Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 12.9-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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BANGER · Shooter · 2004
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Yes. A BANGER at $9.99.
about 12.9h$9.99 (~)
Better value than 100% of Shooter games
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Half-Life 2 scores 96/100 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/220/half-life-2<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/220/half-life-2"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/220" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/220/half-life-2)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 2h ago.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $1.99High $9.99Now $9.99
Price line + bands by tier:BANGERPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $0.99, set in June 2017. It has been discounted 56 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 12 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 6 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 12 weeks.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Left 4 Dead 2 ($9.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Half-Life ($9.99, scores 94).
Steam's global achievement data says about 2 percent of players ever finish it. On a 12.9-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.