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Portal Defect

Gin Motion · 2021-04-14

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Portal Defect is a Top-Down Roguelite set in the Future and you are an agent sent to the past to alter it. But something goes wrong!....Will you be able to escape time and space and return home? or will you die trying?

Portal Defect is a free-to-play Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, with a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 13 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-28

54%
positive of 13 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 91% of 21,983 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220212025Week of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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