Half-Life: Blue Shift

Last updated: 2026-01-19
Summary
  • Balanced puzzle-action gameplay experience
  • Engaging environmental storytelling elements
  • Unique perspective as Barney Calhoun
  • Lack of new weapons and enemies
  • Short campaign duration overall
  • Uninspired and repetitive level design
Half-Life: Blue Shift header

Categories

First-Person ShooterPuzzle SolvingEnvironmental StorytellingSingle-playerAction-AdventureSurvivalLinear Progression

Emotions

Disappointment17%Satisfaction14%Frustration11%Enjoyment10%Nostalgia9%

Timed cohorts

Switch between playtime slices of churn risk.

Refund churn

Risk snapshot

Fast read on churn risk and the loudest complaints.

83.4% PrecisionJan 24, 2025 → Jan 5, 2026
Total revenue at risk
$13,503

~$1,169 per month

Modeled from refund-intent reviews

Most dangerous issue
Lack Of Content

Design · 10.1% of risk

Churn driver breakdown

Weighted by churn risk

$13,503
Design
Technical
Business
75.2%$10,158
16.2%$2,189
8.6%$1,156
Issue map

Complaint treemap

Normalized churn drivers sized by volume; click to inspect a cluster.

Issue treemap
Design · 78.3% share
Technical · 13.0% share
Business · 8.7% share
Issue · Design
Inferior To Predecessor
Share of issues
8.7%
Primary region
USA/UK
Detected from language cues
Anger level
Furious
Average sentiment intensity