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Public builds
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Counted once we have watched for 90 days (since 21 Oct 2026)
Distinct builds deployed to a game's public (default) Steam branch, as Steam's client network describes them.
Checked within minutes of each Steam change. Observed since 21 Oct 2026.
Source: Steam client network (PICS), App info, public branch. Full methodology
Latest public build
Build 25240193
Update posts
3 postsPosts announcing an update, tagged or not
Posts in a game's official Steam news feed that announce an update: tagged as patch notes by the developer, or plainly about a patch or a released update.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp. Full methodology
Typical gap between builds
Not enough builds yet| Build | Went live | Patch notes |
|---|---|---|
| 25240193 | Portal 2 - Update |
From Steam’s client network, last checked . Builds before 21 Oct 2026, when we started watching, aren't listed. Patch notes are the developer’s update post from an hour before to a day after the build. Not every build gets one. How we count
| Posted | Update |
|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 26 Jun 2026 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 6 Feb 2025 | Portal 2 gets a compatibility update for Linux Update |
| 5 Feb 2025 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 20 Jan 2025 |
| App | Players now | Latest build |
|---|---|---|
| Portal: Alive & Kicking · App 270470 | 4 | 25291273 · |
| Portal 2: Confinement · App 2716490 | No count | None seen yet |
| Portal: Forbidden Testing Tracks · App 1636310 | 0 | 24773560 · |
| The Cleaning Game · App 3281900 | 0 | 22165345 · |
| Aperture: Salt Mines · App 1810070 | Not yet | None seen yet |
| GROWTH · App 2050090 | Not yet | None seen yet |
| Portal BAGLEY · App 2420570 |
| Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 24 Jun 2024 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 3 Jun 2024 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 2 Feb 2024 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 5 Jan 2024 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 26 Apr 2023 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 25 Mar 2023 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 14 Mar 2023 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 17 Jan 2023 | Portal 2 Update Patch notes |
| 15 Dec 2022 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 19 Nov 2022 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 21 Jul 2022 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 29 Apr 2022 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 24 Feb 2022 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 31 Jan 2022 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 2 Jun 2021 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 17 May 2021 | Portal 2 Update Patch notes |
| 1 Mar 2021 | Portal 2 - Update Patch notes |
| 19 Feb 2021 | Portal 2 Authoring Tools - Update Patch notes |
| 10 Oct 2015 | Portal 2 Update Released Update |
| 17 Jun 2014 | Portal 2 Update Released Update |
Steam keeps no record of past build numbers, so before 21 Oct 2026 a game’s update history comes from its own Steam news: posts tagged as patch notes, and untagged posts that plainly announce a patch or a released update. Older posts are still being read in, most played games first. How we count
| None seen yet |
| Portal Versus · App 2015420 | Not yet | None seen yet |
| Portal: Divinity · App 3738640 | Not yet | None seen yet |
| Portal: Singularity Collapse · App 2882850 | Not yet | None seen yet |
| Portal: System Failure · App 2766240 | Not yet | None seen yet |
Separate Steam apps for test, staging and playtest versions of Portal 2. They have no store page, so they aren’t counted as games or releases. Builds come from Steam’s client network, players from the Steam Web API every few hours. Steam gives no count for an app nobody can launch. How we count