Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
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BANGER · Shooter · 2001
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $4.99.
about 3.1h$4.99 (~)
Better value than 99% of Shooter games
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Half-Life: Blue Shift scores 85/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/130/half-life-blue-shift<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/130/half-life-blue-shift"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/130" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/130/half-life-blue-shift)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 4h ago.
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Price line + bands by tier:BANGERWorth itPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
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The lowest price on record is $0.49, set in June 2019. It has been discounted 53 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 13 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Half-Life: Opposing Force ($0.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™ ($3.99, scores 70).