Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
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 12.2-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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BANGER · Shooter · 2020
Steam Deck UnsupportedBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $14.99.
about 12.2h$14.99 (~)
Better value than 95% of Shooter games
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Half-Life: Alyx scores 88/100 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/546560/half-life-alyx<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/546560/half-life-alyx"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/546560" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/546560/half-life-alyx)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.
Lowest price we've tracked
Low $14.99High $59.99Now $14.9975% off high
Price line + bands by tier:BANGERWorth itFairPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
Peak 202Low 202Latest 202
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $14.99, set in April 2026. It has been discounted 35 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 66 percent off, with about 9 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Alien Swarm (free, scores 89) beats it on value, while it beats The Lab (free, scores 87).
Steam's global achievement data says about 3 percent of players ever finish it. On a 12.2-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.