Half-Life: A Place in the West on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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In a devastated America, sinister commandos are kidnapping children and taking them to a hidden city with a mysterious cosmic tower at its heart – a tower that may prove to be humanity’s salvation, or its doom. Join three survivors in this fan-made comic as they attempt to unlock the city’s secrets.

Half-Life: A Place in the West is a indie, comic book and violent game developed and published by Michael Pelletier and Ross Joseph Gardner.
Released on September 29th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 730 reviews of which 639 were positive and 91 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Half-Life: A Place in the West into these genres:

Indie Comic Book Violent Story Rich Free to Play Sci-fi Dystopian Atmospheric Gore Aliens Adventure Action Drama

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 7, 8, 10
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: 10.10.2
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
Linux
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2021
im in love with this comic and am on my hands and knees begging everyone to read it. its so fun and interesting, the characters are charming and multi-dimensional, and the world is so alive. its fascinating to explore what a post rescas america looks like and how on earth people are coping with the fallout
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June 2021
Stunning art and insightful writing. Set far from both Half-Life 1's Black Mesa Research Facility and Half-Life 2/Half-Life Alyx's City 17, APITW explores the fallout from the Black Mesa Incident and the Seven Hour War in a way not done by the games; While the Combine do exist, they are a distant threat, unaware of the remaining human survivors in North America, who are trying to build a life for themselves in the ruins of a world gone to hell. Whether you're already a fan of the Half-Life series, looking to find out what the fuss is all about before you try the games, or just looking for something to read, A Place In The West is a good place to go.
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April 2017
It's really interesting to see the Half-Life universe in the point of view from citizens and refugees. It has a pretty interesting story and the characters are great too. Now if Valve would make a Half-Life comic, that would be extraordinary
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March 2017
It's good fanmade comic. Great little bite of half lifey goodness for those who need a fix. Considering it's a comic, I won't go into the story as that would defeat the point. It has a nice art style, expands on the Half-Life mythos a little bit. I woudln't call it a compelling read by by any stretch, but a fan of comics or half-life with some time to burn should enjoy it. One thing is nobody knows if they will actually finish the series. Plus there are achievements, which are nice.
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Jan. 2017
Great little comic story about Half Life Universe. Really amazing work for free. The commentary i only watched 8 mins is great also. Support this little but amazing good/ friendly developer, to play the game. I give 77 % for "Comic Fans" & 82 % for achievement hunters (you can get them very fast/ easy). Thx 4 reading.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Half-Life: A Place in the West is free to play on Steam.

Half-Life: A Place in the West is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Half-Life: A Place in the West received 639 positive votes out of a total of 730 achieving a rating of 8.24.
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Half-Life: A Place in the West was developed and published by Michael Pelletier and Ross Joseph Gardner.

Half-Life: A Place in the West is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Half-Life: A Place in the West is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Half-Life: A Place in the West is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Half-Life: A Place in the West is a single-player game.

There are 10 DLCs available for Half-Life: A Place in the West. Explore additional content available for Half-Life: A Place in the West on Steam.

Half-Life: A Place in the West does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Half-Life: A Place in the West does not support Steam Remote Play.

Half-Life: A Place in the West does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Half-Life: A Place in the West.

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Half-Life: A Place in the West
Free to play
8.2
639
91
Game modes
Online players
1
Developer
Michael Pelletier, Ross Joseph Gardner
Publisher
Michael Pelletier, Ross Joseph Gardner
Release 29 Sep 2016
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