How many people are playing Half-Life 2 right now?

Half-Life 2 has 1,610 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 1,908 and an all-time peak of 64,085 on Nov 2024.

What is the all-time peak player count of Half-Life 2?

64,085 concurrent players on Nov 2024.

Half-Life 2 was released on Steam on 16 Nov 2004.

GameApp ID 220by ValveReleased 16 Nov 2004

App ID220

Release date16 Nov 2004

Engine—

Install size14.7 GB

TypeGame

Last update23 Jul 2025

Steam DeckVerified

DLC0

DeveloperValve

Changenumber37,572,956

Price$9.99

Packages0

PublisherValve

SystemsWindows · macOS · Linux

Followers106,400

Depots38

Half-Life 2

Steam user reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

97.6%· 279K reviews

Recent Overwhelmingly Positive · 97%

SteamPeaks Rating

97.6 Overwhelmingly positive

Recent 30 days 95.6

Playing now

1,610

−89 vs. yesterday

2.5%of peak

All-time peak

64,085

Nov 2024

Store fields that changed

1 changes

When	Field	Change
4 Sep 2026, 10:36 UTC	platforms	["linux","windows"] → ["windows","linux"]

Half-Life 2 Store History · SteamPeaks