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Half-Life 2

Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.

Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Franchise
Half-Life
Release date
Nov 16, 2004
Store page updated
Apr 23, 2025
Price
$9.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

95.8/ 100

Based on 359 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 1,374
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 98% of 279,459
“undisputed great game, extremely enjoyable”
Бесспорно великая игра, настолько, что проще перечислить все минусы чем плюсы. -не вышла третья часть -Барни так и не вернул мне пиво

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+2.35
Controls & feel +3.49
“physics and pacing still superior to modern shooters” (18)

🔒 5 more indicators

Story & World
+4.07
Story +4.00
“one of the greatest stories in any media with universal appeal” (81)

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
+3.18
Variety +2.30

🔒 2 more indicators

Visuals & Sound
+3.68
Visuals +3.80
“graphics and physics superior to most 2025-2026 releases” (34)

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
+3.61

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Community +2.71

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
+1.50

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Monetization +3.75

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
+0.57
Developer support -2.09
“Half-Life 3 never released despite unfinished story” (13)
靠！传送门的故事明显是讲完了，求生之路压根没什么剧情，但是半条命的故事明显没有讲完啊，你是怎么拖到现在都还没出续作的？！ [h1]我真服了，V社！[/h1]

🔒 3 more indicators

Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
80%85%90%95%100%
Oct 2010Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,329 reviews, peak 57/day
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Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 359 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English30%
  • Russian21%
  • Chinese11%
  • Spanish11%
  • Portuguese10%
  • Turkish4%
  • Other12%

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