Half-Life: Blue Shift
Last updated: 2026-01-19
- 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
Emotions
Disappointment17%Satisfaction14%Frustration11%Enjoyment10%Nostalgia9%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 20,006
- Positive
- 18,50892.5%
- Negative
- 1,4987.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,546,717
- Estimated revenue
- $7,718,118
- Game price
- $5
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 351.42%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,706
- Estimated revenue lost
- $13,503
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 351.4% Avg playtime 1h | 2148.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1385.6% Avg playtime 6.5h | 2,07684.3% Avg playtime 15.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 10.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 32.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,138.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,463 total
Organic purchasers2,29693.2%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations1676.78%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,463 total
First impression0-2h30612.4%
Voted up: 88%
Mid game2-10h1,93878.7%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h1365.52%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+833.37%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
90.0%
Global baseline 93.0%
20 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 20,006 total.