Half-Life
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
- Price:$1.99
- Release Date:11/19/1998
- Franchise:Half-Life
- Developer:Valve
- Publisher:Valve
- Last Updated:12/24/2024
- Steam App Id:70
Half-Life
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Half-Life has 1,841 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 94% lower than its previous all-time peak of 33,471 players achieved on 11/19/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Half-Life. It has received a total of 142,160 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 95 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Half-Life Price
Half-Life costs $1.99 in the Steam store as of 12/24/2024 which is a 80% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Half-Life Complete, Valve Complete Pack, or Half-Life 1 Anthology which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Half-Life.
About Half-Life
Half-Life is an Action game developed by Valve. On 11/19/1998, it was released on the Steam Store by Valve.
Players have rated Half-Life as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 142,160 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 137,271 positive reviews and 4,889 negative reviews — an overall 97% positive review rating. Additionally, Half-Life has earned a metascore of 96 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish (Spain). 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 supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Valve Anti-Cheat enabled
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play Together
- Single-player
- Online PvP
From the Steam community, Half-Life has been tagged with the following user tags:
- PvP
- Classic
- Difficult
- Atmospheric
- Multiplayer
- Story Rich
- Aliens
- 1990's
- Shooter
- First-Person
- Retro
- Gore
- FPS
- Action-Adventure
- Sci-fi
- Silent Protagonist
- Adventure
- Action
- Moddable
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Half-Life and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Half-Life is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Half-Life Soundtrack | Music | 9/24/2014 | View |
Related Bundles
Half-Life is included in 3 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Half-Life Complete | 10 | 8 | $5.79 | View |
 | Valve Complete Pack | 25 | 18 | $24.62 | View |
 | Half-Life 1 Anthology | 4 | 4 | $3.13 | View |
Related Packages
Half-Life is referenced by 3 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Half-Life | $0.99 | View |
| Half-Life - Commercial License | $9.99 | View |
| Half-Life Limited Free Promotional Package - Nov 2023 | ??? | View |
Supported Languages
Half-Life is available in 8 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | No |
| French | Yes | Yes | No |
| German | Yes | Yes | No |
| Italian | Yes | Yes | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Korean | Yes | Yes | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Half-Life data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 24). Half-Life on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/70
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 24). Half-Life. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/70
- Metacritic. (2024, December 24). Half-Life for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/half-life
- Valve. (2023, July 7). Half-Life. Half-Life. http://www.half-life.com/