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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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About the game
Updated 23 May, 2023
Released
16 November, 2004
Features
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Players
781 now
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14,378 peak
Tags
FPS
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Action
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Sci-fi
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Classic
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Singleplayer
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Story Rich
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Shooter
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First-Person
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Adventure
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Dystopian
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Atmospheric
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Zombies
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Silent Protagonist
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Physics
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Aliens
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
96
/ 100
Metacritic
Universal acclaim
9.2
/ 10