Half-Life 2 Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-04-21
Review summary
  • Innovative Gravity Gun mechanics
  • High-quality, optimized graphics
  • Engaging and immersive story
  • Physics-based puzzles and combat
  • Frustrating and tedious gameplay sections
  • Clunky and repetitive gunplay
Half-Life 2 header

Categories

First-Person ShooterPhysics SimulationPuzzle SolvingStory-driven GameplaySingle-player StoryMod SupportMultiplayerCooperative Multiplayer

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
270,927
Positive
264,47997.6%
Negative
6,4482.4%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
12,171,729
Estimated revenue
$121,595,573
Game price
$10
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1480.43%
Estimated copies lost
6,649
Estimated revenue lost
$66,424
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1480.4%
Avg playtime 1h
8752.6%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
7862.3%
Avg playtime 24.5h
32,45694.7%
Avg playtime 40.5h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day7.4 rev/day
Last 30d88.5 rev/day
Quarterly385.1 rev/qtr
Days covered4,614.6 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
34,265 total
Organic purchasers21,78263.6%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations12,48336.4%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
34,265 total
First impression0-2h1,5704.58%
Voted up: 89%
Mid game2-10h9,13726.7%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h8,52924.9%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+15,02943.9%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.94% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
95.0%
Global baseline 97.3%
321 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 270,927 total.