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Portal Stories: Mel

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Portal Stories: Mel is a singleplayer mod for Portal 2 developed by Prism Studios. The game is set in 1952. Mel, an Olympic champion, arrives in an unnamed small town in Michigan where the headquarters of Aperture Science is located. Mel was invited to participate in a test of Aperture Science Shor

Portal Stories: Mel is a puzzle game developed by Prism Studios, 2015. It stands out for hardcore gameplay, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. Available in single-player and multiplayer mode. With an iRank Score of 89/100, it ranks as an exceptional title in our catalog.

About Portal Stories: Mel

Portal Stories: Mel is a singleplayer mod for Portal 2 developed by Prism Studios.

The game is set in 1952. Mel, an Olympic champion, arrives in an unnamed small town in Michigan where the headquarters of Aperture Science is located. Mel was invited to participate in a test of Aperture Science Short Term Relaxation Vault. Mel arrives at the vault, gets into it and falls asleep. But something goes wrong and instead of several minutes, Mel sleeps for several decades. Upon coming to, she finds that the Aperture Science facility is devastated. Mel has to get out of there.

The gameplay of the mod is not different from Portal 2's. The players solve puzzles using the portal gun which allows for opening two two-sided portals on suitable surfaces and moving different objects. Almost every object from Portal 2 is present in the mod with one new addition: water. It is used to extinguish a fire. The game consists of 22 puzzles and takes from 6 to 10 hours to complete.

How Portal Stories: Mel was received

Of the 23,533 Steam player reviews, 96% are positive.

Players

  • Steam players23,533 reviews96%Overwhelmingly positive
  • IGDB community61 reviews84/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. iRankGames does not host its own reviews.

iRank Score

89/100 ↗

Rating

👍 82%

214 votes

Type

Puzzle, Adventure

Released

2015

Updated May 2026

Developer

Prism Studios

Avg. playtime

~2h

Platforms

PC, Apple Macintosh, Linux

Official trailer for Portal Stories: Mel

Screenshots of Portal Stories: Mel

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