How many people are playing Half-Life: Source right now?

Half-Life: Source has 28 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 40 and an all-time peak of 623 on Jan 2020.

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

623 concurrent players on Jan 2020.

Half-Life: Source was released on Steam on 1 Jun 2004.

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Half-Life: Source Reviews · SteamPeaks

Buckets that broke from the game’s own habit, on unusual volume

Judged against the median month, not the average

When	Kind	Reviews	Positive	Against habit	What followed
May 2024 – Jun 2024	negative wave	246 · 2.0×	52.4%	−20 pts	Sentiment had not recovered by the next bucket
Dec 2024 – Jan 2025	negative wave	265 · 2.0×	55.8%	−16 pts	Sentiment had not recovered by the next bucket
Dec 2023	negative wave	232 · 3.6×	56.0%	−16 pts	Sentiment had not recovered by the next bucket
Feb 2024	negative wave	105 · 1.6×	56.2%	−16 pts	Sentiment returned to normal in the next bucket
May 2022 – Jun 2022	negative wave	295 · 2.3×	56.3%	−16 pts	Sentiment had not recovered by the next bucket
Jan 2026	negative wave	115 · 1.8×	56.5%	−16 pts	Sentiment returned to normal in the next bucket

4.5 h

Median before a positive review

2.7 h

Median before a negative review

95%

Bought the game on Steam

1% arrived with a free key

Played mostly on Steam Deck

Hours played	Positive	Negative	Positive share
Under 1 h	25	33	43%
1–5 h	34	21	62%
5–20 h	49	25	66%
20–50 h	3	7	30%
50–100 h	1	0	100%
Over 100 h	2	0	100%

Steam’s own totals per language

Against the lifetime share

Language	Reviews	Positive	Against overall
English	9,127	65.2%	−3.4 pts
Russian	2,500	68.8%	+0.2 pts
Spanish	1,370	80.0%	+11.4 pts
Portuguese, Brazil	683	77.6%	+9.0 pts
Chinese, simplified	595	63.5%	−5.1 pts
Turkish	550	72.9%	+4.3 pts

Milestone	Reached	Days taken
1,000 reviews	Jun 2015	1,673
10,000 reviews	Jul 2022	4,260

Month	Reviews	Positive	Negative	Positive share
Sept 2026	11	7	4	63.6%
Aug 2026	55	27	28	49.1%
Jul 2026	84	50	34	59.5%
Jun 2026	60	31	29	51.7%
May 2026	65	39	26	60.0%
Apr 2026	71	53	18	74.6%
Mar 2026	78	51	27	65.4%
Feb 2026	71	50	21	70.4%
Jan 2026	115	65	50	56.5%
Dec 2025	104	61	43	58.7%
Nov 2025	65	41	24	63.1%
Oct 2025	64	37	27	57.8%
Sept 2025	63	41	22	65.1%
Aug 2025	91	54	37	59.3%
Jul 2025	110	66	44	60.0%
Jun 2025	71	49	22	69.0%
May 2025	67	30	37	44.8%
Apr 2025	58	26	32	44.8%
Mar 2025	98	55	43	56.1%
Feb 2025	88	53	35	60.2%
Jan 2025	133	74	59	55.6%
Dec 2024	132	74	58	56.1%
Nov 2024	130	85	45	65.4%
Oct 2024	90	61	29	67.8%
Sept 2024	84	56	28	66.7%
Aug 2024	124	72	52	58.1%
Jul 2024	172	103	69	59.9%
Jun 2024	128	67	61	52.3%
May 2024	118	62	56	52.5%
Apr 2024	169	105	64	62.1%
Mar 2024	185	128	57	69.2%
Feb 2024	105	59	46	56.2%
Jan 2024	166	97	69	58.4%
Dec 2023	232	130	102	56.0%
Nov 2023	360	222	138	61.7%
Oct 2023	177	117	60	66.1%