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Half-Life 2

97% positive of 203,659 Steam reviews

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To finish
8.8 h
To 100%
20 h
Released
2004
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by Valve.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

  • FPS
  • Silent Protagonist
  • Sci-fi
  • Dystopian
  • Shooter
  • Zombies
  • Aliens
  • Story Rich
  • Action
  • First-Person
  • Physics
  • Horror

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    I originally pirated this game, then finished it and it's expansions. It was so good, that I bought The Orange Box on Steam AND The Orange Box for the XBOX 360, now it's one of my holy grails. P.S.: I stopped pirating games, now I have the money to buy the games I already loved to pay back to the Developers.

    1.4 h played when written. 76 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Half-Life 2: The Blueprint of the Modern Shooter When Valve released Half-Life 2 in 2004, it didn't just iterate on the first-person shooter genre; it completely dismantled and rebuilt it from the ground up. Over two decades later, stepping out of the train station into the oppressive, sun-bleached dystopia of City 17 remains one of the most defining moments in gaming history. Half-Life 2 is a masterclass in pacing,…

    58 h played when written. 22 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I spent more time throwing objects with the gravity gun than following the story.

    35 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.

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