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Aperture Desk Job

Aperture Desk Job

|United States|Adventure, Puzzle

9.5 /10

Aww Amazing!

Very hot

25.1k ratings
Time to beat
Main
1h
Main + extras
38m
Complete
1h
Where to get it
Rating sources
Steam · Player score9.5/1025k ratingsIGDB · Player score7.6/1089 ratings
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Why play it

Aperture Desk Job is a 2022 Adventure, Puzzle game rated 9.5/10 from 25.1k ratings, with a main story of about 1h, available on Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows).

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.

Story and worldbuilding

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.

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Rating momentum

Aww Amazing!: 9.5/10 across 25.1k ratings. This score says: bump it to the top of your backlog.

Play style

Leans into Adventure, Puzzle, with a main story around 1h. Check if that style and time commitment fit you.

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TheGamerAndrew King · 16 Mar, 2022
8/10

This is a small project, but it packs in its share of indelible images. Aperture Desk Job confirms that, even when working on a limited scale, Valve is still the best in the biz at plopping you down in the middle of a well-realized sci-fi world and conjuring up a host of imaginative sights before your wide, unblinking eyes.

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INDIANTVCZMartin Cvrček · 3 Mar, 2022
9/10

Aperture Desk Job is more than just a free tutorial that introduces you to how to use Steam Deck. Instead, it's a fun, funny, and sophisticated romp that proves the world of Portal still has its charm and that Valve developers can still make excellent games when they feel like it.

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GBAtempStephen Malone · 2 Mar, 2022
7.5/10

While it's far more valuable as an entry into the Portal series than a Steam Deck tutorial, Aperture Desk Job ably accomplishes everything it sets out to do.

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