Half-Life 2
Valve · released Nov 16, 2004
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.
Price
$9.99
US store
Reviews
97%
205,094 · Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing now
1,900
sampled 58m ago
24h peak
1,900
all-time seen 1,908
Followers
107,838
3h ago
Owners (est.)
~6.2M
3.1M – 9.8M
YouTube activity
32
videos · 30 d93
creators17.2M
views · 1 yTwitch activity 22 watching · 5 live
19
avg viewers · 30 d1.7K
hours watched · 30 d110
streamers · 30 dProduct info
from Steam's PICS · read 1d ago- Change number
- 40,848,467 · seen 1d ago
- Public build
- 19,307,283 · Jul 23, 2025 (1y ago)
- Operating systems
- windows, macos, linux
- Architecture
- —
- Install size
- 16 GB · 10 GB download
- Install folder
Half-Life 2- Controller support
- Full
- Metacritic
- 96
- Homepage
- www.half-life.com/halflife2
- Release state
- —
- Community
- hub · Workshop · stats
Steam Deck
VerifiedTested Feb 26, 2022 on build 8,270,642
- ✓Default controller config fully functional
- ✓Controller glyphs match deck device
- ✓Interface text is legible
- ✓Default configuration is performant
Branches · 4
every build Steam serves for this app| Branch | Build | Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| public | 19,307,283 | Jul 23, 2025 · 1y ago | |
| beta | 19,307,283 | Jul 23, 2025 · 1y ago | Beta updates |
| previous | 16,446,692 | Nov 26, 2024 · 1y ago | The previous public build |
| steam_legacy | 12,694,556 | Nov 15, 2024 · 1y ago | Pre-20th Anniversary Build |
Build history
every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)| Build | Branch | Released | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19,307,283 | public | Jul 23, 2025 17:36 | 3d ago |
| 19,307,283 | beta | Jul 23, 2025 17:34 | 3d ago |
| 16,446,692 | previous | Nov 26, 2024 23:03 | 3d ago |
| 12,694,556 | steam_legacy | Nov 15, 2024 21:37 | 3d ago |
Depots · 38
content of the public branch| Depot | Name | OS | Language | DLC / shared | Size | Download | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | all | 5.4 GB | 2.8 GB | 4622516436473900521 | |||
| 222 | windows | 333 MB | 206 MB | 6432688940779947022 | |||
| 223 | macos | 313 MB | 181 MB | 5765085572202220494 | |||
| 224 | linux | 337 MB | 194 MB | 2413749032760673540 | |||
| 225 | all | russian | 815 MB | 707 MB | 1805911430347137415 | ||
| 226 | all | spanish | 768 MB | 659 MB | 2714357289061426116 | ||
| 227 | all | french | 766 MB | 646 MB | 7050670928848178928 | ||
| 228 | all | german | 769 MB | 653 MB | 6436857496404272512 | ||
| 229 | all | koreana | 771 MB | 617 MB | 8840945565145076094 | ||
| 230 | all | tchinese | 720 MB | 612 MB | 6084315296130989856 | ||
| 231 | all | schinese | 778 MB | 652 MB | 6094809064806846880 | ||
| 232 | all | italian | 769 MB | 661 MB | 5674666767121162923 | ||
| 233 | all | 3.2 GB | 1.9 GB | 1358845133936836982 | |||
| 234 | all | 3.2 KB | 944 B | 488462887721122399 | |||
| 340 | all | shared from #340 | — | — | |||
| 341 | all | french | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 342 | all | german | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 343 | all | russian | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 344 | all | spanish | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 345 | all | italian | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 346 | all | koreana | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 347 | all | schinese | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 348 | all | tchinese | shared from #340 | — | — | ||
| 380 | all | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | |||
| 381 | all | french | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 382 | all | german | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 383 | all | russian | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 384 | all | spanish | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 385 | all | koreana | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 386 | all | tchinese | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 387 | all | schinese | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 388 | all | italian | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | ||
| 389 | all | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | — | |||
| 420 | all | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode Two | — | — | |||
| 421 | all | french | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode Two | — | — | ||
| 422 | all | german | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode Two | — | — | ||
| 423 | all | russian | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode Two | — | — | ||
| 424 | all | spanish | shared from Half-Life 2: Episode Two | — | — |
Launch options · 7
| Executable | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|
hl2.exe-steam -game hl2_complete |
windows beta: default | |
hl2.sh-game hl2 -steam |
macos | |
hl2.sh-steam -game hl2_complete |
linux | |
hl2.exe-steam -game hl2 |
windows beta: steam_legacy | |
hl2.sh-steam -game hl2 |
linux beta: steam_legacy | |
hl2.exe-steam -game hl2_complete |
windows beta: test | |
hl2.sh-steam -game hl2_complete |
linux beta: test |
Languages · 27
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thai | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Czech | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Dutch | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Greek | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Spanish - Latin America | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Danish | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| French | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| German | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polish | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Finnish | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Italian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Korean | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Russian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spanish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Swedish | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Turkish | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Japanese | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Romanian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Simplified Chinese | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Traditional Chinese | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Portuguese - Brazil | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Bulgarian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Hungarian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Norwegian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Ukrainian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Portuguese | ✓ | — | ✓ |
Packages · 2
all packagesBundles · 2
all bundles| Bundle | Games | Bundle discount | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half-Life Complete | 8 | -40% | $26.94 |
| Valve Complete Pack | 20 | -10% | $116.84 |
Change numbers
all changes#40,848,467 · 1d ago
Updates · patch notes
Steam announcements tagged as patch notes, linked to the public build they followed
| When | Note | Build | Update size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2025 | July 23, 2025 Update Restored speed of the train near the end of Highway 17 to better match the original shipped difficulty. Fixed missing collision that was allowing NPCs to shoot through some walls in Entanglement. Fixed issue where Alyx could obstruct the player's path when boarding the teleporter near the end of Entanglement. NOTE: these map updates will not break existing saves but players may need to restart the |
19,307,283 | 14.7 GB total |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Half-Life 2 - Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2 and the Episodes. - Fixed a Linux client crash on launch. - Localization updates. |
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| Nov 26, 2024 | November 26, 2024 Update Enable support to keep music playing during level transitions throughout the base Half-Life 2 campaign (no convar needed). Added support for displaying an active Workshop campaign name in your Steam friends list. Added a slider to the settings menu to allow scaling stick sensitivity for gamepads. Fixed issue with overlapping commentary tracks if a commentary track was playing between level loads. |
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| Nov 18, 2024 | November 18, 2024 Update Fixed issue where NPC reactions to the player's flashlight and some incidental dialogue would not play after switching between episodes. Fixed amount of bloom applied after switching between Episode One and Episode Two. Fixed the FOV setting not applying until you got the HEV Suit if you started a new game and watched the intro sequence. Fixed issue where HUD messages for pickups and responses to |
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| Nov 16, 2024 | November 16, 2024 Update Fixed a crash that could occur in some languages when starting a new chapter. UI - Fixed some weapon icon alignment issues at various resolutions. Workshop - Fixed campaigns set to expand on Episode One loading some Episode Two content. Workshop - Always show the My Uploads page, even if not in developer mode. Workshop - Various UI adjustments and improvements. |
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| Nov 17, 2023 | Half-Life 2 Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Lost Coast, and the Episodes. - Fixed a hang where NPC pathfinding could stall forever - Fixed sprinting when using an external controller |
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| Jan 17, 2023 | Half-Life 2: Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2 and the Episodes. - Minor code maintenance, no customer-facing changes. |
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| Nov 19, 2022 | Half-Life 2 Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Lost Coast, and the Episodes. - Update to DXVK Version 2.0 |
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| Apr 13, 2022 | Half-Life 2 - Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast. - Updated localization strings and captions |
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| Feb 28, 2022 | Half-Life 2 - Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast. - Fixed corrupted models on OSX - Fixed some controller glyphs in HUD hints |
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| Feb 24, 2022 | Half-Life 2 and Episodes - Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Lost Coast. - Fixed support for external controllers on Deck - Restored missing Commentary menu items - Fixed some stuttering on level transitions - Added chapter icons for Steam Deck UI |
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| Feb 18, 2022 | Half-Life 2 - Update An update has been released for Half-Life 2 - UI and Input support for Steam Deck verification. |
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