Portal 2 is no longer the highest rated video game on Steam
Although user ratings on other websites are often subject to review bombing and general console-warring the ones on Steam are generally considered to be pretty accurate, in large part because they get far more votes than most other equivalents.
Everyone can see the stats for how many positive reviews there've been but there's no list of the most popular on Steam itself. However, a third party website has collated all the information together and offered up a top 250, which until recently had 2011 first person puzzle game Portal 2 at number one.
Clearly, everyone loves Portal, but in a shock turn of events it is no longer top dog and has instead been replaced by… 2016 title Stardew Valley.
That's not too surprising as while Portal 2 has been pretty much trapped in amber since it came out, Stardew Valley has been receiving a steady supply of updates and fan mods ever since, even if creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone keeps trying to draw a line under it all.
Despite coming up on its 10th anniversary, farming sim Stardew Valley broke its own concurrent player record last year and with the release of its most recent update saw player numbers rise to a recent high of almost 150,000 players.
The difference between Portal 2 and Stardew Valley's scores is minute, and they could easily swap places again. Although given how often Stardew Valley gets new content it's perhaps surprising it's taken this long to overtake Portal 2.
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Number three title Terraria is also very close, although we're going to admit we've never heard of People Playground at number four. It only costs £7.19 (and is 85% off at the moment, at just £1.07) and doesn't seem to be a game at all, but some sort of sandbox environment for causing harm to stick people.
For the record, the rest of the Steam 250 top 10 is composed of Left 4 Dead 2, Vampire Survivors, Hades, Euro Truck Simulator, Schedule I, and the original Portal. More Trending
ConcernedApe is currently working on a new game called Haunted Chocolatier, although whether it'll prove as popular as Stardew Valley is impossible to say, especially as it still doesn't have a release date.
Although there're occasional rumblings from Valve, indicating they might get back into making single-player games, Portal 2 still remains their last traditional one – unless you count 2020 VR title Half-Life: Alyx.
There was also tech demo Aperture Desk Job, which is set in the Portal universe and is essentially the Steam Deck equivalent of Astro's Playroom or Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. There's never been any serious talk of a Portal 3 though.
There have been new whispers of an imminent Half-Life 3 reveal recently, but as usual it's not resulted in any kind of official annoucement, although given how secretive Valve can be that doesn't necessarily mean it's definitely not happening.
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