How many people are playing Half-Life right now?

Half-Life has 762 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 1,120 and an all-time peak of 33,467 on Nov 2023.

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

33,467 concurrent players on Nov 2023.

Half-Life was released on Steam on 19 Nov 1998.

Update cadence · public branch

PICS live

697 days

Since last public build

9 Oct 2024, 20:40 UTC

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Builds in 30 days

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All 3 builds since 2023 · UTC

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Latest 23 months ago

Published	Title	Build
23 months ago	October 2, 2024 Update Fixed HLTV startup crashes and incompatibility with 25th anniversary maps. · Fixed memory leak that caused a crash after repeatedly changing brightness or gamma. · Enabled /LARGEADDRESSAWARE to support mods with large memory requirements.. · Miscellaneous mod compatibility fixes. · Miscellaneous security fixes.	15695166
3 years ago	December 22, 2023 Update Fixed multiplayer team setup in Disposal. · Fixed Tau Cannon shots always counting as headshots if they reflected off a wall and hit the player who fired. · Fixed several minor HUD layout issues. · Miscellaneous security fixes.	13032868
3 years ago	December 12, 2023 Update Fixes for joining games through invites and Steam friends list. · Miscellaneous UI fixes for Dedicated Servers. · Fixed an occasional crash when opening the scoreboard. · Fixed camera movement after death in multiplayer. · Fixed crash when creating a server if the server creator's Steam name was entirely non-ASCII characters.	12933720
3 years ago	December 1, 2023 Update Fixed crash when modifying certain video settings in a multiplayer match. · Fixed server browser issues after modifying video settings. · Fixed local player not showing up in player count on a listen server using Steam Networking. · Fixed rare corrupted lighting rendering bug in some maps.	12853350

Half-Life

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Date	Day	Time	Patch title	Build ID	Branch	Depots	Download Δ
9 Oct 2024	Wed	20:46	No patch notes · unannounced build	15961492	beta	16	—
9 Oct 2024	Wed	20:40	No patch notes · unannounced build	15961492	public	16	—
17 Nov 2023	Fri	17:54	No patch notes · unannounced build	5433873	steam_legacy	16	—

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