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Aperture Desk Job (2022)

Valve

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.54 from 257 ratings

2147 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 926 backlogged · 23 wish listed

How long? Main story 2h · 100% 1h (from 42 logged playthroughs)

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 … Read more
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. Read less

Details

Developers
Valve
Publishers
Valve
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Comedy, Science fiction
Franchises
Portal
Steam
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Release dates

  • Mar 01, 2022 (Worldwide) Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Rating distribution

5 stars
36
4 stars
92
3 stars
108
2 stars
16
1 star
5

Community All Reviews Statuses

SuperFieroStatus

Status SuperFieroStatus Feb 15, 2023

I hesitate to review this because I'm not sure it's even a game. It's a tech demo, for sure. And I don't own a Steam Deck, which is what it's demoing. I can say that I had an OK time with it. The one thing that struck me as weird was the voice acting. Your main companion, Grady, sounds like...well, …

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I hesitate to review this because I'm not sure it's even a game. It's a tech demo, for sure. And I don't own a Steam Deck, which is what it's demoing. I can say that I had an OK time with it. The one thing that struck me as weird was the voice acting. Your main companion, Grady, sounds like...well, it sounds off. Like he's not a voice actor at all. He's got a little bit of what a vocal professor once called "mush mouth" to me. As in, he's combining words. I could be wrong, but maybe he's just a guy who works at Valve who was good enough to get the job done. I don't care enough to look it up.

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Vakil

Status Vakil Jul 15, 2022

May as well start my Deck experience with Valve’s purpose designed “game” to introduce players to the controls.

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grizzling

Status grizzling Mar 18, 2022

Just a demo for steamdeck. Nothing special and gameplay-wise rather dull.

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