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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 effects, and more.

Half-Life: Source Steam header artwork
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26playing now
3924-hour peak
623all-time peak
19average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+1.1Gain+6.05%% gain39Peak

553 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

01121324214 Aug19 Aug24 Aug29 Aug03 Sep08 Sep13 SepFriday 14 August 202621 peakSaturday 15 August 202629 peakSunday 16 August 202625 peakMonday 17 August 202636 peakTuesday 18 August 202625 peakWednesday 19 August 202635 peakThursday 20 August 202623 peakFriday 21 August 202633 peakSaturday 22 August 202632 peakSunday 23 August 202635 peakMonday 24 August 202622 peakTuesday 25 August 202628 peakWednesday 26 August 202627 peakThursday 27 August 202632 peakFriday 28 August 202633 peakSaturday 29 August 202634 peakSunday 30 August 202639 peakMonday 31 August 202627 peakTuesday 01 September 202620 peakWednesday 02 September 202628 peakThursday 03 September 202634 peakFriday 04 September 202631 peakSaturday 05 September 202634 peakSunday 06 September 202636 peakMonday 07 September 202628 peakTuesday 08 September 202629 peakWednesday 09 September 202629 peakThursday 10 September 202631 peakFriday 11 September 202626 peakSaturday 12 September 202639 peakSunday 13 September 202630 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

01683365056732012201420172019202120242026July 2012210 monthly peakAugust 2012119 monthly peakSeptember 2012148 monthly peakOctober 201280 monthly peakNovember 201274 monthly peakDecember 2012145 monthly peakJanuary 2013114 monthly peakFebruary 201375 monthly peakMarch 201373 monthly peakApril 201359 monthly peakMay 201357 monthly peakJune 201363 monthly peakJuly 2013452 monthly peakAugust 201396 monthly peakSeptember 201373 monthly peakOctober 2013250 monthly peakNovember 2013139 monthly peakDecember 2013134 monthly peakJanuary 2014216 monthly peakFebruary 201495 monthly peakMarch 201483 monthly peakApril 201481 monthly peakMay 201478 monthly peakJune 2014185 monthly peakJuly 2014109 monthly peakAugust 201486 monthly peakSeptember 2014339 monthly peakOctober 2014237 monthly peakNovember 2014153 monthly peakDecember 2014202 monthly peakJanuary 2015194 monthly peakFebruary 2015113 monthly peakMarch 2015110 monthly peakApril 2015118 monthly peakMay 2015101 monthly peakJune 2015209 monthly peakJuly 2015103 monthly peakAugust 201579 monthly peakSeptember 201583 monthly peakOctober 201586 monthly peakNovember 2015164 monthly peakDecember 2015159 monthly peakJanuary 2016173 monthly peakFebruary 2016146 monthly peakMarch 201696 monthly peakApril 201682 monthly peakMay 201679 monthly peakJune 2016187 monthly peakJuly 2016167 monthly peakAugust 201685 monthly peakSeptember 201675 monthly peakOctober 201680 monthly peakNovember 2016160 monthly peakDecember 2016173 monthly peakJanuary 2017197 monthly peakFebruary 2017106 monthly peakMarch 201799 monthly peakApril 201780 monthly peakMay 201776 monthly peakJune 2017271 monthly peakJuly 2017250 monthly peakAugust 2017120 monthly peakSeptember 2017118 monthly peakOctober 201792 monthly peakNovember 2017172 monthly peakDecember 2017211 monthly peakJanuary 2018182 monthly peakFebruary 2018103 monthly peakMarch 201894 monthly peakApril 201888 monthly peakMay 201892 monthly peakJune 2018182 monthly peakJuly 2018177 monthly peakAugust 201887 monthly peakSeptember 201872 monthly peakOctober 201877 monthly peakNovember 2018147 monthly peakDecember 2018148 monthly peakJanuary 2019154 monthly peakFebruary 2019140 monthly peakMarch 201988 monthly peakApril 201987 monthly peakMay 201990 monthly peakJune 2019193 monthly peakJuly 2019206 monthly peakAugust 201989 monthly peakSeptember 201994 monthly peakOctober 201997 monthly peakNovember 2019274 monthly peakDecember 2019288 monthly peakJanuary 2020623 monthly peakFebruary 2020320 monthly peakMarch 2020480 monthly peakApril 2020274 monthly peakMay 2020132 monthly peakJune 2020102 monthly peakJuly 2020141 monthly peakAugust 202082 monthly peakSeptember 202063 monthly peakOctober 202097 monthly peakNovember 2020147 monthly peakDecember 2020133 monthly peakJanuary 2021161 monthly peakFebruary 202187 monthly peakMarch 202183 monthly peakApril 202176 monthly peakMay 202172 monthly peakJune 2021112 monthly peakJuly 2021117 monthly peakAugust 202175 monthly peakSeptember 202165 monthly peakOctober 202170 monthly peakNovember 2021123 monthly peakDecember 2021125 monthly peakJanuary 2022117 monthly peakFebruary 2022128 monthly peakMarch 202282 monthly peakApril 202261 monthly peakMay 202266 monthly peakJune 2022107 monthly peakJuly 2022111 monthly peakAugust 202271 monthly peakSeptember 202258 monthly peakOctober 202262 monthly peakNovember 2022222 monthly peakDecember 2022202 monthly peakJanuary 2023177 monthly peakFebruary 202384 monthly peakMarch 2023193 monthly peakApril 202396 monthly peakMay 202375 monthly peakJune 2023147 monthly peakJuly 2023206 monthly peakAugust 202379 monthly peakSeptember 2023201 monthly peakOctober 202393 monthly peakNovember 2023245 monthly peakDecember 2023121 monthly peakJanuary 202482 monthly peakFebruary 202462 monthly peakMarch 202473 monthly peakApril 202454 monthly peakMay 202450 monthly peakJune 202465 monthly peakJuly 202461 monthly peakAugust 202456 monthly peakSeptember 202449 monthly peakOctober 202447 monthly peakNovember 202484 monthly peakDecember 202486 monthly peakJanuary 202567 monthly peakFebruary 202555 monthly peakMarch 202557 monthly peakApril 202546 monthly peakMay 202548 monthly peakJune 202551 monthly peakJuly 202558 monthly peakAugust 202537 monthly peakSeptember 202534 monthly peakOctober 202540 monthly peakNovember 202551 monthly peakDecember 202563 monthly peakJanuary 202668 monthly peakFebruary 202644 monthly peakMarch 202651 monthly peakApril 202652 monthly peakMay 202651 monthly peakJune 202656 monthly peakJuly 202658 monthly peakAugust 202639 monthly peakSeptember 202639 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

016314763July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202658 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202639 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202639 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

01631476301 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202639 peakThursday 02 July 202639 peakFriday 03 July 202646 peakSaturday 04 July 202652 peakSunday 05 July 202656 peakMonday 06 July 202644 peakTuesday 07 July 202647 peakWednesday 08 July 202658 peakThursday 09 July 202645 peakFriday 10 July 202642 peakSaturday 11 July 202642 peakSunday 12 July 202644 peakMonday 13 July 202634 peakTuesday 14 July 202640 peakWednesday 15 July 202637 peakThursday 16 July 202638 peakFriday 17 July 202647 peakSaturday 18 July 202634 peakSunday 19 July 202643 peakMonday 20 July 202629 peakTuesday 21 July 202628 peakWednesday 22 July 202628 peakThursday 23 July 202627 peakFriday 24 July 202632 peakSaturday 25 July 202634 peakSunday 26 July 202642 peakMonday 27 July 202633 peakTuesday 28 July 202632 peakWednesday 29 July 202633 peakThursday 30 July 202634 peakFriday 31 July 202639 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 308 hourly samples from 14 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

01121324201 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202630 peakSunday 02 August 202630 peakMonday 03 August 202630 peakTuesday 04 August 202628 peakWednesday 05 August 202628 peakThursday 06 August 202628 peakFriday 07 August 202625 peakSaturday 08 August 202631 peakSunday 09 August 202635 peakMonday 10 August 202629 peakTuesday 11 August 202623 peakWednesday 12 August 202622 peakThursday 13 August 202625 peakFriday 14 August 202621 peakSaturday 15 August 202629 peakSunday 16 August 202625 peakMonday 17 August 202636 peakTuesday 18 August 202625 peakWednesday 19 August 202635 peakThursday 20 August 202623 peakFriday 21 August 202633 peakSaturday 22 August 202632 peakSunday 23 August 202635 peakMonday 24 August 202622 peakTuesday 25 August 202628 peakWednesday 26 August 202627 peakThursday 27 August 202632 peakFriday 28 August 202633 peakSaturday 29 August 202634 peakSunday 30 August 202639 peakMonday 31 August 202627 peak

September 2026

13 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 246 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01121324201 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 Sep13 SepTuesday 01 September 202620 peakWednesday 02 September 202628 peakThursday 03 September 202634 peakFriday 04 September 202631 peakSaturday 05 September 202634 peakSunday 06 September 202636 peakMonday 07 September 202628 peakTuesday 08 September 202629 peakWednesday 09 September 202629 peakThursday 10 September 202631 peakFriday 11 September 202626 peakSaturday 12 September 202639 peakSunday 13 September 202630 peak

October 2026

Half-Life: Source was released on Jun 1, 2004.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 13 Sep 2026, 04:23 UTC
App ID
280
Last updated
26 Sep 2019 build 4233304
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release date
Jun 1, 2004
Platforms
WindowsmacOSLinux
Download size
325 MB325 MB325 MB
Install size
692 MB692 MB692 MB
Genres
Action
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown

Features & support

Steam features

Remote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

FPSActionClassicSci-fiSingleplayerFirst-PersonShooterAliens1990'sZombiesStory RichAdventureRemakeAtmosphericSilent ProtagonistMultiplayerHorrorGreat SoundtrackModdableGore
About this gameFull description from Steam
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.
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

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

Recommended

macOS

Minimum: OS:OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3 Memory: 1GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8 or higher, ATI X1600 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher Network: Internet Connection Other: Mouse, Keyboard

Linux

Minimum: OS: Ubuntu 12.04 Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1 Network: Broadband Internet connection Hard Drive: 8 GB available space Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
Supported languages11 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish - Spain
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Thai
Korean

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers
AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

18 developer announcements, Sep 2013 to Nov 2013 · times in UTC

November

  1. 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 features. Changes in this update are: Fixed…

    alfred
  2. 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 features. Changes in this update are: Fixed…

    alfred

October

  1. 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 update are: Fixed crash when fighting the…

    alfred
  2. 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 update are: Fixed crash when fighting the…

    alfred

September

  1. 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 features. Changes in this update are: Converted…

    alfred
  2. 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 features. Changes in this update are: Converted…

    alfred
  3. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Fixed Apache not firing its guns when attacking Fixed baby headcrabs not pitch shifting their sounds correctly Fixed Vortigaunt pain and die sounds not…

    alfred
  4. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Fixed Apache not firing its guns when attacking Fixed baby headcrabs not pitch shifting their sounds correctly Fixed Vortigaunt pain and die sounds not…

    alfred
  5. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Added ability to run with the Half-Life 1 HD content pack. Go to the video options dialog and select "Load HD content if available" to enable this option.…

    alfred
  6. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Added ability to run with the Half-Life 1 HD content pack. Go to the video options dialog and select "Load HD content if available" to enable this option.…

    alfred
  7. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Fixed houndeye not attacking players properly when in groups

    alfred
  8. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Fixed houndeye not attacking players properly when in groups

    alfred
  9. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Enabled autosave by default Fixed Houndeye's not joining together in a squad (preventing them from dealing increased damage) Fixed scientists Q&A chatter…

    alfred
  10. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Enabled autosave by default Fixed Houndeye's not joining together in a squad (preventing them from dealing increased damage) Fixed scientists Q&A chatter…

    alfred
  11. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Added support for custom FOV settings as we have in our Source engine games Fixed Audio options dialog Fixed Chapter 3 not starting at the correct map Fixed…

    alfred
  12. Half-Life: Source Beta update released

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life: Source. Changes in this update are: Added support for custom FOV settings as we have in our Source engine games Fixed Audio options dialog Fixed Chapter 3 not starting at the correct map Fixed…

    alfred
  13. Half-Life: Source Beta released

    In support of the Steam for Linux release we have made Half-Life: Source available on Linux and Mac OS X. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page.…

    alfred
  14. Half-Life: Source Beta released

    In support of the Steam for Linux release we have made Half-Life: Source available on Linux and Mac OS X. This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page.…

    alfred

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