Half-Life 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-21
- High-quality graphics and visuals
- Physics-based gameplay mechanics
- Immersive atmosphere and detailed environment
- Innovative gravity gun mechanic
- Varied and diverse gameplay
- Tedious vehicle sections and abrupt ending
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
- 272,535
- Positive
- 266,02097.6%
- Negative
- 6,5152.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 12,292,798
- Estimated revenue
- $122,805,052
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1440.42%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,495
- Estimated revenue lost
- $64,885
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1440.4% Avg playtime 1h | 8402.5% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 7852.3% Avg playtime 25.1h | 32,18394.8% Avg playtime 40.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 7.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 71.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 408 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,644.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
33,952 total
Organic purchasers21,89064.5%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations12,06235.5%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
33,952 total
First impression0-2h1,5264.49%
Voted up: 89%
Mid game2-10h9,01026.5%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h8,43524.8%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+14,98144.1%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
95.2%
Global baseline 97.3%
313 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 272,535 total.