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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 1,328

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 98% of 279,520

“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

+2.79

Controls & feel +3.49 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle

“physics and pacing still superior to modern shooters” (18)

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Story & World

+4.06

Story +4.00 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending

“one of the greatest stories in any media with universal appeal” (81)

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Content Volume

+2.93

Variety +2.30 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

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Visuals & Sound

+3.74

Visuals +3.80 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“graphics and physics superior to most 2025-2026 releases” (34)

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer

+3.11

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

Community +2.71 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

+2.77

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

Pricing +3.75 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

+0.12

Developer support -2.09 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

“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]

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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

Oct 2010Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 1,325 reviews, peak 57/day

Aug 21Sep 18

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