Half-Life 2 PC price and price history
4.9/5 Overwhelmingly Positive 279,756 Steam reviewsHalf-Life 2 is $9.99 on Steam at full price. We're adding key-store prices; check back for more offers.
Price on Steam
$9.99
Steam · PC · Global
No discount right now · list price $9.99
View deal at Steam1 store · this price checked
Where to buy Half-Life 2
| Store | Platform | Price |
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| Steam Official store checked | PC |
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Other Half-Life 2 editions
| Edition | Price on Steam |
|---|---|
| Half-Life 2 | |
| Half-Life 2 - Commercial License | |
| The Orange Box | $19.99 View on Steam The Orange Box |
Half-Life 2 price history
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- Months of data
- 26
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Price history from IsThereAnyDeal.com; SuperDuperBundle has also tracked prices hourly since 24 September 2026.
About Half-Life 2
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 trailer and screenshots
Screenshots
Trailer and screenshots from the Steam store; © Valve. Image credits
Half-Life 2 reviews and scores
- Steam user reviews
- 98% positive
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 4.9 out of 5 stars
- 273,035 positive · 6,721 negative
- RAWG player rating
- 4.47 out of 5
- Metacritic critic score
- 96 out of 100
Each score is shown on its own scale from its own source; they are not combined. The star value is Steam's positive share on a 5-point scale.
Half-Life 2 game details
Release and publisher
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Valve
- Released
- Genres
- Action, Shooter
- Series
- Half-Life
- Age rating
- ESRB Mature
- Links
Platform and features
- Platforms
- PC
- DRM
- Steam
- List price
- $9.99
- Average playtime
- 7 hours (RAWG players)
- Playing now
- 1,235 on Steam (at )
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Achievements
- 69 on Steam
- 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
- Ukrainian
- Features
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Steam Trading Cards
- Captions available
- Steam Workshop
- Camera Comfort
- Custom Volume Controls
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Playable without Timed Input
- DualShock Controller Support
- DualSense Controller Support
- Save Anytime
- Steam Input API Support
- Stereo Sound
- Subtitle Options
- Surround Sound
- Steam Cloud
- Includes Source SDK
- Commentary available
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play Together
- Family Sharing
- Steam Timeline
Genres, platforms and age rating from RAWG.
Half-Life 2 PC system requirements
Minimum
- 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
From the Steam store.
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