Half-Life: Blue Shift (Steam Game) 
Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
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| Release Date | Jun 1, 2001 |
| Price | $ 4.99 |
| Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 92% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.9% Top 20% |
| Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 89.6% Top 4% / 89.6% Top 4% |
| Reviews (Steam Purchases / All) | 13.2K Top 2% / 15.5K Top 2% |
| Curators | 313 reviews Top 2% |
| Median Play Time | 4 hours |
| Play Time per Dollar | 48 minutes Top 30% |
| Followers | 7.6K Top 10% |
| Owners | ± 4.6M Top 1% |
| Copies Sold | ± 541.7K Top 3% |
| Gross Revenue ($) | ± 1.1M Top 10% |
Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
Here you can see Half-Life: Blue Shift's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (November 2010) and 90.2% (April 2019).
With its 15.5K reviews Top 2%, Half-Life: Blue Shift is indisputably a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.
Review Languages
This donut chart displays the languages of Half-Life: Blue Shift's reviewers. The most popular language is English (56%), followed by Russian (14%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has 3 translations (English, French and German), it could have been more popular if it was translated in a few more languages.
Time Played
This chart displays the time players have spent in Half-Life: Blue Shift, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 7 hours in the 80th percentile.
The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else.
Players' Feedback
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These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 92% Top 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.
Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Half-Life: Blue Shift's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.
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