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Black Mesa

Relive Half-Life.

Developer
Crowbar Collective
Publisher
Crowbar Collective
Franchise
Release date
Mar 6, 2020
Store page updated
Jun 8, 2026
Price
$19.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

89.2/ 100

Based on 434 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 94% of 594
All time 😄 Very Positive 95% of 144,852
“one of the best remakes, countless hours of enjoyment over decade”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+0.60
Difficulty -0.10 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
“conveyor belt level requires 30+ attempts, finnicky platforming with imprecise physics” (38)

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Story & World
+3.31
World +3.80 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
“excellent atmosphere and immersion, carefully crafted world” (61)
Black Mesa é aquele raro caso de remake não oficial que deu tão certo que acabou se tornando oficial. Dá pra sentir o cuidado e o carinho colocados no projeto, algo que faz justiça ao Half-Life original. A gameplay é moderna e bem ajustada, a ambientação continua excelente e a história… nem precisa de comentários. O jogo consegue atualizar a experiência sem perder a essência, e áreas clássicas ganham nova vida, com destaque para Xen, que finalmente funciona como deveria. Já as conquistas ficam o aviso de um amigo : é pra maluco psicopata masoquista do inferno. No geral, Black Mesa vale muito a

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Content Volume
-0.11
Variety -1.55 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
“затянутость и монотонные блуждания, особенно в Зене с однообразными прыжками” (38)
Black Mesa — это не просто ремейк культовой Half‑Life 1998 года. Это масштабный труд фанатов, превративший классическое шутерное приключение в визуально насыщенную, технически продвинутую игру. На момент выхода проект вызвал восторг: он не только воскресил дух оригинала, но и показал, как можно бережно переосмыслить классику, сохранив её суть. Сегодня же Black Mesa воспринимается сложнее — как памятник эпохи, в котором величие соседствует с архаичными механиками. Графика и атмосфера. Переработанный движок Source (из Half‑Life 2) позволил создать мир, где каждая деталь дышит реализмом. Лаборато

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Visuals & Sound
+3.75
Visuals +3.99 · Graphics, art style, and animation
“graphics, story, world detail and sound are stunning” (128)
Моя память до сих пор хранит впечатления о первом посещении Черной Мезы. Воспитанный на Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Heretic, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D и подобном, я и не предполагал, что может быть что-то с настолько поражающей воображение графикой, сюжетом, проработкой мира и звуком. Ровно до тех пор, пока на рубеже тысячелетий батя не принес с работы списанный офисный компьютер на замену старой, уже отжившей свое машинке. И не просто компьютер, а с установленным на него Half-Life. Да еще и с колонками! Стоит ли говорить, после "пищалок" старого системника, этот потрясающий звук впечатлял! Это же живое

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Multiplayer
+3.00

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +3.75 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness
+1.14

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Pricing +2.57 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support
-0.23
Performance -0.71 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
“some performance issues in spots” (21)

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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 DLC
80%85%90%95%100%
May 2015Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 589 reviews, peak 30/day
02550
Aug 21Sep 18

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 434 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English35%
  • Russian19%
  • Portuguese11%
  • Spanish10%
  • Chinese8%
  • Turkish5%
  • Other12%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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