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Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.

Half-Life 2 is a fps, action and sci-fi game developed and published by Valve.
Released on November 16th 2004 is available on Windows and Linux in 27 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish, Thai, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish and Ukrainian.

It has received 245,627 reviews of which 239,721 were positive and 5,906 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7, Vista, XP
  • Processor: 1.7 Ghz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 8.1 level Graphics Card (requires support for SSE)
  • Storage: 6500 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2026
This legendary game was released in 2004. It's 2026 now and Half-Life 2 has better graphics and physics than most games released in 2025-2026. 11/10 Thanks, Gabe!
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Dec. 2025
I bought this game 21 years ago on the day it released, which is when I made my Steam account. Today I finally completed the game. It was good.
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Oct. 2025
No dialogue options, no romance, no skill trees, just raw, silent violence and a guy with perfect posture. Peak gaming. Everyone: ‘Gordon, thank God you’re here!’ Gordon: says nothing for 20 years straight Everyone: ‘He’s a genius.’
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July 2025
No other game has matched the feeling of playing Half-Life 2 for the first time. I miss that.
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June 2025
Come to think of it, I never thought to leave a review on this game, haha. Everything is said and done already. I think that it should be mandatory for every gamer to finish it at least once. Personally, I love HL1 more in terms of the story, but HL2 is a masterpiece in terms of everything. It came out in 2004 and, to this day, looks fresh and relevant. It gave the world the Source Engine and set the standards for times ahead. Truly a work of art.
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Half-Life 2 is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Half-Life 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Half-Life 2 received 239,721 positive votes out of a total of 245,627 achieving an impressive rating of 9.65.
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Half-Life 2 was developed and published by Valve.

Half-Life 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Half-Life 2 is not playable on MacOS.

Half-Life 2 is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Half-Life 2 is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Half-Life 2. Explore additional content available for Half-Life 2 on Steam.

Half-Life 2 is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Half-Life 2 supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Half-Life 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Half-Life 2
Rating
9.7
239,721
5,906
Game modes
Features
Online players
1,568
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release 16 Nov 2004
Platforms
Remote Play