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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.
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
172 months, July 2012 to October 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.
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.
21 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 502 hourly samples from 09 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
9 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 215 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Half-Life includes some weapons-based violence throughout the game.
| Language | Full audio |
|---|---|
| English | ● |
| French | ● |
| German | ● |
| Italian | ● |
| Spanish - Spain | ● |
| Simplified Chinese | ● |
| Traditional Chinese | ● |
| Korean | ● |
A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
50 developer announcements, Feb 2013 to Oct 2024 · times in UTC
Fixed HLTV startup crashes and incompatibility with 25th anniversary maps. Fixed memory leak that caused a crash after repeatedly changing brightness or gamma. Enabled /LARGEADDRESSAWARE to support mods with large memory requirements..…
Patch notesFixed multiplayer team setup in Disposal. Fixed Tau Cannon shots always counting as headshots if they reflected off a wall and hit the player who fired. Fixed several minor HUD layout issues. Miscellaneous security fixes.
Patch notesFixes for joining games through invites and Steam friends list. Miscellaneous UI fixes for Dedicated Servers. Fixed an occasional crash when opening the scoreboard. Fixed camera movement after death in multiplayer. Fixed crash when creating…
Patch notesFixed crash when modifying certain video settings in a multiplayer match. Fixed server browser issues after modifying video settings. Fixed local player not showing up in player count on a listen server using Steam Networking. Fixed rare…
Patch notesFixed lighting rendering issues on some AMD GPUs. Fixed mods with their own localization files not loading default strings from updated localization files in Half-Life. Fixed one dying scientist in Half-Life: Uplink saying incorrect…
Patch notesFixed timing for the sequence where a tentacle grabs a scientist in Blast Pit. Fixed underwater fog rendering in OpenGL. Fixes for UI layout in mods. Fixed rare crash that would occur when an RPG rocket was destroyed. Fixed the audio DSP…
Patch notesFixed Loader model in Disposal being shootable to change its animation. Minor rendering updates to Pool Party. Fixed mods defaulting to joystick enabled. Fixed overlap on centered printed text utilized in some mods. Many fixes for UI…
Patch notesSteam Networking and Server Browser improvements. The HUD will no longer scale to 2x size at 1024x768 and 1280x720 resolution. Fixes for GL Overbright shaders. Fixes for text alignment in custom in-game menus at various resolutions. Fixed…
Patch notesWe launched Half-Life on November 19th, 1998. We are very proud of what we built back then and we remain extremely grateful for the community of players who have been enjoying it ever since. The game hasn't received as much attention in…
RiaAn update for Half-Life is now available: Fixes and Updates Fixed cl_autowepswitch setting not being respected after respawning Fixed "cl_autowepswitch 1" causing the crowbar to be auto-equipped after spawning Fixed viewdemo command…
Patch notesA small Half-Life update is now available that fixes some issues identified after the last release. General Fixed mods not loading when they use certain GameDLL paths Fixed some resources not downloading properly through FastDL Fixed…
Patch notesAn update for Half-Life is now available: Fixes and Updates Fixed setting monitor refresh rates through -freq when used with -nofbo Fixed unnecessary texture rescaling with NPOT textures Fixed slist command, will now show servers on the…
Patch notesThis list covers the releases between March 20 and April 11 that are each part of a series of security updates. Larger changes: Added privilege checking to command execution. Commands originating outside of the client are now only able to…
Patch notesA small update for Half-Life is now available: Engine Fixed bug in skybox image loading Fixed bug in demo command processing Prevent certain path characters from being used in commands Enforce certain extensions be used for files specified…
mikelaA small update for Half-Life is now available: Engine Rate limit hltv commands to prevent connection issues
JasonA small update for Half-Life is now available: Engine Rate limit hltv commands to prevent connection issues
Patch notesWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. Changes in this update are: Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this. Fixed crash when…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. Changes in this update are: Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this. Fixed crash when…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: Fixed crash when loading maps with malformed entity data
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: Fixed crash when loading maps with malformed entity data
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. Changes in this update are: Fixed mouse not working correctly in VGUI1 based UI's, mods and TFC make use of this
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. Changes in this update are: Fixed mouse not working correctly in VGUI1 based UI's, mods and TFC make use of this
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. 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: Added support for…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. 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: Added support for…
alfredWe have released an update to our Half-Life 1 SDK. This update adds support for mods to allow them to build Linux and Mac OS X versions. You can get the tools via the "Half-Life SDK" tool in Steam, and the code is available via our GitHub…
alfredWe have released an update to our Half-Life 1 SDK. This update adds support for mods to allow them to build Linux and Mac OS X versions. You can get the tools via the "Half-Life SDK" tool in Steam, and the code is available via our GitHub…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: Fixed hang when loading maps with corrupt entity data Fixed being unable to load map resource files if they started with the UTF-8 BOM Fixed…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: Fixed hang when loading maps with corrupt entity data Fixed being unable to load map resource files if they started with the UTF-8 BOM Fixed…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: Added support for a crcclientdll key in liblist.gam to turn client.dll crc checking back on, useful for 3rd party mods Make sure the Close button…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: Added support for a crcclientdll key in liblist.gam to turn client.dll crc checking back on, useful for 3rd party mods Make sure the Close button…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. 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: * Added…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. 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: Added "con_mono"…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: * Fixed music tracks to correctly play across level change and to not stop (or restart) at unexpected times ;* Clamped health values to fix…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life and associated games. Changes in this update are: Fixed music tracks to correctly play across level change and to not stop (or restart) at unexpected times Clamped health values to fix display…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life. Changes in this update are: * Updated sound track to 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for better listening experience ;* Fixed test microphone button not working
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life. Changes in this update are: Updated sound track to 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for better listening experience Fixed test microphone button not working
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life Changes in this update are: * Updated SDL drop, fixes some mouse input issues ;* Fixed 3rd party mods that use the base Half-Life 1 client.dll having bad mouse input behavior ;* Fixed view…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life Changes in this update are: Updated SDL drop, fixes some mouse input issues Fixed 3rd party mods that use the base Half-Life 1 client.dll having bad mouse input behavior Fixed view jumping when…
alfredChanges in this update are: * Fixed typing in text when using mods
alfredChanges in this update are: Fixed typing in text when using mods
alfredChanges in this update are: * Fixed mouse cursor snapping back to center when using mods like SvenCoop
alfredChanges in this update are: Fixed mouse cursor snapping back to center when using mods like SvenCoop
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Features in this update include: * Returned…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Features in this update include: Returned…
alfredChanges in this update are: * Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, this should correct the sensitivity change people have seen ;* Added m_rawinput cvar, if set to 1 this enables using the raw input API's on…
alfredChanges in this update are: Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, this should correct the sensitivity change people have seen Added m_rawinput cvar, if set to 1 this enables using the raw input API's on your…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life 1 and Counter-Strike 1.6. You can access the beta by right clicking the game in your Library list, choosing "Properties" and going to the beta tab. Linux and OS X users will need to opt into this…
alfredWe have released a Beta update for Half-Life 1 and Counter-Strike 1.6. You can access the beta by right clicking the game in your Library list, choosing "Properties" and going to the beta tab. Linux and OS X users will need to opt into this…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life 1. 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…
alfredWe have updated the public release of Half-Life 1. 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…
alfredEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Half-Life Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 24 Sep 2014 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | hl.exe | -steam | windows | |
| Launch | hl.sh | -steam | macos | |
| Launch | hl.sh | -steam | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
gameinstall | valve/SAVE | *.* |
gameinstall | valve | *.cfg and below |
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