Portal 2
Shares rank 25 of 45 puzzle games by recommenders
A puzzle game people call a favorite, with fun split-screen and local co-op play that friends enjoy together.
A puzzle game people call a favorite, with fun split-screen and local co-op play that friends enjoy together.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun local split-screen co-op
“I was able to get Portal 2 to run split screen across 2 full screens for each player, which was super fun!”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “2025 was the year Xbox died” “all come to mind as positive local coop experiences I've had”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “I don’t need a Steam Machine” Favorite game, better than the first
“if anything I liked 2 better than 1”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “GCC steering committee announces AI policy” “Portal 2 being my favorite.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box”
Other puzzle games people recommend
The four most recommended other puzzle games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Wilds | 65 | 7 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| enclose.horse | 64 | 10 | 86% | 4 | — | Approved |
| The Witness | 60 | 19 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Braid | 36 | 5 | 88% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Portal 2This page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Natively compiled games like Portal 2 stopped working when Apple depreciated 32-bit libraries”
“if anything I liked 2 better than 1”
“Portal 2 being my favorite.”
“My list of must play puzzle games is far too short”
“I was able to get Portal 2 to run split screen across 2 full screens for each player, which was super fun!”
“some very light gaming (portal 2 on steam)”
“The Portal 2 renders were genuinely surprising”
“all come to mind as positive local coop experiences I've had”
“I'm still amazed that game started as someone's school project.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.