Half-Life: Source
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Half-Life: Source

66
Critic Rating
#Shooter

About

Half-Life: Source is a port of Valve's original acclaimed game Half-Life to their new Source engine used for Half-Life 2. It takes advantage of vertex and pixel shaders to create realistic water effects, and can now portray realistic physics effects. It also has new menus, improved lighting and soft shadows, ragdoll character animations, and a 3D skybox replacing the old 16-bit color prerendered bitmap skies.

Storyline

You play as Gordon Freeman, a 27-year-old theoretical physicist working at Black Mesa Research facility in the New Mexico desert. When an experiment goes wrong, you turn from scientist to survivor, fighting your way through aliens and the soldiers sent to cover the incident up.

Playtime Estimates

Main Story11.1h
Main + Extra13.1h
Completionist14.1h
All Styles11.8h
Confidence: 100%Updated: 4/9/2026

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Languages

LanguageSupport
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Game Info

Release Date6/1/2004
DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
PlatformsLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
GenresShooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
IGDB Rating66/100 (102)

Game Modes

Single player

Themes

Action
Science fiction
Horror
Thriller
Warfare

Perspectives

First person

Release Dates

MacSep 25, 2013
LinuxSep 25, 2013
PC (Microsoft Windows)Jun 1, 2004