Half-Life triples its own Steam record after big Valve update

[John Elden Ring]

Half-Life triples its own Steam record after big Valve update

1998's Half-Life has just hit a new Steam player record, after Valve releases a comprehensive update and makes the game free for a time.

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With Half-Life still free to keep for a brief time and Valve releasing a colossal 25th-anniversary update for the iconic FPS, we’ve seen a monumental player increase in the game. Between restored cut content, entirely new multiplayer maps, and even an hour-long documentary celebrating the game, Half-Life is well and truly back.


If, for some reason, the game isn’t already in your library you’ve still got some time to redeem the Half-Life free game offer. The Valve FPS game is a true classic and one that I’ve had the pleasure of playing for the first time at the start of this year. 1998’s Half-Life holds up astoundingly well, and the amount of people flocking back to the halls of Black Mesa proves it.


Over the past decade, Half-Life has sat around 500 concurrent Steam players, but with the 25th-anniversary update, we’ve seen a new all-time peak (from SteamDB’s modern tracking at least) of around 31,000 players. By my estimations, that’s an average increase of almost 6,000% just from one update.

This is entirely because of the recent Half-Life anniversary update, which adds in the original Uplink demo, four brand-new multiplayer maps, Steam Deck verified status, a UI rework for 4k, and a whole lot more. The game is free right now too, of course, but I’d wager that the Valve shooter doesn’t need to be free to pump the ownership numbers up. Everyone already owns Half-Life, after all (now especially).

 

[Gamernyc78]

Half-Life triples its own Steam record after big Valve update

1998's Half-Life has just hit a new Steam player record, after Valve releases a comprehensive update and makes the game free for a time.

www.pcgamesn.com

With Half-Life still free to keep for a brief time and Valve releasing a colossal 25th-anniversary update for the iconic FPS, we’ve seen a monumental player increase in the game. Between restored cut content, entirely new multiplayer maps, and even an hour-long documentary celebrating the game, Half-Life is well and truly back.


If, for some reason, the game isn’t already in your library you’ve still got some time to redeem the Half-Life free game offer. The Valve FPS game is a true classic and one that I’ve had the pleasure of playing for the first time at the start of this year. 1998’s Half-Life holds up astoundingly well, and the amount of people flocking back to the halls of Black Mesa proves it.


Over the past decade, Half-Life has sat around 500 concurrent Steam players, but with the 25th-anniversary update, we’ve seen a new all-time peak (from SteamDB’s modern tracking at least) of around 31,000 players. By my estimations, that’s an average increase of almost 6,000% just from one update.

 

[Box]

Playing it for the very first time today to see what all the hype is about

 

[historia]

Playing it for the very first time today to see what all the hype is about

Enjoy sitting in the train for 15 mins, walking around the lab for another 30 mins.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Updating a 25 years old game instead of making a sequel. What are the devs at Valve doing? Lazy.

Keep that same energy like Naughty Dogs.

 

[Box]

Enjoy sitting in the train for 15 mins, walking around the lab for another 30 mins.

I'm playing through it now, it's a good game but i don't see what made it so revolutionary.

 

[Kokoloko]

Updating a 25 years old game instead of making a sequel. What are the devs at Valve doing? Lazy.

Keep that same energy like Naughty Dogs.

Exactly.
Valve is just piggy backing off every developer/publisher lol.

Out of all the platforms, (PS, Nintendo, Xbox, Valve) Valve is the laziest by far in developing actual games

 

[Dr Bass]

I'm playing through it now, it's a good game but i don't see what made it so revolutionary.

Because you had to be there when it released. Of course something doesn't seem "revolutionary" after you've seen decades of games influenced by it.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Gamepad support feels good. I ran into a bug in the opening where I got stuck behind a closing pod bay door that clipped through the train.