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Half-Life 2: Episode One

Developed by
  1. Valve
Published by
  1. Valve
Peak #25
Current #250
Top 250 70%
Gem Peak #24

Ranking history

Cumulative review history

Price history (USD)

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Half-Life 2 has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, and earned over 35 Game of the Year Awards. Episode One is the first in a series of games that reveal the aftermath of Half-Life 2 and launch a journey beyond City 17. Also features two multiplayer games. Half-Life 2 not required.

$7.99
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Dates

Released
2006-06-01
First review
2010-10-17
Age on Steam
3,794 days (10.3 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
16,222 12,225 (75%)
Reviews per day
4
Positive reviews
15,437 (95.2%)
Days in top 1000
3,793 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
489K–1M 978,000

Pricing

Release price
$0.00 (2006-06-01)
Lowest price (earliest)
$1.59 (2020-10-30)
Average price
$7.95
Average discount
$1.81
Number of discounts
4
Days discounted
26 (0.7%)
Estimated gross sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$3M–$9M $6,142,329
Estimated net sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$2M–$5M $3,547,195

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 701
  2. Action 497
  3. Sci-fi 441
  4. Singleplayer 374
  5. Story Rich 287
  6. First-Person 284
  7. Shooter 275
  8. Classic 252
  9. Dystopian 211
  10. Adventure 207
  11. Aliens 203
  12. Zombies 201
  13. Episodic 152
  14. Atmospheric 146
  15. Great Soundtrack 139
  16. Silent Protagonist 135
  17. Short 130
  1. Puzzle 103
  2. Cinematic 82
  3. Moddable 59

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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