Half-Life: Alyx
Fair · Shooter · 2020
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$59.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$17.9970% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $4.92/hr
- ReviewsS
- 98% of 106,130
- Critics
- 93 players 5 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 23% Shooter
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $17.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.2h
- To 100%
- 19h 1.6x the story
- Achievements
- 42
Price and sales
- Sales
- 37 on record
- Typical cut
- 66% off
- Steam low
- $14.99 April 2026
- Sale every
- 66d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 171 now
- Recent reviews
- 97% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
87% start to 3% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
37 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 66 percent off across all of them, roughly 9 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $18.27, a level the record has reached 10 times.
Its score puts it in the top 23 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and the best reviewed. Among the games that feel like it, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard ($19.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Half-Life: Source ($9.99, scores 25).
More about Half-Life: Alyx
34 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2024 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 93 percent of the 6,743 reviews written there were positive, against 98 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
The rating rests on 106,130 reviews, so it is not going to move much from here.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
stinky steam vr is broken on steam os, valves own Operating system :/ so I cant even play the game bro
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
No Music Kit in CS2, hands are weird on Quest 3s, but it's somehow playable, with pain and tears
HL:A is a fantastic first VR title to play. It's super fun to mess around with items and the environment, and once you're past that, you find yourself immersed in a great game all around. HL:A is one of these experiences that really makes me feel and value the human creativity and soul that went into all of it.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 12 GB of memory, GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM. Windows only.
Cite this score
Half-Life: Alyx scores 62/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/546560/half-life-alyxReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.