Genre FPSReleased Nov 16, 2004

Half-Life 2

Developed and published by Valve
Estimated lifetime revenue
$13.22M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$9.42M
After Steam's 29% cut
Units sold
2.53M
≈ 9 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 281,029 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
281,029
Overwhelmingly Positive98% positive
Playing now
1,261
13-day peak 1,793 · low 1,261
New reviews, last 13 days
+970
≈ 75 a day since Oct 2

History

Oct 2 – Oct 15

281.1K280.7K280.4K280.0K
Oct 2Oct 8Oct 15

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

FPS →

Against the 120 most-reviewed FPS games on Steam

Outearns 41% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$17.03M
145,594 reviews
Top 10% start at
$84.74M
This game
$13.22M
73rd pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.

Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Genre
FPS
Released
Nov 16, 2004
Steam app ID
220
Data updated
Oct 15, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.