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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 effects, and more.

Release DateJun 1, 2004
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)69.3% (mixed) Bottom 35% / 70.2%  Bottom 35%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.2% / 69.1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)12.9K  Top 3% / 14.9K  Top 2%
Curators253 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time8.4 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar50 minutes  Top 30%
Followers20.8K  Top 5%
Owners± 4.1M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 784.2K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 3.4M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Half-Life: Source steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Half-Life: Source's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (November 2010) to 70.1% (December 2023).

With its 14.9K reviews Top 2%, Half-Life: Source is indisputably a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Half-Life: Source and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Half-Life: Source's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (54%), followed by Russian (14%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 29 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 11 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Half-Life: Source percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Half-Life: Source, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 17 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 5 hours), it can be a sign that Half-Life: Source crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Realistic water
  • Improved graphics
  • Great audio quality
  • Compatible with GMod
  • Shinier weapons
  • Ragdoll physics
  • Chapter selection
  • Menu animated backgrounds
  • Better lighting effects
  • Cleaner textures
  • Lazy port job
  • Bugs and glitches
  • Poor AI
  • Inferior to original game
  • No official/unofficial patches
  • Texture glitches
  • No mod community support
  • Stability issues
  • Limited mod support
  • Few additions to justify purchase

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 69.3%  Bottom 35% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Half-Life: Source's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. 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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