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6 games by Valve reviewed here.

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Portal 2

Fifteen years on, Portal 2 remains one of the most acclaimed puzzle games ever made — and its small, honest minority of dissent is worth hearing, from real motion-sickness reports to a considered argument that the sequel traded the original's focus for scale.

9.5 / 10

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Dota 2

Every hero free, nothing purchasable that affects a match, thirteen years of updates, and a median recent reviewer with 1,078 hours logged. It is also one of the least welcoming games ever made, and that is not an accident of tone — it's the cost of the depth.

8 / 10

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Left 4 Dead 2

A co-op zombie classic still Overwhelmingly Positive 17 years on, beloved for exactly what it doesn't have — no loot boxes, no unlocks, no grind — held back for the entire span of its Steam review history by one specific, remarkably persistent complaint about its Versus community.

8 / 10

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Counter-Strike 2

Its store page says 86% positive across 9.7 million reviews and a 2012 release date — both belong to a different game. Valve replaced CS:GO in place, inherited its decade of praise, and the most-upvoted negative review is about exactly that.

7.5 / 10

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