Aperture Desk Job

released on Mar 01, 2022
by Valve

Aperture Desk Job reimagines the been-there-done-that genre of walking simulators and puts them in the lightning-spanked, endorphin-gorged world of sitting still behind things. You play as an entry-level nobody on their first day at work — your heart full of hope and your legs full of dreams, eager to climb that corporate ladder. But life’s got other plans, and they all involve chairs. Designed as a free playable short for Valve’s new Steam Deck, Desk Job walks you through the handheld’s controls and features, while not being nearly as boring as that sounds. Lower your expectations: This is not a sequel to Portal. Now get ready to raise them slightly, because it is in the expanded universe of those games. Desk Job puts you squarely in the driver’s seat at Aperture Science. Then quickly removes the driving part and adds a desk in front of the seat.


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Why is this 20 minutes and why is it the only Steam Deck Exclusive

A fun free 30 minutes of pure Portal comedy, they still got it!

Jak VALVe zrobi nową grę, to nie ma chuja we wsi

Great short tech demo showing off what the steam deck can do and after finishing it id say it does that well it shows off every button and feature the deck has aswell as being a portal series game which i love if you have a steam deck definitely try this it is also free

Played this on PC with a PS4 controller, which is obviously not what the devs intended but I think even if I had a Steam Deck, it wouldn't have improved the experience all that much.

Honestly I didn't really enjoy this game. Like, at all. It literally is just a tech demo for the Steam Deck, and I was expecting a bit more of an actual game to go with it. Turns out it's just a glorified turret shooter that has about 20% gameplay and 80% cutscenes. Also, the comedic writing and voice acting isn't up to par for this franchise, although JK Simmons still kills it as Cave Johnson 11 years after Portal 2's release.

The ONLY reasons I recommend it are because it gives some new lore for the Portal story, it's free, and it's very short (I left it paused on my computer for about 40 minutes so my playtime hours are inflated).

As far as console tech demo controller guide etcetera games go this is flawless, however it is still just a tech controls demo at the end of the day