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Steam app 1902490 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 22:19 UTC

Aperture Desk Job

Introducing Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for the Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games.

Aperture Desk Job Steam header artwork
ValveValve
12playing now
1624-hour peak
1,471all-time peak
7average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−0.9Gain−10.17%% gain20Peak

282 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

0511162213 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202611 peakFriday 14 August 202611 peakSaturday 15 August 202616 peakSunday 16 August 202619 peakMonday 17 August 202613 peakTuesday 18 August 202616 peakWednesday 19 August 202612 peakThursday 20 August 202613 peakFriday 21 August 202615 peakSaturday 22 August 202615 peakSunday 23 August 202615 peakMonday 24 August 202614 peakTuesday 25 August 202614 peakWednesday 26 August 202612 peakThursday 27 August 20269 peakFriday 28 August 202614 peakSaturday 29 August 202614 peakSunday 30 August 202613 peakMonday 31 August 202613 peakTuesday 01 September 202612 peakWednesday 02 September 202611 peakThursday 03 September 202610 peakFriday 04 September 202615 peakSaturday 05 September 202616 peakSunday 06 September 202614 peakMonday 07 September 202620 peakTuesday 08 September 202611 peakWednesday 09 September 202613 peakThursday 10 September 202610 peakFriday 11 September 202613 peakSaturday 12 September 202616 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

55 months, March 2022 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

03977941k2kMar 2022Dec 2022Sep 2023Jun 2024Mar 2025Dec 2025Sep 2026March 20221,471 monthly peakApril 2022141 monthly peakMay 2022125 monthly peakJune 202289 monthly peakJuly 2022116 monthly peakAugust 2022125 monthly peakSeptember 2022159 monthly peakOctober 2022143 monthly peakNovember 202282 monthly peakDecember 2022265 monthly peakJanuary 202393 monthly peakFebruary 202389 monthly peakMarch 2023112 monthly peakApril 202368 monthly peakMay 202360 monthly peakJune 202362 monthly peakJuly 202387 monthly peakAugust 202358 monthly peakSeptember 202372 monthly peakOctober 202355 monthly peakNovember 202397 monthly peakDecember 2023223 monthly peakJanuary 202488 monthly peakFebruary 202463 monthly peakMarch 202457 monthly peakApril 202457 monthly peakMay 202451 monthly peakJune 202452 monthly peakJuly 202458 monthly peakAugust 202450 monthly peakSeptember 202450 monthly peakOctober 202448 monthly peakNovember 202451 monthly peakDecember 2024147 monthly peakJanuary 202581 monthly peakFebruary 202549 monthly peakMarch 202540 monthly peakApril 2025103 monthly peakMay 202544 monthly peakJune 202544 monthly peakJuly 202538 monthly peakAugust 202538 monthly peakSeptember 202533 monthly peakOctober 202523 monthly peakNovember 202532 monthly peakDecember 202598 monthly peakJanuary 202630 monthly peakFebruary 202625 monthly peakMarch 202622 monthly peakApril 202623 monthly peakMay 202637 monthly peakJune 202624 monthly peakJuly 202621 monthly peakAugust 202623 monthly peakSeptember 202620 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

06121925July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202621 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202623 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202620 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

0611172301 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202617 peakThursday 02 July 202617 peakFriday 03 July 202621 peakSaturday 04 July 202620 peakSunday 05 July 202620 peakMonday 06 July 202618 peakTuesday 07 July 202611 peakWednesday 08 July 202612 peakThursday 09 July 202621 peakFriday 10 July 202618 peakSaturday 11 July 202616 peakSunday 12 July 202615 peakMonday 13 July 202618 peakTuesday 14 July 202619 peakWednesday 15 July 202616 peakThursday 16 July 202615 peakFriday 17 July 202620 peakSaturday 18 July 202619 peakSunday 19 July 202621 peakMonday 20 July 202616 peakTuesday 21 July 202616 peakWednesday 22 July 202615 peakThursday 23 July 202617 peakFriday 24 July 202620 peakSaturday 25 July 202618 peakSunday 26 July 202620 peakMonday 27 July 202618 peakTuesday 28 July 202616 peakWednesday 29 July 202616 peakThursday 30 July 202615 peakFriday 31 July 202615 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 164 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

0612192501 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202623 peakSunday 02 August 202615 peakMonday 03 August 202614 peakTuesday 04 August 202616 peakWednesday 05 August 202615 peakThursday 06 August 202613 peakFriday 07 August 202614 peakSaturday 08 August 202615 peakSunday 09 August 202613 peakMonday 10 August 202617 peakTuesday 11 August 202613 peakWednesday 12 August 202615 peakThursday 13 August 202612 peakFriday 14 August 202611 peakSaturday 15 August 202616 peakSunday 16 August 202619 peakMonday 17 August 202613 peakTuesday 18 August 202616 peakWednesday 19 August 202612 peakThursday 20 August 202613 peakFriday 21 August 202615 peakSaturday 22 August 202615 peakSunday 23 August 202615 peakMonday 24 August 202614 peakTuesday 25 August 202614 peakWednesday 26 August 202612 peakThursday 27 August 20269 peakFriday 28 August 202614 peakSaturday 29 August 202614 peakSunday 30 August 202613 peakMonday 31 August 202613 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 118 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

0511162201 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202612 peakWednesday 02 September 202611 peakThursday 03 September 202610 peakFriday 04 September 202615 peakSaturday 05 September 202616 peakSunday 06 September 202614 peakMonday 07 September 202620 peakTuesday 08 September 202611 peakWednesday 09 September 202613 peakThursday 10 September 202610 peakFriday 11 September 202613 peakSaturday 12 September 202616 peak

October 2026

Aperture Desk Job was released on 1 Mar, 2022.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 12 Sep 2026, 22:19 UTC
App ID
1902490
Last updated
02 Mar 2022 build 8302839
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release date
1 Mar, 2022
Platforms
WindowsLinux
Download size
3.12 GB3.04 GB
Install size
4.33 GB4.16 GB
Genres
Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Full

Features & support

Steam features

Family Sharing

Controllers & input

Full controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API Support

Accessibility

Stereo Sound

Popular tags

Free to PlaySingleplayerFunnyCasualActionRobotsComedyController3DSimulationCinematicShooterStory RichArtificial IntelligenceFamily FriendlyShortOn-Rails ShooterFirst-PersonAdventureVR
About this gameFull description from Steam
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. Not Portal 3! 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. Steam Deck: A Desk For Your Hands Up until now, real life mostly involved sitting, and video games were the virtual fantasy world you could escape to. With the portable Steam Deck, we flipped that, freeing your body to run marathons and jump out of planes while your brain and hands simulate all the sitting you used to do. It’s F-R-E-E (Free)! Put that wallet away, gaming fan! Your money’s no good here. For this particular product. If your money stops working while trying to buy groceries, though, you should contact your bank immediately, because the cashier just stole your entire identity? You’d better go talk to her again, because what do you mean she never worked here?! Now you’ll have to go undercover as a dark web hacker to track her down! Only to find out it was a different timeline you?!! From the future?!?! And also if anyone from Hollywood is reading this bullet point, take your wallet back out, because this great idea is not free (but is for sale at [email protected] )
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

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System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM Storage: 4 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Additional Notes: Steam Deck

macOS

Minimum: Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: OS: SteamOS Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM Storage: 4 GB available space Recommended: Additional Notes: Steam Deck
Supported languages28 languages
LanguageFull audio
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French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Bulgarian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Greek
Hungarian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese - Portugal
Portuguese - Brazil
Romanian
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish - Latin America
Swedish
Thai
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

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