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Aperture Desk Job

Aperture Desk Job

Puzzle, Adventure

by Valve

Score

Ratings

Published

Play it on

7.6

89

2022

LinuxPC

IGDB critic rating

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Information

Consoles:

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)

How Long to Beat

Rushed1h
Main story1h
Completionist1h

Developer

Valve

Publisher:

Valve

Game Modes

Single player

Release Date:

Mar 1, 2022

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How Long to Beat

1h

Rushed

1h

Main story

1h

Completionist

Synopsis:

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.

Where to play

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