puzzle 18.2%, 3D Platformer 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Physics 8.8%

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Platformer 43.5%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Puzzle 17.7%, Singleplayer 9.8%, Action 5.4%

Gorge is a first-person puzzle-platformer, where you use telekinesis and wall-running to solve challenging interconnected obstacle courses.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, 3D Platformer 23.5%, Puzzle 17.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Platformer 5%

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

Why similar: First-Person 27.8%, FPS 26.6%, Comedy 20%, Funny 17.9%, Action 7.7%

Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?

Why similar: Puzzle 28.6%, First-Person 18.6%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Comedy 15.6%, Story Rich 6.1%

Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.9%, Puzzle 16.4%, 3D Platformer 13.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Physics 8.4%