Games Like Portal with RTX

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

Why similar: Puzzle 16.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive sequel that expands on the original's physics-based puzzles with a deeper narrative and iconic humor.

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, First-Person 14.8%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original masterpiece that established the portal-based puzzle genre and remains the essential foundation for the series.

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 19.2%, Sci-fi 17.8%, First-Person 15.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a time-manipulation mechanic that feels like a spiritual successor to the portal gun in a high-stakes sci-fi facility.

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 25.3%, Sci-fi 19.9%, First-Person 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Story Rich 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-fidelity, philosophical puzzle game that matches the complexity and atmospheric quality of modern sci-fi titles.

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 25.4%, First-Person 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative puzzle game that allows you to reshape reality by placing photographs into the world, offering a unique perspective-based challenge.

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 31.6%, First-Person 21%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%, Story Rich 11%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending, first-person puzzle game that plays with perspective and scale in a surreal, atmospheric environment.

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: Action 26.7%, Story Rich 19%, First-Person 18.8%, Funny 15%, Singleplayer 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, humorous, and interactive experience set directly within the Portal universe.

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: Beautiful 45.6% ★, Sci-fi 11.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: The pinnacle of VR immersion, offering the same high-fidelity, atmospheric sci-fi experience found in Valve's best work.

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 30%, Sci-fi 22.1%, First-Person 18.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game that explores artificial intelligence and human consciousness within a remote space station.

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: Sci-fi 28.8%, Action 16.8%, First-Person 16.3%, Story Rich 13%, Puzzle 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: The game that pioneered the physics-based gameplay and environmental storytelling that eventually led to the creation of Portal.

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 30.6%, Action 23.3%, First-Person 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game set in a mysterious, sterile sci-fi environment that requires logical manipulation of the environment.

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 58.8%, First-Person 30.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Sci-fi 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A non-Euclidean puzzle game that challenges your perception of space and logic in a way that feels truly alien.

Relive Half-Life.

Why similar: Mod 29.5% ★, Sci-fi 21.7%, First-Person 16.7%, Action 11.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A stunning, fan-made recreation of the original Half-Life that brings the classic sci-fi experience up to modern standards.

Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light.

Why similar: Action 60.3%, First-Person 32.3%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic shooter reimagined with full ray tracing, serving as a perfect technical companion to the visual fidelity of Portal with RTX.

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 56.1%, Sci-fi 18%, Physics 15%, Singleplayer 7.9%, Funny 3%

Why You'll Like It: A clever spin-off that applies the physics and humor of the Portal series to a structural engineering puzzle format.

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: Sci-fi 16.5%, Puzzle 16.3%, First-Person 14%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you manipulate gravity and magnetism to navigate a beautiful, desolate moon base.

Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.3%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Action 17.5%, Story Rich 16.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural, physics-heavy action game that features incredible environmental destruction and atmospheric sci-fi mystery.

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 32.5%, Action 20.3%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Puzzle 11.7%, Singleplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of VR experiments by Valve that showcases the same physics-based interaction and polish found in their other titles.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Beautiful 41.6% ★, Puzzle 14.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Story Rich 10%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy sci-fi game that relies on discovery and understanding complex systems rather than traditional combat.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 51.5%, First-Person 22.8%, Beautiful 12.1% ★, Atmospheric 7.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in environmental puzzle design that rewards observation and logic in a stunning, isolated open world.

Solve puzzles by creating portals and manipulating time. Inspired by Valve's Portal and Portal 2.

Why similar: Puzzle 36%, First-Person 28.7%, Action 19.9%, Physics 9.8%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fan-made tribute that captures the core movement and puzzle-solving mechanics of the Portal series.

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 35.6%, First-Person 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play first-person puzzle game that focuses on gravity manipulation in a surreal, artistic setting.

You volunteered to participate in an AI research as part of an human control group. Solve over 50 different puzzles and use new gameplay mechanics and more player freedom to find creative ways to progress through the game's beautiful world.

Why similar: Beautiful 49.6% ★, Puzzle 17.2%, First-Person 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game that emphasizes spatial awareness and environmental manipulation in a clean, sci-fi aesthetic.

BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.

Why similar: First-Person 21.5%, Puzzle 21.2%, Action 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Story Rich 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-driven sandbox game that allows for creative interaction with the environment using advanced simulation technology.

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: Sci-fi 29%, First-Person 23.8%, Story Rich 15.7%, Action 14.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational sci-fi shooter that established the narrative-first approach to the genre.

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.5%, First-Person 23.5%, Story Rich 17.9%, Action 11%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: The industry standard for high-fidelity ray tracing and immersive, dense urban environments.

Become the Test Subject and attempt to complete a challenging experiment to awaken emotional responses in your Artificial Intelligence. Jump, wall-run, and parkour your way through the free-to-play prequel to the upcoming game.

Why similar: Beautiful 36.2% ★, Puzzle 16.5%, Action 10.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, first-person platformer that focuses on precision movement and environmental navigation.

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 43.4%, Sci-fi 18.3%, First-Person 17.8%, Action 17.5%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines portal-like magnetic puzzle mechanics with a dark, Lovecraftian sci-fi narrative.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Sci-fi 20.4%, Puzzle 18.7%, First-Person 16.4%, Story Rich 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, atmospheric sci-fi horror game that focuses on philosophical questions about identity and technology.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Sci-fi 32.1%, First-Person 19.6%, Story Rich 18.6%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive narrative experience set on a space station that focuses on piecing together events through environmental storytelling.

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

Why similar: First-Person 48.7%, Sci-fi 26.5%, Funny 15.3%, Singleplayer 9.4%

Ingression: The Portal Trial offers a sneak peek into the immersive world of precision platforming with portals. Experience the prologue of the full game for free, tackling not only the initial levels but also venturing into more challenging stages.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.3%, Story Rich 17.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Action 12%

TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?

Why similar: Mod 58.2% ★, First-Person 12.5%, Action 9.9%, Sci-fi 7%, Puzzle 5.3%

S&box is a game creation platform built on the Source 2 engine. Play, create, and share games, explore community creations, and experience endless sandbox fun with powerful modern tools.

Why similar: First-Person 50%, Action 37.1%, Funny 12.9%

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 38.4%, First-Person 21.3%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Action 10%, Physics 4.6%

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: Action 42.5%, First-Person 20.2%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Mod 7.8% ★, Physics 6.4%

Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.

Why similar: Puzzle 79.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Singleplayer 4.4%

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: First-Person 39.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Story Rich 17.3%, Funny 9.5%, Singleplayer 9.2%

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: Beautiful 63.9% ★, Puzzle 16%, Story Rich 9.7%, Action 8.3%, Singleplayer 2%

Step back into a world of thought-provoking puzzles, philosophical intrigue, and breathtaking visuals with The Talos Principle: Reawakened - a first-person puzzle masterpiece for both new players and long-time fans alike.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.2%, First-Person 25.6%, Realistic 16.6%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%

Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.

Why similar: First-Person 34.9%, Sci-fi 31.7%, Action 27.7%, Physics 5.7%

Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.

Why similar: Sci-fi 34.4%, Action 22.9%, First-Person 19.6%, Singleplayer 6.5%, Puzzle 6.1%

ReThink | Evolved 2 is a Puzzle Game in a futuristic setting. Solve a variety of Puzzles that utilize Lasers and the behavior of light in two and three-dimensional space. Created with the Feedback from its predecessor in mind, ReThink | Evolved 2 features: 40 new Puzzles, enhanced Gameplay...

Why similar: Beautiful 50.8% ★, Puzzle 17.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Action 4.6%

Experience the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards, now on PC. Discover Ellie and Abby’s story with graphical enhancements, gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, and more.

Why similar: Story Rich 29.5%, Realistic 24.3%, Action 18.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%

A free spin-off of Elle (puzzle platformer). Collect coins while avoiding the maze keepers.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.6%, Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Singleplayer 10%, Platformer 9.7%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Prospekt begins in the Nova Prospekt prison in the Half-Life universe. Gordon Freeman is slowly being overrun by soldiers in the prison, however unknown to him, his Vortigaunt allies manage to find some help from a forgotten hero.

Why similar: Mod 58.7% ★, Action 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Story Rich 3.5%

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: Sci-fi 31.9%, First-Person 21.1%, Action 20.9%, Puzzle 7.2%, Story Rich 6.8%

Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.2%, Action 22.3%, Singleplayer 15.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

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 21.2%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Action 11.3%, First-Person 10.3%

The classic first person shooter from Crytek is back with the action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around – now with remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.

Why similar: Sci-fi 32.1%, Action 21.5%, Realistic 15%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Experience the single-player experience from the iconic first-person shooter, Crysis 3, optimized to take advantage of today's hardware in Crysis 3 Remastered.

Why similar: Sci-fi 35.1%, First-Person 27%, Action 23.9%, Physics 5.6%, Story Rich 5.5%

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Mod 53.1% ★, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Realistic 9.2%, Physics 6.3%

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is the ultimate celebration of the decade-old original, bringing refined visuals, completely redesigned and revised gameplay sections, and a whole new chapter to the award-winning, brain-twisting first-person puzzler.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.5%, First-Person 20.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Action 13.6%, Physics 8.2%

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: Action 43.6%, Sci-fi 31%, First-Person 23%, Atmospheric 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.

Why similar: First-Person 35.4%, Action 32.9%, Sci-fi 27.8%, Singleplayer 4%

Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.

Why similar: First-Person 22.1%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Action 11.2%