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Half-Life 2

Developed by
  1. Valve
Published by
  1. Valve
Peak #4
Current #21
Top 250 99%
Gem Peak #4

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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 (18 years ago)
First review
2010-10-15 (12 years ago)
Age on Steam
4,541 days (12.4 years)

Reviews

Total reviews verified
160,463 123,625 (77%)
Review breakdown
156,489 (97.5%) 3,974 (2.5%)
Review velocity
35 reviews per day
Days in top 1000
4,539 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Pricing

Release price
$0.00 (2004-11-16)
Lowest price (earliest)
$0.99 at 2017-06-22
Average price
$9.22
Average discount
$2.76
Number of discounts
60
Days discounted
488 (10.7%)
Estimated gross sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Estimated net sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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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 3983
  2. Action 2844
  3. Sci-fi 2486
  4. Classic 2267
  5. Singleplayer 2208
  6. Story Rich 1913
  7. Shooter 1724
  8. First-Person 1604
  9. Adventure 1374
  10. Dystopian 1216
  11. Atmospheric 1126
  12. Zombies 1034
  13. Silent Protagonist 1028
  14. Physics 988
  15. Aliens 957
  16. Great Soundtrack 944
  17. Horror 798
  1. Puzzle 734
  2. Multiplayer 684
  3. Moddable 529

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

Details last updated: March 20, 2023 05:09

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