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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 worldwide.
Review97.58%  189229  4694
GenresAction
DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
DemoAvailable
Category
  • Single-player
  • Steam Achievements
  • Full controller support
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Captions available
  • Steam Cloud
  • Includes Source SDK
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play Together
  • Family Sharing
Release dateNov 16, 2004
Supported OSWindowsLinux
Steam Deck Compatibility
Verified

All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration

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In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck

This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck

LanguagesEnglish*, French*, German*, Italian*, Korean*, Spanish - Spain*, Russian*, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish, Thai
*languages with full audio support
Required age

0

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    FPS4107Action2934Sci-fi2582Classic2355Singleplayer2304Story Rich2003Shooter1803First-Person1686Adventure1443Dystopian 1298Atmospheric1197Zombies1108Silent Protagonist1107Physics1068Aliens1025Great Soundtrack1014Horror900Puzzle798Multiplayer790Moddable584

    Last update: 2024-07-04 (General data), 2024-07-04 (Steam Deck compat.), 2024-06-28 (Review data)

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