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Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Release DateNov 1, 1999
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.2% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 95.1%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.9% Top 1% / 92.8%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)17.9K  Top 2% / 21K  Top 2%
Curators363 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time7.4 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar1.5 hour  Top 15%
Followers9.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 4.8M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 645.4K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.4M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

Here you can see Half-Life: Opposing Force's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (November 2010) to 94.9% (March 2020).

With its 21K reviews Top 2%, Half-Life: Opposing Force is indisputably a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Half-Life: Opposing Force's review languages. The most popular language is English (55%), followed by Russian (14%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 29 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 4 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Half-Life: Opposing Force, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 16 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.6 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great level design
  • Unique enemies
  • Well-designed maps
  • Soundtrack is amazing
  • New weapons
  • New features, same gameplay
  • Memorable segments of the campaign
  • Well-integrated with the original storyline
  • New great characters
  • Breathtaking atmosphere
  • Few bugs
  • Short length
  • Multiplayer is dead
  • HD models change weapon models
  • Allies shoot for no reason
  • Music cutting off at loading zones
  • Age of the game
  • Level design is a bit dumb

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 95.2%  Top 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Half-Life: Opposing Force'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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