Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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BANGER · Shooter · 1998
Steam Deck VerifiedBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $9.99.
about 12h$9.99 (~)
Better value than 100% of Shooter games
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Half-Life scores 94/100 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/70/half-life<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/70/half-life"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/70" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/70/half-life)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 3h ago.
2 players here own this. Their libraries average 66 BANG. See the leaderboard →
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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 ($9.99, scores 96) beats it on value, while it beats Alien Swarm (free, scores 89).