players like Portal 2 more than Portal
by where each lands in players' personal rankings
71% put Portal 2 higher
323 of 454 players who ranked both games have Portal 2 above Portal in their own library (142 more own both but never told them apart)
Portal 2 wins when they meet, too
75 of 85 direct duels went to Portal 2, the other 10 to Portal
85 duels between exactly these two. the verdict above rests on everyone's full rankings; this is only what happened when both were on screen together.
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both tagged Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · 3D Platformer · Action
>> the verdict in words what the duels say about portal vs portal 2
Players like Portal 2 more than Portal, by a hair. Portal 2 beats 75% of the games in a typical Steam library, which ranks it #114 of 19,275 scored games; Portal beats 71% and ranks #674 of 19,275. Both are well liked, so this is a question of which one players love more, not whether Portal is any good. Portal's score rests on 713 players, Portal 2's on 981 players.
Of the 454 players who ranked both games, 71% put Portal 2 higher in their own library and 29% Portal. When they meet on screen together, Portal 2 wins: 75 of 85 direct duels went its way.
52% of Portal's raters keep it in the top 30% of their own library, against 63% for Portal 2. Portal 2 is the safer pick: 13% of its raters file it in their bottom 40%, against 18% for Portal.
Both are tagged Puzzle, Puzzle Platformer and 3D Platformer on Steam; Portal came out in 2007, Portal 2 in 2011.
Every score here comes from players duelling games out of their own Steam library, not from reviews or playtime, and this matchup last moved 5 days ago. A new duel on either game can change who wins.
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