Half-Life 2 - Steam Backlog
Half-Life 2 on Steam Backlog

1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold worldwide.

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Half-Life 2 on the community

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About the game

Updated 23 May, 2023
Released
16 November, 2004
Features
Platforms
Players
781 now ~ 14,378 peak
Languages
English ~ French ~ German ~ Italian ~ Korean ~ Spanish - Spain ~ Russian ~ Simplified Chinese ~ Traditional Chinese ~ Dutch ~ Danish ~ Finnish ~ Japanese ~ Norwegian ~ Polish ~ Portuguese - Portugal ~ Swedish ~ Thai

Half-Life 2 Critic and user ratings

97 / 100

Steam score

Overwhelmingly Positive Based on 126.813 votes
Reviews on Steam
96 / 100

Metacritic

Universal acclaim
Reviews on Metacritic
9.2 / 10

Metacritic user

Universal acclaim
Reviews on Metacritic

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