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Valve · 2022 · Windows, Linux
Steam: 94 % positive of 25,086 reviews, as of Oct 28
Introducing Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for the Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games.
24 games that play like Aperture Desk Job and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Portal, The Lab and Aperture Hand Lab.
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Best matches
Plays and looks like Aperture Desk Job
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Aperture Desk Job
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Portal
97 % positive of 175,235
Shared: Comedy · Story Rich · Short
The Lab
94 % positive of 6,721
Shared: Simulation · Shooter · Family Friendly
Aperture Hand Lab
86 % positive of 1,636
Shared: Comedy · First-Person · VR
Job Simulator
91 % positive of 4,427
Shared: Robots · Comedy · Simulation
The Cubicle.
87 % positive of 619
Shared: Simulation · VR · Free to Play
Portal 2
98 % positive of 392,456
Shared: Comedy · Story Rich · First-Person
Worming from Home
97 % positive of 1,076
Shared: Comedy · Simulation · Singleplayer
A Simple job
95 % positive of 527
Shared: Comedy · Artificial Intelligence · First-Person
FULFILLMENT
91 % positive of 307
Shared: Free to Play · Singleplayer · Casual
Vacation Simulator
92 % positive of 952
Shared: Robots · Comedy · Simulation
Half-Life: Alyx
98 % positive of 93,612
Shared: Shooter · Story Rich · First-Person
Outcore: Desktop Adventure
96 % positive of 18,533
Shared: Comedy · Story Rich · Free to Play
More matches
- The Stanley Parable91 % positive of 40,347Shared: Comedy · Story Rich · Short
- Half-Life 296 % positive of 204,533Shared: Shooter · Story Rich · First-Person
- Bridge Constructor Portal90 % positive of 6,674Shared: Comedy · Simulation · Family Friendly
- Check it Out!86 % positive of 1,282Shared: Comedy · Simulation · Story Rich
- OneShot: World Machine Edition98 % positive of 5,505Shared: Story Rich · Singleplayer · Casual
- VR Flush92 % positive of 797Shared: Robots · Comedy · Story Rich
- Please, Don’t Touch Anything87 % positive of 5,016Shared: Short · VR · Singleplayer
- The Looker96 % positive of 16,156Shared: Comedy · First-Person · Free to Play
- THE CORRIDOR93 % positive of 3,031Shared: Comedy · First-Person · Singleplayer
- Derpy's Fun House95 % positive of 246Shared: Controller · Free to Play · Singleplayer
- Gravitas96 % positive of 7,155Shared: Comedy · Short · First-Person
- Anarchy Arcade67 % positive of 2,196Shared: Comedy · Simulation · First-Person
By look
Looks like Aperture Desk Job
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Half-Life: Alyx
98 % positive of 93,612
Stationeers
87 % positive of 8,656
Red Matter
90 % positive of 1,005
SCP: Secret Laboratory
91 % positive of 235,700
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
96 % positive of 14,797
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
93 % positive of 10,205
SCP: Fragmented Minds
91 % positive of 1,260
Aperture Hand Lab
86 % positive of 1,636
The Turing Test
87 % positive of 6,254
Ghostrunner
91 % positive of 47,048
Viscera Cleanup Detail
92 % positive of 18,106
Q.U.B.E. 2
83 % positive of 1,017
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- Breathedge81 % positive of 14,877
- We Went Back85 % positive of 4,787
- Overload94 % positive of 1,653
- I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine91 % positive of 616
- Infinifactory94 % positive of 1,793
- Vertigo Remastered91 % positive of 1,337
- Titan Station89 % positive of 556
- Breathedge 285 % positive of 1,784
- The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed80 % positive of 1,021
- Still Wakes the Deep87 % positive of 11,517
- Regular Factory: Escape Room92 % positive of 213
- Satellite Odyssey: Prologue91 % positive of 995
At a glance
What games like Aperture Desk Job have in common
- The tags they share most often with Aperture Desk Job: Comedy (16 of 24), Story Rich (9) and First-Person (9).
- They came out between 2004 and 2026, 4 of them after Aperture Desk Job (2022).
- Best rated by Steam players: OneShot: World Machine Edition (98 % positive of 5,505).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.