Half-Life 2

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Price $ 9.99
Players 599 Last 10 minutes
1,458 Last 7 days
16,101 All time @ 14 Aug 21 15:31
Followers 65,202 (Group)
Review Score 97.41% (133,509 3,551 )
Platforms
Release Date 16 Nov 2004
Demos Half-Life 2: Demo
Genres Action
Features Single-player Captions available Includes Source SDK Partial Controller Support Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Steam Trading Cards Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play Together
Developers Valve
Publishers Valve
Tags
FPS 3,844
Action 2,730
Sci-fi 2,377
Classic 2,177
Singleplayer 2,100
Masterpiece 2,055
Story Rich 1,798
Shooter 1,621
First-Person 1,513
Adventure 1,296
Dystopian 1,138
Atmospheric 1,055
Zombies 957
Silent Protagonist 939
Physics 912
Aliens 877
Great Soundtrack 863
Horror 686
Puzzle 669
Multiplayer 635
Moddable 458
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FPS 3,844
Action 2,730
Sci-fi 2,377
Classic 2,177
Singleplayer 2,100
Masterpiece 2,055
Story Rich 1,798
Shooter 1,621
First-Person 1,513
Adventure 1,296
Dystopian 1,138
Atmospheric 1,055
Zombies 957
Silent Protagonist 939
Physics 912
Aliens 877
Great Soundtrack 863
Horror 686
Puzzle 669
Multiplayer 635
Moddable 458
Country Final Initial Discount %
Chinese Renminbi
Chinese Renminbi
 CN¥ 37.00 n/a n/a
Euro
Euro
 € 8.19 n/a n/a
Russian Ruble
Russian Ruble
 RUB 259.00 n/a n/a
Pound Sterling
Pound Sterling
 £ 7.19 n/a n/a
United States Dollar
United States Dollar
 $ 9.99 n/a n/a
Stats
Peak All Time 16,101
Peak Last 7 days 1,458
Peak Last 10 minutes 599
Average Playtime (On Global Steam) 18 hours, 2 minutes
Owners By Steam Spy
Owners 10,000,000 - 20,000,000
Average Playtime (Two Weeks) 0.7 hours
Average Playtime (Forever) 24.6 hours
Median Playtime (Two Weeks) 0.9 hours
Median Playtime (Forever) 6.1 hours
Player Countries
United States 25.47%
Russia 7.75%
United Kingdom 6.64%
China 4.47%
Canada 4.46%
Germany 4.00%
Australia 3.15%
Brazil 2.89%
Turkey 2.32%
Japan 2.00%
Poland 1.99%
Argentina 1.65%
France 1.62%
Spain 1.46%
Sweden 1.46%
Netherlands 1.30%
Finland 1.24%
Ukraine 1.22%
Norway 0.91%
Czech Republic 0.87%
Italy 0.84%
South Korea 0.78%
Denmark 0.69%
New Zealand 0.63%
Romania 0.60%
Mexico 0.60%
Chile 0.56%
Hungary 0.54%
Portugal 0.53%
Ireland 0.51%
Belgium 0.49%
Antarctica 0.48%
Austria 0.46%
Indonesia 0.45%
Switzerland 0.43%
Israel 0.40%
India 0.40%
Belarus 0.39%
South Africa 0.37%
Lithuania 0.36%
Greece 0.34%
Slovakia 0.34%
Taiwan 0.34%
Vatican City 0.34%
Estonia 0.34%
North Korea 0.33%
Niger 0.32%
Serbia 0.31%
Hong Kong 0.31%
Thailand 0.30%
Vietnam 0.29%
Latvia 0.29%
Kazakhstan 0.27%
Malaysia 0.27%
Philippines 0.24%
Bulgaria 0.23%
Peru 0.23%
Singapore 0.22%
Chad 0.21%
Croatia 0.21%
Uganda 0.20%
Iceland 0.19%
Colombia 0.18%
Zimbabwe 0.17%
Christmas Island 0.16%
Isle of Man 0.16%
Slovenia 0.15%
Venezuela 0.14%
Iran 0.13%
Uruguay 0.13%
South Georgia 0.13%
United States Virgin Islands 0.12%
Afghanistan 0.12%
Saudi Arabia 0.12%
Palestine 0.12%
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.12%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.12%
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.11%
United Arab Emirates 0.10%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.10%
Iraq 0.09%
Macedonia 0.09%
Fiji 0.08%
Georgia 0.08%
Moldova 0.08%
Cuba 0.08%
Pakistan 0.08%
Albania 0.08%
DR Congo 0.07%
Algeria 0.07%
Bangladesh 0.07%
Egypt 0.07%
Somalia 0.07%
Costa Rica 0.07%
Jamaica 0.06%
Republic of the Congo 0.06%
Azerbaijan 0.06%
Cyprus 0.06%
Bahamas 0.06%
British Virgin Islands 0.06%
Cook Islands 0.06%
Luxembourg 0.06%
Armenia 0.05%
Puerto Rico 0.05%
Syria 0.05%
Mongolia 0.05%
Djibouti 0.05%
Malta 0.05%
Uzbekistan 0.05%
Nigeria 0.05%
Ecuador 0.05%
Greenland 0.05%
Madagascar 0.04%
Faroe Islands 0.04%
Morocco 0.04%
Sri Lanka 0.04%
Kyrgyzstan 0.04%
Guatemala 0.04%
Kuwait 0.04%
Ethiopia 0.03%
Montenegro 0.03%
Monaco 0.03%
Jordan 0.03%
Falkland Islands 0.03%
Nepal 0.03%
Qatar 0.03%
El Salvador 0.03%
Panama 0.03%
Norfolk Island 0.03%
Lebanon 0.03%
Mozambique 0.03%
Liechtenstein 0.03%
Bolivia 0.03%
Tunisia 0.03%
Ivory Coast 0.03%
Bhutan 0.03%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.02%
Paraguay 0.02%
Liberia 0.02%
Dominican Republic 0.02%
Tajikistan 0.02%
Jersey 0.02%
Western Sahara 0.02%
Seychelles 0.02%
Brunei 0.02%
Andorra 0.02%
Honduras 0.02%
Macau 0.02%
Central African Republic 0.02%
Kenya 0.02%
Saint Lucia 0.02%
Swaziland 0.02%
Bahrain 0.02%
Oman 0.02%
Yemen 0.02%
San Marino 0.02%
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.02%
Angola 0.02%
Belize 0.02%
Cambodia 0.02%
Turkmenistan 0.02%
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0.02%
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.02%
Haiti 0.02%
Bermuda 0.02%
Guernsey 0.02%
Tuvalu 0.02%
Gibraltar 0.01%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.01%
Aruba 0.01%
Aland Islands 0.01%
Guam 0.01%
Botswana 0.01%
Wallis and Futuna 0.01%
Kosovo 0.01%
Zambia 0.01%
American Samoa 0.01%
Nauru 0.01%
Gabon 0.01%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01%
Laos 0.01%
Libya 0.01%
Niue 0.01%
Burkina Faso 0.01%
Saint Martin 0.01%
Micronesia 0.01%
Togo 0.01%
Nicaragua 0.01%
Saint Helena 0.01%
Sint Maarten 0.01%
Cayman Islands 0.01%
Kiribati 0.01%
Tanzania 0.01%
Réunion 0.01%
Rwanda 0.01%
Papua New Guinea 0.01%
Sudan 0.01%
Cameroon 0.01%
Sierra Leone 0.01%
Bouvet Island 0.01%
Barbados 0.01%
Tokelau 0.01%
Pitcairn Islands 0.01%
Maldives 0.01%
Suriname 0.01%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.01%
South Sudan 0.01%
Grenada 0.01%
Tonga 0.01%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.01%
Namibia 0.01%
Martinique 0.01%
Vanuatu 0.01%
Benin 0.01%
Ghana 0.01%
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0.01%
Mauritius 0.01%
Solomon Islands 0.01%
French Polynesia 0.01%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.01%
Marshall Islands 0.01%
Gambia 0.01%
Cape Verde 0.01%
Saint Barthélemy 0.01%
Guadeloupe 0.01%
Guinea 0.01%
Myanmar 0.01%
Samoa 0.01%
Equatorial Guinea 0.01%
Eritrea 0.01%
Mali 0.01%
Curaçao 0.01%
Mauritania 0.01%
Mayotte 0.00%
Montserrat 0.00%
Guinea-Bissau 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
Senegal 0.00%
New Caledonia 0.00%
Burundi 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Palau 0.00%
Malawi 0.00%
French Guiana 0.00%
São Tomé and Príncipe 0.00%
Comoros 0.00%
France, Metropolitan 0.00%
Anguilla 0.00%
Lesotho 0.00%
Yugoslavia 0.00%
From Global Steam players
Player Count - 1 Week
Player Count - All Time
Player Count - By Time of Day/Week
Averages taken over the last 4 weeks.
Followers
Wishlists
From 2,049,240 Global Steam players.
Top Players
Rank Flag Player Time
Name Release
Achievements
33
Average Completion
27.44%
Achievement Distribution
Data from Global Steam players who have at least one achievement
Achievement Unlocked At Avg Completion
Title Date
ID Name
Bundles
Name Discount Apps Packages Updated At
Packages
Name Billing License Status Apps
Score is calculated using:
(Same / (Total ^ 0.5)
Apps with same owners
Game Same Owners Total Owners Score
Global Steam Score
97.41%
Metacritic Score
96%
A selection of the 137,060 reviews
Screenshots
9
Movies
2
Media 0 Media 1 Media 2 Media 3 Media 4 Media 5 Media 6 Media 7 Media 8
Key Section Value
system_requirements Other
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  • macos / 10de / 0395: Deny
  • macos / 8086 / 27a6: Warn
  • macos / 8086 / 2a02: Warn
  • macos / intel900: Warn
  • macos / intelx3100: Warn
  • macos / supported:
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  • macos1058 / supported:
  • macos106 / os_min: macos1063
  • macos106 / supported:
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    updated_steam Other 23 Nov 21 00:07
    updated_global_steam Other 23 Nov 21 00:07
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    • Publisher: Valve
    • Franchise: Half-Life
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    review_score Common 9
    small_capsule Common
    • english: capsule_231x87.jpg
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    type Common Game
    ignoreexternalfiles UFS
    maxnumfiles UFS 100
    quota UFS 105 MB
    savefiles UFS
    • Path: hl2/save Pattern: *.sav Root: gameinstall Platforms: all
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    steamcontrollertemplateindex Config
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    Half-Life 2 TChinese
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    Branches
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    Extra
    Key Value
    hasdepotsindlc 1
    markdlcdepots 1
    overridescddb 1
    1. Windows
    Order 0
    Executable hl2.exe
    Arguments -game hl2 -steam
    Description
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    Working Dir bin
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    Order 1
    Executable hl2.sh
    Arguments -game hl2 -steam
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    Order 2
    Executable hl2.sh
    Arguments -game hl2 -steam
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