How many people are playing Half-Life right now?

438 people are playing Half-Life on Steam right now, making it the 987th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 1,049 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Half-Life's all-time peak player count?

Half-Life's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 33,471, reached in November 2023.

Is Half-Life good? What do Steam reviews say?

96% of 118,418 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

How much does Half-Life cost on Steam?

Half-Life costs $9.99 on Steam (US).

Does Half-Life work on Steam Deck?

Half-Life is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Half-Life

by Valve · Released Nov 19, 1998

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438

▼ 12.0%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

96% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive118,418 reviews

Owners (est.)10M–20M

24h peak

1,049

Highest seen33,471

Nov 19, 20233 years ago

Price on Steam

$9.99

Lowest ever $9.99 Oct 2026

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Players -12.0% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 11:06 UTC · tracking since 2012-07-01

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Editions and bundles on Steam

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Half-Life 1 AnthologyBundle
$13.71
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$116.84
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Reviews

96% positive of 118,418 · Overwhelmingly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works great on Steam Deck. Results from Valve's own testing.

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✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Controller glyphs match deck device
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant
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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Oct 9, 2024, 8:40 PM UTC
Build 15961492the current build when we started tracking973 MB on Windows

Patch notes

Oct 22, 2026
Half-Life 3 re-re-re-confirmed: A Valve dev just said 'HLX' out loud
Get ready to start talking about Half-Life 3 again, folks, because it's that time of year: Winter is closing in, The Game Awards are coming, and somebody at Valve said "HLX.".. Read more.
Aug 27, 2026
Almost 20 years later, Arkane's founder says he understands why Valve cancelled the Ravenholm game that never was: 'It all came down to the economics'
One of the quiet tragedies of Valve's game library is a standalone Ravenholm game that never came to fruition—it was being worked on by Arkane Studios in the late 2000s, and it would've probably been pretty damn good if Valve had the moolah to make it. Over a …
Aug 1, 2026
I was excited for this Quake port of Half-Life until I discovered the creator's wild AI conspiracy theories
Students of first-person shooter history will likely know that the technology Half-Life runs on—GoldSrc—is a heavily modified version of the Quake engine. It's one of many, many branches of id-tech's ancient technological tree. Indeed, you'll still find tiny f…
Jun 8, 2026
A developer got the original Half-Life running on a 2007 Nokia N95 at a respectable 30 fps, plus it even works with a mouse and keyboard
We knew when we gave the original Half-Life a 97% way back in 1998 that it was something special that gamers would be playing years from then. But I don't think we ever thought someone would play it on a Nokia phone at 30 FPS, with mouse and keyboard support. …
May 19, 2026
Half-Life owes its existence to one of the game industry's most formative figures—no, not Gabe Newell, the other guy
Gabe Newell is widely regarded as the big name (and the big brain) behind Valve, and thus Half-Life and all that has sprung forth from it. But Valve, Half-Life, and the gamers who love it owe something of an unspoken debt to another man, a foundational games i…
May 18, 2026
"That lore terrifies me": Ex-Valve writer Chet Faliszek isn't interested in writing a Half-Life 3, as he wouldn't touch a sequel "with with a 10-foot pole"
Stop it. Stop trying to make him do it. He won't. He will not do it. He's been very clear with you. Yes, you, seemingly random commenter who's suggested that making Half-Life 3 would be a piece of cake. Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek doesn't reckon it would…

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 96% on 2026-11-01 → 96% today (118,418 reviews)

Oct 31, 2026Price$9.99

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DLC

1 item on Steam, newest first.

Half-Life Soundtrack
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Half-Life player count and quick facts

How many people are playing Half-Life right now?: 438 people are playing Half-Life on Steam right now, making it the 987th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 1,049 players. The number updates every few minutes.
What is Half-Life's all-time peak player count?: Half-Life's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 33,471, reached in November 2023.
Is Half-Life good? What do Steam reviews say?: 96% of 118,418 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).
How much does Half-Life cost on Steam?: Half-Life costs $9.99 on Steam (US).
Does Half-Life work on Steam Deck?: Half-Life is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

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Store info

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.

Developer: Valve
Publisher: Valve
Release date: Nov 19, 1998
Install size: —
Platforms: macOS · Linux · Windows
Genres: Action
Steam app ID: 70

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