Steam Price $9.99
Release Date 11/16/2004
Franchise Half-Life
Developer Valve
Publisher Valve
Steam App Id 220

Half-Life 2

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...

Last Updated: 11/4/2024

577 Players In-Game
Player Score
96
196,534
4,860
Platforms
  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Steam Deck (Verified)

About Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 is an Action game developed by Valve. On 11/16/2004, it was released on the Steam Store by Valve.

It can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

It also supports 18 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Italian, and Korean. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.

According to Steam’s category system, Half-Life 2 supports the following features:

  • Family Sharing
  • Full controller support
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Achievements
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Partial Controller Support
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Remote Play Together
  • Single-player
  • Captions available
  • Includes Source SDK

From the Steam community, Half-Life 2 has been tagged with the following user tags:

  • Classic
  • Great Soundtrack
  • Multiplayer
  • Atmospheric
  • Aliens
  • Story Rich
  • Puzzle
  • Shooter
  • First-Person
  • FPS
  • Horror
  • Sci-fi
  • Zombies
  • Silent Protagonist
  • Dystopian
  • Adventure
  • Action
  • Singleplayer
  • Moddable
  • Physics

Media & Sceenshots

Watch the featured video for Half-Life 2 and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.

Half-Life 2 DLC

Half-Life 2 has 1 related app available for download from the Steam store.

ImageNameTypeRelease DateActions
Half-Life 2 Soundtrack banner image
Half-Life 2 Soundtrack
Music
9/24/2014Steam Charts

Related Bundles

Half-Life 2 is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store. Purchasing through a bundle can give a large discount off the game's base price if you are willing to purchase multiple apps all at once.

ImageNameAppsPackagesPriceActions
Half-Life Complete banner image
Half-Life Complete108$36.52View
Valve Complete Pack banner image
Valve Complete Pack2518$115.02View
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Related Packages

Half-Life 2 is referenced by 3 packages in the Steam Store. A package (or sub) is simply an item that can be purchased on Steam.

Supported Languages and Localizations

Half-Life 2 is available in 18 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.

NameInterfaceAudioSubtitles
English
Yes
Yes
No
French
Yes
Yes
No
German
Yes
Yes
No
Italian
Yes
Yes
No
Korean
Yes
Yes
No
Spanish (Spain)
Yes
Yes
No
Russian
Yes
Yes
No
Chinese (Simplified)
Yes
No
No
Chinese (Traditional)
Yes
No
No
Dutch
Yes
No
No
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Half-Life 2 data has been sourced from:

  • Valve Corporation. (2024, November 4). Half-Life 2 on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2024, November 4). Half-Life 2. Steam Community Hub.
  • Metacritic. (2024, November 4). Half-Life 2 for PC Reviews. Metacritic.
  • Valve. (2023, July 7). Half-Life 2. Half-Life 2.

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