Portal: Alive & Kicking is a full remake and re-imagining of Valve's classic out

31 Aug 2026 at 10:31 am UTC | Last updated: 31 Aug 2026 at 11:50 am UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand

Portal: Alive & Kicking has officially arrived on Steam, giving the classic Valve game Portal a bit of a makeover. You need to own Portal 2, and have it installed in the same Steam library folder for it to work.

From the Steam page - "Portal: Alive & Kicking is a full remake and re-imagining of Valve's Portal. Utilizing the power of Portal 2 and its engine, Alive & Kicking slips you back into the cold test chambers of Aperture Science to retell the original story of Chell and GLaDOS - updated to compensate and complete the vast retcons and aesthetic additions of the sequel."

Currently, they seem to be having some store issues where the add / play button doesn't appear. You can hit the launch button on SteamDB to easily get around it. For Linux users, you'll need Proton, as there's currently no Native build of it and it seems to run well with Proton 11.

Pictured - Portal: Alive & Kicking on Fedora KDE 44

The release was actually ready a while ago, the developer posted on Bluesky that they had signed an agreement with Valve but hadn't heard from them for months. Nice to see it finally out.

Key Features

• Full Re-Imagining: Relive the classic game with improved visuals, rivaling even those of Portal 2.
• Gameplay & Visual Enhancements: Improvements range from improved puzzle cues to a carefully designed visual style, as well as countless little details.
• Original Soundtrack: New dynamic soundtrack that combines the styles of both Portal's forlorn drones and Portal 2's reactive scoring.
• Future Content: Alive & Kicking includes our rendition of the original campaign and its Advanced chambers. We may release additional content for free in the future as it's developed.

Release Date: 📅 28th August 2026Platform: ⚛ Proton / Wine (Windows)Devs:Rhubarb & RhubarbOfficial links:Steam 🌐 External Sources: steamdb.info, bsky.app/dotoperator.bsky.social (..hc2m) Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com. Tags: Proton, New Release, Puzzle, Steam | Apps: Portal: Alive & Kicking 22 Likes Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month:Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in EuropeSteamOS 3.8.25 Beta has firmware updates for Steam Machine, wider handheld support, Steam Frame Wireless Adapter supportGE-Proton 11-4 brings lots of controller improvementsOptiScaler Client 1.0.6 adds Heroic Games Launcher support, experimental gamepad support, FSR 4.1.1 for older GPUs All posts need to follow our rules. Please hit the Report Flag icon on any post that breaks the rules or contains illegal / harmful content. Readers can also email us for any issues or concerns.