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Half-Life: Source

Half-Life: Source

Winner of over 50 Game of the Year awards, Half-Life set new standards for action games when it was released in 1998. Half-Life: Source is a digitally remastered version of the critically acclaimed and best selling PC game, enhanced via Source technology to include physics simulation, enhanced effec

Released Jun 1, 2004 Developer Valve Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux FPSActionClassicSci-fiSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

68.9%positive16,056 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 104 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 68.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“In the modern era 30 Half-Life Sources come out every month and no one cares. This is truly the bonzi buddy of remasters.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“On the one hand, they added ragdoll physics, and corpses now fall naturally rather than animatedly, water now shimmers, dynamic shadows have appeared, the interface has been redesigned to match the style of the second game, and the menus are now more user-friendly. But that's…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 9 found this helpful

“It breaks my heart to negatively review a game from one of my favourite franchises. If you want to experience Half-Life, please do not play this game. Play the original one. That is infinitely better! This game breaks more things than it improved over the original. For example,…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:37 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

28playing at last check
4224-hour peak
623all-time peak
0 100 200 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 174 avg · Mar 2020

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 04, 2013
Half-Life: Source update released

We have updated the public release of Half-Life: Source. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new feature

Nov 04, 2013
Half-Life: Source update released

We have updated the public release of Half-Life: Source. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new feature

Oct 10, 2013
Half-Life: Source Beta update released

We have started a new Beta for Half-Life: Source. To access this beta go to the Properties page for Half-Life: Source and use the Beta tab to opt-in. To opt-out use the same tab. Changes in this updat

Oct 10, 2013
Half-Life: Source Beta update released

We have started a new Beta for Half-Life: Source. To access this beta go to the Properties page for Half-Life: Source and use the Beta tab to opt-in. To opt-out use the same tab. Changes in this updat

Sep 25, 2013
Half-Life: Source update released

We have updated the public release of Half-Life: Source. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new feature

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction
Player tagsFPS · Action · Classic · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · First-Person · Shooter · Aliens · 1990's · Zombies · Story Rich · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Korean
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection Recommended: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 level graphics card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection