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Half-Life: A Place in the West
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.
“[h1] Half-Life comic book. What did you expect... Santa Claus Underground 3?? [/h1]”
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— a player, Steam review · 129 hrs played“Good Comic that supports the Half Life Story. If you are interested do go for it. Recommended!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Rise and Shine
...although we have rather been sleeping on the job, haven't we? It's been a while. Our deepest apologies on that front: both myself and Ross have been dealing with some incredibly challenging obstacl
The Steam Spring Sale is Here!
Hey everyone! The spring sale just landed, and we've discounted every chapter of the comic. If you haven't picked up some of the later chapters, now is a great time to do it - we're about a month and
Steam Winter Sale and 2023 Update!
Hey gang! First things first: we're sorry for the radio silence these past few months. We know you've had lots of questions on achievements - like, when will they work? - and when you can expect the n
Anniversary Sale!
Hey everyone, We're just dropping a quick line (slightly late) because yesterday marked six years that we've been on Steam! In that time, we've released 8 chapters (two of them twice) totaling about 2
A Place in the West is in the Steam Summer Sale!
Hey gang, We hope you're all enjoying Chapter 8 - Remnant . As you've no doubt noticed, the Steam Summer Sale is officially live. We've discounted chapters 2 - 7 and both volumes of the soundtrack, so
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Comic Book · Violent · Sexual Content · Story Rich · Free to Play · Sci-fi · Dystopian · Atmospheric · Gore · Nudity · Aliens (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Commentary available |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.aplaceinthewest.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 7, 8, 10 Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 2 GB available space