Half-Life: Alyx overview

Overview

Half-Life: Alyx comes from Valve and is published by Valve. It arrived on Steam on Mar 23, 2020, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Captions available, VR Support, Steam Workshop, and Custom Volume Controls. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Half-Life: Alyx's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 257 players at 7 October 2026 - 05:10:23 UTC, with a tracked peak near 16,459. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 98% positive across 104,916 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Half-Life: Alyx is available in 28 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Half-Life: Alyx has sold up to 3,169,770 units and has 93,297 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $134,631,293. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 3 total watchers.

Half-Life: Alyx overview details

Half-Life: Alyx combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance. As founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity—performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine. Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness. ABOUT GAMEPLAY IN VR: Valve’s return to the Half-Life universe that started it all was built from the ground up for virtual reality. VR was built to enable the gameplay that sits at the heart of Half-Life. Immerse yourself in deep environmental interactions, puzzle solving, world exploration, and visceral combat. Lean to aim around a broken wall and under a Barnacle to make an impossible shot. Rummage through shelves to find a healing syringe and some shotgun shells. Manipulate tools to hack alien interfaces. Toss a bottle through a window to distract an enemy. Rip a Headcrab off your face and throw it out the window. COMMUNITY-BUILT ENVIRONMENTS A set of Source 2 tools for building new levels is included with the game, enabling any player to build and contribute new environments for the…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Half-Life: Alyx is listed as a game with $14.99 (75% off from $59.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Captions available, VR Support, Steam Workshop, and Custom Volume Controls, and is associated with Action and Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 257 players at 7 October 2026 - 05:10:23 UTC, a tracked peak of 16,459, and 98% positive reviews.

Overview tags

VRFPSStory RichHorrorFemale ProtagonistShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonActionSci-fiAtmosphericZombiesBeautifulAliensAdventure

Content descriptors

Includes violence and gore.

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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