Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Half-Life playtime stats
373 tracked Steam players have spent 5,792 hours in Half-Life, 16 hours each on average; the median player has 1.9 hours. The top 10% have 19 hours or more, while 51% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0.3% of active players played it, 8.6 hours in all, most of all on Wednesdays. A typical day of play lasts 1.4 hours. Its players also play Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life 2 and Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Total playtime
= 5,792 hours total
across 373 players
Avg per player
median 1.9h
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
None tracked for this game
Half-Life 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
4 players of 1,548
0.3%
down 0.2 pts
Share of hours played
8.6h in 30 days
0%
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
2.1h
up 6338%
Shares, not raw counts: we track more players every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Wednesdays, 361% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all tracked players, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
4
Tracked playtime
8.6h
Avg per day
2.1h
Biggest day
5.8h
Oct 7
Most players
2
Oct 6
Favorite day
Wednesday
Top players
Full leaderboard →
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h133 (36%)
- 1–10h155 (42%)
- 10–50h72 (19%)
- 50–100h8 (2%)
- 100–500h2 (1%)
- 500h+3 (1%)
51% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by tracked players
United States77 players16% of its players
United Kingdom28 players28% of its players
Germany14 players14% of its players
Canada14 players22% of its players
France10 players19% of its players
Australia7 players13% of its players
Players also play
from its players' most played games, updated nightly
Half-Life: Opposing Force22% also play it
Half-Life 259% also play it
Half-Life: Blue Shift16% also play it
Team Fortress Classic11% also play it
Day of Defeat8.1% also play it
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes8.1% also play it
Counter-Strike27% also play it
Black Mesa14% also play it
Portal 232% also play it
Inscryption11% also play it
Left 4 Dead 235% also play it
Lossless Scaling11% also play it