Half-Life

Half-Life

Valve · 1998 · FPS, Classic, 1990's, Sci-fi, Singleplayer

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Overwhelmingly Positive97% · 116,02196Metacritic939playing now
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About Half-Life

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Fight your way through a dystopian alien-occupied world where you'll need to use both firepower and puzzle-solving to survive Valve's groundbreaking debut. Battle online against players worldwide in an intense multiplayer mode that earned this game over 50 Game of the Year awards.

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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Players consistently praise the game for being fun and holding up well over time visually, but some express severe frustration with gameplay mechanics, citing frequent soft locks and slippery physics that make controlling the character feel unnecessarily difficult and frustrating.

Recommended Jul 17, 2026
G-Man Sexy
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
yes
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
pretty fun ngl
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
Very fun
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
This game still age gracefully within the gaming world
Not recommended Jul 17, 2026
HOLY OVER ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RATED. I wanted to play this game to see if it would be fun but no I have soft locked my self a ton of times and The floor is made of baby oil. I don't mind the graphics its just that the game play makes me want to rip my eyes out and kill a man

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PC Gamer · Rick Lane May 9, 2026

This very normal Half-Life mod lets you play as 'queen of spacetime' Max Caulfield, and it's convinced me that the next Life is Strange should be a full-on boomer shooter

I've always thought Half-Life didn't have enough teenagers in it. I mean, what's an underground research facility for if not navigating the relationship challenges of adolescence? It is, frankly, shocking that Valve so flagrantly neglected this demographic in its depiction of alien invasions and mil...

PC Gamer · Rich Stanton May 5, 2026

Elon Musk considered calling OpenAI 'Freeman' because of the bonkers rationale that the Half-Life protagonist represented 'what we are essentially trying to achieve'

The ongoing legal fight between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman has seen the release of a treasure-trove of internal documentation from the firm's earliest years. One minor theme has been the presence of Gabe Newell, who gave the company over $20 million and was the sole member of its "i...

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