Beyond the Portal

A point-and-click science-fiction adventure game.

Uncover the mysteries of an ancient alien world. Solve challenging puzzles, rescue your crewmates, and discover a way home.

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Nine chapters playable One extraordinary journeyBegin exploring In development

01 / The adventureField journal · An unfamiliar world

Curiosity is
your most
useful tool.

You play as Mike Rowan, an expedition engineer stranded on an alien planet after a journey through an ancient portal.

Your crew is missing. Follow their trail through alien forests, remote settlements, and the ruins of an ancient civilization. Learn the local language, earn the trust of new allies, and restore the machinery that could take you home.

Inspired by classic adventure games, Beyond the Portal combines illustrated environments with puzzles that reward exploration, experimentation, and creative thinking. Study your surroundings, put your equipment to unexpected uses, and form unexpected friendships along the way.

See how it plays

Look closer

Find clues in the landscape.
Let curiosity lead the way.

Think it through

Improvise with what you have.
Make the pieces fit.

Find your people

Learn, listen, build trust.
Bring the expedition together.

02 / Beyond the thresholdDiscover the world beyond the portal

An unfamiliar world.
An irresistible invitation.

Take a look around. Select a place below
to open another page of the expedition.

The Hunter watches from a stone ledge above Mike in the alien forest

FIELD LOCATION / 01

Chapter 1 · Hunter’s Hollow

Portal Valley

A predator watches from the rocks above. Search the valley for your scattered equipment, navigate its hazards, and pick up the trail of the missing expedition.

Explore locations from all nine chapters. Select an image for a closer look.

The pleasure of a good idea

A little ingenuity.
A long way home.

Observe, talk, collect, combine. Follow clues at your own pace and discover solutions that belong to the world around you.

01Classic point-and-click exploration
02Tools, conversation, and environmental puzzles
03A journal, personal notes, and progressive hints

Try the field puzzles Three website diversions, separate from the game.

Mike in Varrak with the point-and-click command ribbon, inventory, journal, and hint controls — Actual development gameplayChapter 4 / Varrak

A companion for the curious

A puzzle. A clue. A way forward.

Solve a small website puzzle to open maps and progressive walkthroughs for all nine chapters.

03 / The musicListen to the main theme

The sound of
Beyond the Portal.

Listen to the original main theme, written for the journey beyond the portal.

EXPEDITION FREQUENCY / 01STANDBY

Original game music