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Half-Life 2

Developed by
  1. Valve
Published by
  1. Valve
Peak #4
Current #17
Top 250 99%
Gem Peak #4

Ranking history

Cumulative review history

Price history (USD)

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.

$9.99 $1.99 -80%
Steam store

Dates

Released
2004-11-16
First review
2010-10-15
Age on Steam
3,698 days (10.1 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
111,370 80,542 (72%)
Reviews per day
30
Positive reviews
108,289 (97.2%)
Days in top 1000
3,694 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
3M–10M 6,443,360

Pricing

Release price
$0.00 (2004-11-16)
Earliest lowest price
$0.99 (2017-06-22)
Average price
$9.27
Number of discounts
51
Days discounted
388 (10.5%)
Estimated gross sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$24M–$71M $47,186,658
Estimated net sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$19M–$58M $38,928,993

Tags

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

  1. FPS 3757
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  2. Action 2658
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  3. Sci-fi 2311
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  4. Classic 2108
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  5. Singleplayer 2016
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  6. Story Rich 1714
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  7. Shooter 1558
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  8. First-Person 1445
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  9. Adventure 1245
    10.
  10. Dystopian 1071
  11. Atmospheric 992
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  12. Zombies 913
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  13. Silent Protagonist 871
  14. Physics 842
    15.
  15. Aliens 829
  16. Great Soundtrack 810
    17.
  17. Horror 625
    18.
  18. Puzzle 624
    19.
  19. Multiplayer 612
    20.
  20. Moddable 410
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