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Half-Life 2 playtime stats
515 tracked Steam players have spent 3.1 years in Half-Life 2, 53 hours each on average; the median player has 7.7 hours. The top 10% have 35 hours or more, while 25% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0.5% of active players played it, 668 hours in all, most of all on Fridays. A typical day of play lasts 20 hours. Its players also play Half-Life, Portal 2 and Black Mesa.
Total playtime
= 27,432 hours total
across 515 players
Avg per player
median 7.7h
Avg day of play
per player, on days they play
Loyalty
of its players' Steam time · top game for 0 players
New players
first played it in the last 30 days
Achievements
avg unlocked · 14 players at 100%
Half-Life 2 over time
UTC days. Each line is scaled to its own range; hover a day for the values. Today is still in progress.
Trend
last 30 days vs the 30 beforeShare of active players
8 players of 1,548
0.5%
down 0.4 pts
Share of hours played
668h in 30 days
0.7%
down 1.7 pts
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
84h
down 75%
Shares, not raw counts: we track more players every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Fridays, 6% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all tracked players, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
61
Tracked playtime
1,436h
Avg per day
24h
Biggest day
31h
Oct 4
Most players
3
Sep 19
Favorite day
Friday
Top players
Full leaderboard →- 1
XCB
9,974h - 2
Lilly3,189h - 3
AERViANCE
2,982h - 4
Cavern Crawl
2,610h - 5
Yokus864h - 6
Kizzycocoa
296h - 7
WoogieMonsutā
266h - 8
F1lip
256h - 9
worhen
206h - 10
Thicc Nickname152h
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h77 (15%)
- 1–10h211 (41%)
- 10–50h192 (37%)
- 50–100h23 (4%)
- 100–500h7 (1%)
- 500h+5 (1%)
25% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by tracked players- United States127 players26% of its players
- United Kingdom32 players32% of its players
Canada16 players25% of its players
Ukraine13 players29% of its players
Germany13 players13% of its players
Russia10 players22% of its players
Players also play
from its players' most played games, updated nightly
Half-Life31% also play it
Portal 241% also play it
Black Mesa13% also play it
Portal17% also play it
Left 4 Dead 239% also play it
Half-Life: Opposing Force7.1% also play it
Metro 2033 Redux13% also play it
Garry's Mod46% also play it
Mafia4.3% also play it
Counter-Strike 267% also play it
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition16% also play it
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes4.3% also play it