Genre FPSReleased Nov 1, 1999

Half-Life: Opposing Force

Developed by Gearbox Software · Published by Valve
Estimated lifetime revenue
$950.3K
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$665.2K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
311.2K
≈ 11 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 29,173 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
29,173
Overwhelmingly Positive95% positive
Playing now
75
13-day peak 120 · low 60
New reviews, last 13 days
+104
≈ 8 a day since Oct 1

History

Oct 1 – Oct 14

29.2K29.1K29.1K29.1K
Oct 1Oct 7Oct 14

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 23% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$17.67M
145,594 reviews
Top 10% start at
$79.54M
This game
$950.3K
Fewest reviews of the group

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

Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Developer
Gearbox Software
Publisher
Valve
Genre
FPS
Released
Nov 1, 1999
Steam app ID
50
Data updated
Oct 14, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.