Half-Life 2

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Price $ 9.99
Players 723 Last 10 minutes
1,185 Last 7 days
6,335 All time @ -
Followers 61,510 (Group)
Review Score 97.33% (118,079 3,240 )
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 3,792
Action 2,687
Sci-fi 2,338
Classic 2,134
Masterpiece 2,055
Singleplayer 2,054
Story Rich 1,748
Shooter 1,584
First-Person 1,474
Adventure 1,265
Dystopian 1,103
Atmospheric 1,018
Zombies 930
Silent Protagonist 900
Physics 870
Aliens 852
Great Soundtrack 828
Horror 653
Puzzle 643
Multiplayer 626
Moddable 434
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FPS 3,792
Action 2,687
Sci-fi 2,338
Classic 2,134
Masterpiece 2,055
Singleplayer 2,054
Story Rich 1,748
Shooter 1,584
First-Person 1,474
Adventure 1,265
Dystopian 1,103
Atmospheric 1,018
Zombies 930
Silent Protagonist 900
Physics 870
Aliens 852
Great Soundtrack 828
Horror 653
Puzzle 643
Multiplayer 626
Moddable 434
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 6,335
Peak Last Week 1,185
Peak Last 10 minutes 723
Average Playtime (On Global Steam) 19 hours, 50 minutes
Owners By Steam Spy
Owners 10,000,000 - 20,000,000
Average Playtime (Two Weeks) 2.1 hours
Average Playtime (Forever) 11.3 hours
Median Playtime (Two Weeks) 2.1 hours
Median Playtime (Forever) 5.7 hours
Player Countries
United States 28.33%
United Kingdom 7.79%
Canada 4.88%
Russia 4.68%
Germany 4.13%
Australia 3.62%
Brazil 2.45%
China 2.03%
Poland 1.95%
Japan 1.70%
Sweden 1.68%
Netherlands 1.54%
Turkey 1.52%
France 1.51%
Finland 1.46%
Norway 1.10%
Argentina 1.06%
Spain 1.02%
Ukraine 1.00%
Czech Republic 0.96%
Italy 0.85%
Denmark 0.83%
New Zealand 0.75%
Romania 0.72%
Portugal 0.64%
Hungary 0.63%
Belgium 0.59%
Ireland 0.58%
South Korea 0.57%
Indonesia 0.56%
Antarctica 0.55%
Austria 0.54%
Mexico 0.53%
India 0.49%
Lithuania 0.46%
Switzerland 0.46%
South Africa 0.45%
Israel 0.44%
Chile 0.43%
Greece 0.42%
Slovakia 0.41%
Estonia 0.40%
Vatican City 0.39%
Serbia 0.38%
Belarus 0.38%
North Korea 0.36%
Vietnam 0.36%
Latvia 0.35%
Thailand 0.33%
Malaysia 0.30%
Niger 0.30%
Bulgaria 0.30%
Philippines 0.28%
Taiwan 0.28%
Singapore 0.28%
Croatia 0.27%
Hong Kong 0.27%
Kazakhstan 0.25%
Iceland 0.22%
Uganda 0.22%
Chad 0.21%
Peru 0.21%
Slovenia 0.21%
Zimbabwe 0.19%
Christmas Island 0.18%
Isle of Man 0.17%
Colombia 0.17%
Venezuela 0.17%
United States Virgin Islands 0.15%
Iran 0.15%
South Georgia 0.14%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.14%
Uruguay 0.14%
Saudi Arabia 0.13%
Afghanistan 0.13%
Palestine 0.13%
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.13%
United Arab Emirates 0.13%
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.13%
Fiji 0.11%
Macedonia 0.11%
Georgia 0.10%
Iraq 0.10%
Pakistan 0.09%
Moldova 0.09%
Algeria 0.09%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.09%
Bangladesh 0.08%
Jamaica 0.08%
Somalia 0.08%
Costa Rica 0.08%
Albania 0.07%
Cuba 0.07%
Syria 0.07%
Bahamas 0.07%
Azerbaijan 0.07%
Egypt 0.07%
Puerto Rico 0.07%
Luxembourg 0.07%
Republic of the Congo 0.07%
British Virgin Islands 0.07%
DR Congo 0.06%
Malta 0.06%
Cyprus 0.06%
Armenia 0.06%
Djibouti 0.06%
Ecuador 0.05%
Mongolia 0.05%
Uzbekistan 0.05%
Greenland 0.05%
Madagascar 0.05%
Morocco 0.05%
Nigeria 0.05%
Sri Lanka 0.04%
Cook Islands 0.04%
Faroe Islands 0.04%
Kyrgyzstan 0.04%
Guatemala 0.04%
Ethiopia 0.04%
Kuwait 0.04%
Lebanon 0.04%
Qatar 0.04%
Montenegro 0.04%
Tunisia 0.04%
Nepal 0.04%
Norfolk Island 0.04%
Bhutan 0.03%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.03%
Jordan 0.03%
Panama 0.03%
Monaco 0.03%
Falkland Islands 0.03%
Jersey 0.03%
Liechtenstein 0.03%
El Salvador 0.03%
Liberia 0.03%
Dominican Republic 0.03%
Brunei 0.03%
Mozambique 0.03%
Yemen 0.03%
Western Sahara 0.02%
Paraguay 0.02%
Seychelles 0.02%
Tajikistan 0.02%
Oman 0.02%
Bahrain 0.02%
Kenya 0.02%
Bolivia 0.02%
Honduras 0.02%
Guam 0.02%
Andorra 0.02%
Aland Islands 0.02%
Macau 0.02%
Swaziland 0.02%
Gabon 0.02%
Cambodia 0.02%
Angola 0.02%
Central African Republic 0.02%
Guernsey 0.02%
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0.02%
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.02%
Zambia 0.02%
Saint Lucia 0.02%
Ivory Coast 0.02%
Wallis and Futuna 0.02%
Gibraltar 0.02%
Bermuda 0.02%
San Marino 0.02%
Togo 0.02%
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.02%
Libya 0.02%
Belize 0.02%
American Samoa 0.02%
Aruba 0.01%
Sudan 0.01%
Tanzania 0.01%
Haiti 0.01%
Rwanda 0.01%
Turkmenistan 0.01%
Tuvalu 0.01%
Botswana 0.01%
Nauru 0.01%
Tokelau 0.01%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01%
Sint Maarten 0.01%
Saint Helena 0.01%
Micronesia 0.01%
Kiribati 0.01%
Saint Martin 0.01%
Namibia 0.01%
Cayman Islands 0.01%
Burkina Faso 0.01%
Niue 0.01%
Réunion 0.01%
Bouvet Island 0.01%
Laos 0.01%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.01%
Nicaragua 0.01%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01%
Kosovo 0.01%
Tonga 0.01%
Solomon Islands 0.01%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.01%
Barbados 0.01%
Papua New Guinea 0.01%
Suriname 0.01%
French Polynesia 0.01%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.01%
Guadeloupe 0.01%
Cameroon 0.01%
Pitcairn Islands 0.01%
Eritrea 0.01%
Sierra Leone 0.01%
Ghana 0.01%
South Sudan 0.01%
Guinea 0.01%
Benin 0.01%
Saint Barthélemy 0.01%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.01%
Marshall Islands 0.01%
Martinique 0.01%
Maldives 0.01%
Cape Verde 0.01%
Curaçao 0.01%
Vanuatu 0.01%
Myanmar 0.01%
Gambia 0.01%
Mauritius 0.01%
Grenada 0.01%
Equatorial Guinea 0.01%
Mauritania 0.01%
Samoa 0.01%
Mali 0.01%
Dominica 0.01%
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0.01%
Senegal 0.01%
Palau 0.00%
Mayotte 0.00%
Guinea-Bissau 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
New Caledonia 0.00%
São Tomé and Príncipe 0.00%
Burundi 0.00%
Montserrat 0.00%
Malawi 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
French Guiana 0.00%
Lesotho 0.00%
Anguilla 0.00%
Comoros 0.00%
No Country 0.00%
Yugoslavia 0.00%
From Global Steam players
Player Count - 1 Week
Player Count - All Time
Player Count - By Time of Day/Week
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Followers
Wishlists
From 1,273,555 players. Not live.
Top Players
Rank Flag Player Time
Name Release
Achievements
33
Average Completion
27.04%
Achievement Distribution
Data from Global Steam players who have at least one achievement
Achievement Unlocked At Avg Completion
Title Date
ID Name
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Global Steam Score
97.33%
Metacritic Score
96%
A selection of the 121,319 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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    updated_global_steam Other 26 Mar 21 14:50
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    • Franchise: Half-Life
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    type Common Game
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    savefiles UFS
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    Half-Life 2 Linux client
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    Branches
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    Extra
    Key Value
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    1. Windows
    Order 0
    Executable hl2.exe
    Arguments -game hl2 -steam
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    Executable hl2.sh
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