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The Entropy Centre
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
76 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I recommend this game BUT.... I bought a puzzle game. I hate the parts where I need to fight the bots. I do not sign in for FPS :( But if you liked PORTAL this is similarly engaging. For the most part, it's even better,…”
“TLDR: It's just like Portal 2 with two big differences - very different main mechanic and much more cringe dialogue. But that still means that this is an amazing game! From the very beginning, you can't escape the…”
“A quite tougher than Portal Games in my opinion—which made my head ache many times. But the concept of testing reversibility on players is on another level. The intention of making some levels hard were on point as…”
41 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Nothing short of a beautiful game with a beautiful message to come with it. As I played through the game it's quite clear that it takes inspiration from portal in almost every aspect but it does it so well with the new…”
“I got this game because it looked similar to Portal which I am a huge fan of and I liked the initial idea of time mechanics. Up until about puzzle rooms 07XX, I was okay with the speed at which the rooms were solvable -…”
“Okay just completed the entire game. And it was way more than the simple puzzle game I was expecting it to be. The Entropy Centre has a story, a very interesting one, that makes you go through series of different…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Nothing short of a beautiful game with a beautiful message to come with it. As I played through the game it's quite clear that it takes inspiration from portal in almost every aspect but it does it so well with the new…”
“Okay just completed the entire game. And it was way more than the simple puzzle game I was expecting it to be. The Entropy Centre has a story, a very interesting one, that makes you go through series of different…”
“Even only after playing for a short time I'm HOOKED!! Very much a spiritual successor to the Portal series, but distinct in it's own way!! Object-based time travel is such a brilliant mechanic, and the narrative is…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A quite tougher than Portal Games in my opinion—which made my head ache many times. But the concept of testing reversibility on players is on another level. The intention of making some levels hard were on point as…”
“this game is pretty amazing very good story but complicated puzzles”
“The story setting is really interesting and reading the lore (emails) is actually interesting, instead of the usual filler we see in most games. It's portal but instead of portals you rewind time and is also about as…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is alright. However, it seems that the developers spent most of their time on graphics and not puzzle design. The game does look beautiful and runs pretty well even on my hardware, but none of the puzzles are…”
“Fun short puzzle game: 9/10. - Clever mechanics that work well for the gameplay, but nitpick that they don't *really* make sense in terms of consistency. - Great aesthetic, very Portal-esk but with its own fresh…”
“Great game and worked perfectly on Bazzite Linux! Took 11 hours for me to complete the main story, but your time may vary depending on how difficult you find the puzzles.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“While it does suffer a bit from repetitive environs (probably due to a lack of resources/items to place in the world), this game is VERY reminiscent of Portal and Portal 2, specifically. The dialogue is great, though…”
“This is one of the best games i have played great story and a lot of mechanics, but after a while the puzzels go from hard to medium to not that hard”
“It's not a super strong endorsement, but in in lack of a neutral rating, I'm leaning more towards the positive side. The good first; * The time rewind mechanic is a great gimmick for a puzzle game. * Some of the puzzles…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“TLDR: It's just like Portal 2 with two big differences - very different main mechanic and much more cringe dialogue. But that still means that this is an amazing game! From the very beginning, you can't escape the…”
“A quite tougher than Portal Games in my opinion—which made my head ache many times. But the concept of testing reversibility on players is on another level. The intention of making some levels hard were on point as…”
“A very Portal-like puzzle game where you need to solve puzzles by rewinding objects back in time; You need to kind of do the puzzles in "reverse" first to get everything happening when you need to. It also has a pretty…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I wish I could give a neutral recommendation because I genuinely can't say its good or bad. I should also stress that, at the time of writing this, I have not completely finished the game, and I hope my review explains…”
“I recommend this game BUT.... I bought a puzzle game. I hate the parts where I need to fight the bots. I do not sign in for FPS :( But if you liked PORTAL this is similarly engaging. For the most part, it's even better,…”
“I got this game because it looked similar to Portal which I am a huge fan of and I liked the initial idea of time mechanics. Up until about puzzle rooms 07XX, I was okay with the speed at which the rooms were solvable -…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Better adventure aspect and graphics than Portal, but puzzles were lower quality and encountered couple bugs; general attention-to-detail felt lower. Great few hours of fun nonetheless!”
“The puzzles are alright. But it's interrupted a lot by dialogue that's just not very interesting. There are also quite a log of bugs that while they don't stop my progress they do add a lot of friction to having fun.…”
“Pretty enjoyable, if you enjoyed Portal or Talos Principle you'll likely enjoy this. The middle of the game does bog down a little, with seemingly endless puzzles while you make very little story progression, and the…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty enjoyable, if you enjoyed Portal or Talos Principle you'll likely enjoy this. The middle of the game does bog down a little, with seemingly endless puzzles while you make very little story progression, and the…”
“After playing through the enitre main campaign, it felt absolutely fantastic. The music, the moments and the ending sequence aligning with the beginning. I loved the game and the way some puzzles forced new and original…”
“This is a me game. Could use some more checkpoints and maybe an unstuck button but otherwise it's great The difficulty ramps up perfectly and I only really got stuck in custom master level 4 because the ramp cube won't…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Man what a cool game. Obviously heavily inspired by Portal but instead w/ time being the main driver. I bought this and sat on it for quite some time & I wish I played it sooner. Highly recommended.”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Decent puzzle game, although the difficulty is all over the place - in my case the last two chapters (except one chamber) felt way too easy for the final puzzles.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“This is a very simple but fun puzzle platformer which takes some very obvious influence from games like Portal, QUBE or Quantum Conundrum. A talking companion which provides levity and banter as you travel through a dilapidated facility which still contains a number of working…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi · Story Rich · Futuristic · Funny · Female Protagonist · Adventure · Time Manipulation · Post-apocalyptic · Singleplayer · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Official site | https://www.theentropycentre.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 | AMD Radeon HD 6870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 12 GB available space