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Half-Life 2

Developed by
  1. Valve
Published by
  1. Valve
Peak #4
Current #20
Top 250 99%
Gem Peak #4

Ranking history

Cumulative review history

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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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Dates

Released
2004-11-16
First review
2010-10-15
Age on Steam
3,796 days (10.4 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
119,276 87,399 (73%)
Reviews per day
31
Positive reviews
116,077 (97.3%)
Days in top 1000
3,795 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
3M–10M 6,991,920

Pricing

Release price
$0.00 (2004-11-16)
Lowest price (earliest)
$0.99 (2017-06-22)
Average price
$9.25
Average discount
$2.98
Number of discounts
52
Days discounted
406 (10.7%)
Estimated gross sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$26M–$77M $51,093,455
Estimated net sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$15M–$44M $29,506,470

Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. FPS 3785
  2. Action 2681
  3. Sci-fi 2332
  4. Classic 2129
  5. Singleplayer 2047
  6. Story Rich 1740
  7. Shooter 1579
  8. First-Person 1469
  9. Adventure 1262
  10. Dystopian 1098
  11. Atmospheric 1013
  12. Zombies 929
  13. Silent Protagonist 893
  14. Physics 866
  15. Aliens 848
  16. Great Soundtrack 826
  1. Horror 651
  2. Puzzle 641
  3. Multiplayer 625
  4. Moddable 430

Tags below the threshold do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: March 6, 2021 04:58

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