Aperture Desk Job is a new spinoff of the Portal series coming out on March 1, 2022, for the Steam Deck.
The announcement for Aperture Desk Job came Friday seemingly out of nowhere, with Valve having little to no fanfare that a new title in one of its flagship franchises is coming out. Not only that, it will be totally free-to-play on Steam too!
“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,” reads the game’s Steam page. “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.”
Check out the launch trailer for Aperture Desk Job below
But that's not all! We're excited to introduce Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games. Coming March 1! https://t.co/4th5yDtkE7 pic.twitter.com/Kq0oHfMGzZ
— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) February 25, 2022
Valve stresses that Aperture Desk Job is not Portal 3. It’s barely even a full release, even. The store page describes it more as a tool meant to walk Steam Deck owners through the device’s controls and utilities.
The Steam Deck shipments are beginning to roll out for early adopters, just in time to take Elden Ring on the go.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
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