My Time at Portia

I didn't find the 3D world to be as playable as the 2D isometric games in this genre, such as Stardew Valley, simply because I could not plan as well or obtain a comprehensive overview of my surroundings. I played it for 1 hour before deciding to uninstall it.

If you enjoy similar games like stardew valley, coral island, etc., you will LOVE this. it has a little something for everyone and I love how many possible relationships there are. The main storyline is a lot of fun, but you can also pick up side quests however frequently you'd like (up to one per day). There is a natural progression, but it doesn't feel overwhelming and you can take things at your own pace. Also there are so many fun events and shops that are unique to this game and really set it apart from the others. Highly recommend !

I really, really want to like My Time at Portia. It has all the hallmarks of a game I would enjoy: crafting things, digging very large holes, and at least one bright pink cat. Unfortunately, it just feels unfinished.

I played MTaP back when it was fairly new and didn't have much of the voice acting sorted. I assumed with time, the localization errors would be fixed and the voicing would be finished. Alas! I've only encountered a few lines of dialogue that were unvoiced, but it sort of ruins the immersion when it happens. And there are a lot of grammatical errors, despite the devs saying they don't need any additional help with the English localization. Some of the problems are as simple as changing a single word to match what the voice actor said, and you'd think stuff like that would have been polished out by now.

The gameplay feels fine so long as you stick to gathering. Mining feels okay, but once you have to use the jetpack you start to notice a bit of jank. Combat? I pretty much stopped playing once I encountered combat.

I get the impression that the developers have moved on to bigger and better -- namely, their third game in the series. I won't be purchasing the sequels unless there are some major changes with how the games are released. I'm not interested in buying games that are only 50-75% complete and won't be updated beyond game-breaking bugfixes. Abandoning a game to immediately release yet another 50-75% finished game isn't my jam. Make one polished gem. Give it the love it deserves. MTaP could have been great! Instead, it just made me miss Stardew Valley.

relaxing and fun farm game cute aesthetic as well

Absolutely love this game, but have to mention that it is unfinished in some ways (last I played anyway). The main two things I remember being unfinished were (1) some of the dialog is missing voice lines and (2) the story line for Aadit. The first of these isn't a HUGE deal for me, just kind of ruins the immersive experience. But the second one is a big deal. I don't regret playing the game, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't extremely bothered by Aadit's story line being what it is, especially considering he is a love interest (and more specifically, was my chosen LI lmfao). I know that there are rumors (or maybe it's confirmed by the devs, idk, that Aadit's story will be further continued/explored in future installments and that's awesome but it's not really acceptable to me. At the end of the day, my Portia character will forever be someone who was literally abandoned by their life partner and fahter of their child which is just not something I should have to say in a comfy slice of life type game like this lmfao.

Still, loved the game. And worth playing simply for the lore before playing Sandrock IMO because Sandrock is genuinely one of the best games in this category that I've ever played. The characters, the story, the environment, the soundtrack... I won't ramble about Sandrock in my Portia review but trust me it's AMAZING and I will forever be 'in love' with Fang lol.

Was hoping for a cutesy brain out builder game like Stardew Valley, but this was just so much work. Not at all intuitive.

The in-game tutorials are unhelpful and incomplete. How is there not a section on inventory? Why did I have to find the backpack inventory by smashing keys until I got to M (map) and found an inventory tab there?

I needed to build a stone tool. The assembly station handbook has an entry with a stone tool. There is an effect when I hover and click it, but nothing happens. I figured out you can only build it at the craft table. Why was there a stone tool entry in the assembly workstation handbook, an entry that does nothing when you click it?

Why isn't there a textbox search for (possibly) hundreds of craft items? Why did I have to scroll so much to find stone TOOL under the furniture section?

When I walked to a river it just... phased out to black for a moment and then I'm still at the shore? What? Is that a world boundary? Can the character not swim? No explanation or animation, just a fade to black and you're standing at the shore.

I wanted to like this game but it was just meh.

This was a very enjoyable game. I do not have much to do any longer. Even my ex's relationship points are maxed again! (I then married Ginger, trying to speed up her demise since the failure to craft the therapy lights didn't do the trick.) Once Ginger dies, I think I will pull the plug on this game and begin a new adventure in Sandrock.

VERY clunky, while they push out more and more 'My time at' games, which also lack quality and polish, while taking money from people on kickstarter despite their previous games selling fine. Where is the money going my dudes? 'Cause clearly it's not polish of the games.

A farm-life sim, ala Stardew, Sun Haven, Animal Crossing, Graveyard Keeper, etc. Recommend picking up on sale, though not sure about current full price. Will definitely see what lessons they learned in their sequel game, My Time in Sandrock sometime soon.

What did they so well I want it to see other farm-life sims do:
- Advancing relationships with a person to the next heart/level gives a small relationship bonus to everyone in their relationship network. It's a great way to convey that the NPCs talk about the player and it influences others opinions of those closest to them.
- Game speed setting. It's really nice to be able to slow the game down to get more done on a per day basis
- Any items in chests within your workshop are accessible from the workbench. This saves so much time trying to keep a storage system where you grab the items, make the thing, put the excess away, with the only caveat being nothing from the Factory can be accessed (presumably because it's instanced)
- Any chest within the workshop

What would I want changed:
- There's a mechanic in the game were you can commission NPCs to gather some specific items for you. The problem is that in some instances you can commission them to gather items that you haven't discovered yet, and some other items you've discovered and would like them to gather but just don't have them as options. Having some consistency where once those kinds of resources are discovered, that they become options to gather from those NPCs.
- The amount of relationship points needed to max out an NPC is very high, and no gift per week limit. This results in most NPCs needing about 90-100 gifts to max out their relationship, minus any additions gained from events, holidays, commissions etc. I'd much prefer to be limited to 1-3 gifts per week and the amount of points given per gift to be much higher.

Great Game, played this because I liked Sandrock so much and it did not disappoint (Despite Sandrock being my favourite out of the two). :)

This game is honestly a bit janky. A lot of animations stutter and mess up and the game play isn't super intuitive. Time goes by extremely quickly and it even crashed on me. I was hoping for this to be my next Stardew Valley because it sort of presents itself that way with the marrying villagers, mining, exploring etc. but there's random like...pokemon??? and it just doesn't feel like a super coherent and polished game.

That being said, I reckon I *will* still continue to play it because I do in fact need a new Stardew Valley.

This game is really so good. I've never expected to be playing it for more than 100 hours but it looks like i did and it's worth it. This game is worth even $60 since it's filled with lots of content, side missions, photo collectibles, etc. I really liked the story, loved every single characters and also i got married in this game and got 2 beautiful kids. It's really good for people who would want to have a family and have kids too. This is one of the best game i ever played and i can't even talk enough on how good this game is.
The only thing i didn't like was that it's very grindy and also it takes so much time to craft items. Also to LVL up, it takes quiet the amount of times but i love it.
I recommend this game to people who likes to play Life-Sim game.

What a wonderful game! I just finished the last main mission, and the entire game was so fun to play. Discovering the characters' stories, the missions and main story were all very interesting. There is also some fighting, which I don't like, but thanks to great mods I was able to greatly improve my weapon and conquered everything haha!
It took me some time to get into the game, as the start is pretty slow, but after a few in-game days, it becomes super interesting. The last missions take forever to trigger though, but 80% of the game there is always something to do.

okay having played My Time at Sandrock first made this game seem, clunky and the freeking stamina bar for running was frustrating, the control lay out also frustrating, i got 5 hrs in and had to stop. i was just too frustrated with most of the machanics of this one. I dont know if it would be the same had i played it first. i found the mines too dark to really see proprerly which made that difficult. if theres a remake please make it more like sandrock control and UI wise also the save feature is stupid that needs to change.

Engaging cozy game. The character models are nightmarish. However, the gameplay is enjoyable. Takes a welcome twist on an ordinary farming-sim type cozy game.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this game. But it's a 1-off thing in my opinion, I have no reason to replay it, unlike other crafting/farming games that I've played before.

Unfortunately there are a ton of bugs, and the devs move on to other games, rather than fix them or add more content. It's fun for a couple of hours, but beyond that, it gets frustrating, and eventually just boring. Way too much $$ for a game that doesn't get updated or refreshed in any way. Stardew does a much better job for a fraction of the price.

It's a gentle, fun game, let down by the fact that it crashes every hour or so on OSX.

Absolutely lovely game! Very calming and not very difficult to get into, at least I didn't think so. Definitely looking for to the other My time games.

It is a really nice game

Kinda forgot how butt ugly this game was. Doesn't matter though, cuz it's more addicting than crack-infused black tar heroine.

Fight all the gays!

my only gripe is the characters have voice acting.

The first voice sounds like something I don't know if I'm allowed to say on steam.

Trying to make the rest of my char...why do the eyes look like that? Like none of it is good but the eyes in peculiar are off no matter what I do...also not a fan of having to have twigs for a body. I'm planning on going into a dungeon monster slaying/do construction and my dude looks like hes on his way to preschool.

I should also mention I noticed in the first cut scene his eyes clipped into his eyelids.

I've had so much fun so far in Portia! I find it relaxing and diverting, exactly what I look for in a video game!

I first discovered My Time at Portia on the Apple App Store. Consider getting the mobile version of the game for its quality of life improvements, such as the ability to track the raw materials needed for crafting items. I bought this game on Steam a few years later to replay it on a bigger screen.

What I liked:
- Story & Setting: The world, characters, and quests immerse you in the "rebuilding after technology destroyed mankind" setting of the game.
- Unique NPCs: The characters are memorable, each with their own personality. I find myself caring about their background & stories.
- Attention to Detail: The game is full of small, heartwarming details. For example, during the Day of Memories, NPCs gather in front of the town hall to pay respects to those who passed. You can join them, and your character will bow their head in respect. It’s small, but it adds so much to the immersion, making you feel like you are part of the town. Another sweet touch is a side quest where two NPCs ask for your dating advice. Afterwards, you can find them sitting by the pond on a date. It's these little things that make my soft heart go awwwwww.

Cons:
- Bugs: While not game-breaking, there are a few bugs. For instance, I can’t view my pictures in the album.
- Repetitive Gameplay: Most of the time, you will be gathering resources and crafting. It might feel repetitive. Personally, I don’t mind this since I tend to play in shorter sessions, but some players might find it tiring over time.
- Huge world with nothing much: The main town is lovely, but the areas you unlock as you progress feel vast and empty, with not much to do in them.
- Linear Story & Lack of Closure: While the story is decent, it’s relatively linear, and I felt it lacked some twists and turns. The biggest letdown was the lack of closure—there wasn’t a satisfying resolution.

Final Thoughts:
Despite its flaws, My Time at Portia is still a very enjoyable experience. I spent over 80 hours playing the game, and I think it’s worth the price. The charming world, memorable characters, and relaxing gameplay made it a worthwhile game to check out. I’d rate it 7.5/10.

lot's of fun

Overall it's a great story, great characters and funny moments. Some mechanics can be improved, like the combat, which is all right but a little simple.

Also, a great way to just stop thinking and enjoy a long journey

For mac.. it is keep crashing.. It's not playable. I saw many other complain posts about mac crashing. Did you just give up on mac?

The game has personality, is fun and engaging, and has lots of different elements - combat, farming, romance, crafting, gathering. It's a good time and I definitely recommend it.

i had this game on PC before i got it on switch, and i had more time on my switch save than my PC but it recently corrupted. So here i am, on PC again lmao. To say i enjoy the game is a touch of an understatement. i even thought about buying it for my phone lmao, which i still might... its a great game. i love the story line, the design is original and cute. im interested in getting my time at sandrock next!

idk why but i just couldn’t get into this game. i’ve tried really hard and over the course of a couple years but idk. i think the art style of the people throw me off a bit and tbh im always kinda getting lost because i don’t know if there’s a story or not? i’ll try this game again another time

If you enjoy these types of games (farming/life sims, open world, cute RPG, etc.), I can't imagine you wouldn't love My Time at Portia. I love Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, etc., and this game might be the best one I've found in the genre. It's so robust. The graphics are incredible, the world is so large, there are a large variety of things to do and how to do them, and it all keeps you wanting to go back for me.

I highly recommend this game. I can't wait to play the next two in the series!

This game is more of a concept than anything, really. The game's main mechanic of finding the vast amounts of your copper/tin/etc. ore are located in "Abandoned Ruins." Which are gated behind a "Weekly Maintenance Fee." If you don't want to end up like me when you first start, don't buy anything with your currency, Gols, and only put your measely 100 to your first week of using the town's Abandoned Ruins. Get an Axe and Pickaxe, go to the ruins and get a ton of Copper Ore by digging around. Once you get enough for a fishing rod, immediately get it as soon as possible. You can get cocoons by kicking the large trees by going up to them and using the prompt to kick them.

Once you have your fishing rod, it's time to print endless money. You can buy caterpillars from Sophie's Farm Shop inside her farm building. Get a ton of them, and fish near where the bridge mission is to get a lot of fish to sell at the bakery and cafe shop. This will let you be self-sufficient as you will always make way more than the cost of bait. Sometimes bait will also be found in bush type trees. Also make sure to fix all of the gaps in your house so you get full stamina after sleeping. Or else you'll always start with half stamina.

I would highly recommend My Time at Sandrock over this one however, as Portia is a little rough around the edges still:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084600/My_Time_at_Sandrock/

Some useful tips that will help you out along the way if you really plan to play My Time at Portia:

• Storage Chests will allow you to use materials for crafting stations without needing them in your inventory. The only exception is the assembly crafting, which requires you to have the material/item on your quick bar/hotbar. Fuel can also be recharged through items in storage chests.
  
• You DO NOT have to win the "Spar" matches against the Civil Corps to open up the door that's unlocked in the Hazardous Ruins Mission. Just run around for a whole minute. I ended up completing the mission "The Bassanio Lift," before completing the Hazardous Ruins mission because I didn't know this; which makes the Hazardous Ruins mission completely moot and worthless, as the Lift gives you access to the same areas.
  

[*]During the "Key" Ruins, the theme that plays while exploring the ruin should take priority over the battle/combat theme. EG: Don't play the battle/combat theme while in these dungeons. It would make for a far better experience.

The game play is easy, good puzzles and art.

Could not click with this game at all.

The game felt both too handholding and too aimless.
It just seemed tedious to play. Didn't feel like I really wanted to do anything.
None of the characters were likeable to me either, which certainly did not help.
The graphic style is definitely not for me either.

Beautiful and fun for what it is. Nothing too in depth. Oaks is my main squeeze and I luv papa bear. Want to play sandrock but it was expensive so went with this one first. I am not experienced in star dew like games, this broke my cherry and I like it. 3.7/5

Without mods, the game is a tedious but charming Casual Life Game. It puts more emphasis on crafting as you are a builder foremost, than farming. A large cast of quirky characters with about 80% voiced lines. Several romanceable characters and a sprawling open world map that expands as you help the town.
With mods however, the tedium can be reduce to suit your needs.

Recommended Mods:
- Your Game Your Settings (to adjust tedium of crafting times and run speed as well as speed up any other aspect, such as relations, reputation, and experience gain.)
- Longer Days (set to 2x)
- Instant Loot (this allows INSTANT pickup of items, rather than waiting a few seconds for items to fly to you from the ground. Can also be used to pickup relics instantly should you choose to do so.)
-Always Open (allows access to places outside their hours including the research center, musuem, A&G and the commission board.)
- More Displayed Missions (The game limits this to 3, this allows you to raise that to whatever you like, though if they are very long they will cut off of the screen)
- More Commerce Orders (Hard limit in game is 1 a day. This lets you not only increase that, but increase the maximum amount of orders that appear on the board)
- Infinite Levels (for those who want to max out the skill tree and continue to become stronger)

I wanted to love this game. I do like it. BUT i struggle to recommend it.

Pros:
-The characters are fun
- They really nailed the romance in some scenes
- there is a real benefit to having a horse

Cons:
- there isn't enough proper cut scenes, you dont get many traditional friendship cutscenes. I do like the fact you get special quests, but it feels like it shouldn't replace friendship events
- so much of this game is WAITING. Waiting for the crafting machines to finish.
-the animations are SO SLOW it takes like, a full minute realtime anytime you want to interact with an animal. Half a minute to pick things up.
-the items dont all work how youd expect, e.g. a fence for creating gardens doesn't create a garden
-upgrading a crafting machine doesnt use the old one
-the character is too slow (especially for the animation!)


SUPER CONS, Finally, the biggest issues and the reason i cant recommend:
It runs. Like shit. It is so bad. I've got the settings on simple with all effects and percipitation off on a legion go. Everything is just off. Which is hard because the animations run slow already. The biggest problem is the game doesnt save unless you sleep. Fine, but the days are SO LONG when you end up doing a main quest dungeon. No spots to save, so sometimes you'll be forced to either quit and lose your whole days progress or play for an hour or two longer than you intended. I like to play a day before bed so i sometimes have to quit out of the game and lose progress if i get too tired and im halfway through a dungeon. The save thing would be passible if the game didn't CONSTANTLY crash. Every day has a 1/8 chance of crashing. This combined with the saving and the fact that days can be so long makes the game unbearable frustrating at times. I once played the same day 7 times.

The saving combined with the crashing makes me unable to recommend this game. I haven't played sandrock yet, I'm hoping the devs applied any lessons they learnt on portia and better optimised the game

Fun and relaxing, the controls are a bit clunky but it's a lovely world to lose yourself in.

Very fun, cozy but engaging

Honestly a great cozy game!
easy inventory management (all chests are connected)
you can slow down the time progression (don't have to hurry to get everything done)
not heavy on the farming sim (you're a builder, not a farmer)
fun style, absolutely recommend!

Good game. I have been eyeing it for years so when it went on such a huge sale I finally jumped at it.
Fun characters, very pretty graphics. I am only a little into the actual game but so far the small stories are fun.
It really needs an in game guide to what is found where, yes I know I can look it up online. But I'd rather stay in game and read a manual where I can look up "what drops item X" Or what level do I need to improve a station too so I can craft a certain item.

Has everything I like in a farming/sim game.

I am currently dumping my time into this game, and will continue to dump my time into this game, for the same reasons that I dumped hours of my life into Minecraft, with some very notable exceptions.

It's like Minecraft, except you aren't alone in an uncaring world, which will do wonders for your mental health.
It's like Minecraft, except everything that isn't useful to you is at least sellable so you don't have crates upon crates of garbage.
It's like Minecraft, except the game doesn't punish you for mining down.
It's like Minecraft, except you actually have a purpose.
It's like Minecraft, if that game had fleshed out characters and an in-game economy.

And most importantly, it's like Minecraft, except you can FUCK.

Or at least, it's implied. Unless all the kissing causes pregnancy...

Oh, and the soundtrack is nice too!

I like it so far but I wish I knew what I was doing,,,

It's a fun game. Not as good as Sandrock but it has its charms. It's a little more grindy but that also adds a challenge.

Coming back to this game has really brought me back to reality. I play a lot of violent and intense First Person Shooter games and when I launched the game back in what felt like forever, I felt unable to concentrate on its beautiful and magic scenery, or the exceptional story line. So to anyone looking to pick this game up, don't make the same mistake I did, but take your time progressing through the plot and the glorious landscapes.

Though the art style is a bit cartoonish and there are a few bugs that were never mended before the developers moved on to their next game, I would still highly recommended MTAP. It quickly became one of my favorite games, and the My Time series is one of my favorites in general now. For those just getting into the series, it's definitely best to start from the beginning so you can appreciate future character cameos and references more.

If you like simulating simple engineering projects while conducting agriculture with light combat- this is your game.

A TIER

Great game. The art and style are charming, IMHO, although I can see why some others aren't keen. My biggest complaint about the art style is that everyone has the same body type, tbh. Can I help it if I want a man with SHOULDERS? But that's not a huge deal. There are some QoL issues that are irksome, especially in early game, but it's not a deal-breaker to me and it is something that gets better as you progress. The Suprise Fun element is taking photos and displaying them on the walls of my house! The colors and backgrounds with all the different weather and times of day are breathtaking, and there are some very interesting and artistic poses. This is actually the only thing that I HIGHLY PREFER over the sequel, MTAS, which is better in every way but this one. The Devs missed the boat with the photo tool (particularly poses) on Sandrock.