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Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Valve · 2004-11-01

Steam

Action

Franchise: Half-Life · Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 30, 2010 (Mac), Mar 14, 2013 (Linux), Nov 30, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a 2004 Action title with an estimated 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 15,366 reviews).

98
playing now
91%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

98 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Valve. Released on Steam on November 30, 2004, it uses many of the assets from Half-Life 2 and its Source engine. It features new levels, optimized for multiplayer arena play, and a few new weapons. Also included are portions of the game's source code, which were the basis for many early Source-based multiplayer modifications. The game is the successor to the popular multiplayer component of the original Half-Life, but is offered as a separate product from Half-Life 2. Deathmatch, like Half-Life's multiplayer, does not develop any part of the plot or story of the Half-Life series.

Trailer

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 98 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 564 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~71/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 615k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,366 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19119120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

212632026-09-14 19:00 — 169 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 83 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 91 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 144 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 126 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 75 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 163 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 103 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 73 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 163 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 116 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 78 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 119 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 115 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 93 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 174 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 135 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 89 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 107 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 183 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 97 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 92 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 199 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 98 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
528114Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 528 · peak 825Dec 2012 — avg 391 · peak 762May 2013 — avg 307 · peak 589Oct 2013 — avg 296 · peak 673Mar 2014 — avg 289 · peak 572Aug 2014 — avg 255 · peak 449Jan 2015 — avg 258 · peak 508Jun 2015 — avg 203 · peak 425Nov 2015 — avg 218 · peak 470Apr 2016 — avg 219 · peak 447Sep 2016 — avg 187 · peak 362Feb 2017 — avg 210 · peak 397Jul 2017 — avg 198 · peak 428Dec 2017 — avg 202 · peak 443May 2018 — avg 150 · peak 315Oct 2018 — avg 152 · peak 294Mar 2019 — avg 163 · peak 330Aug 2019 — avg 135 · peak 243Jan 2020 — avg 194 · peak 708Jun 2020 — avg 179 · peak 324Nov 2020 — avg 178 · peak 355Apr 2021 — avg 152 · peak 293Sep 2021 — avg 129 · peak 250Feb 2022 — avg 170 · peak 322Jul 2022 — avg 139 · peak 252Dec 2022 — avg 150 · peak 322May 2023 — avg 131 · peak 249Oct 2023 — avg 137 · peak 271Mar 2024 — avg 143 · peak 309Aug 2024 — avg 121 · peak 209Jan 2025 — avg 185 · peak 359Jun 2025 — avg 164 · peak 281Nov 2025 — avg 143 · peak 269Apr 2026 — avg 141 · peak 260Aug 2026 — avg 129 · peak 237
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002015-01-012024-11-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-07-21 — best price $1.242015-11-16 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $1.242016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-03-31 — best price $1.692016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-10-18 — best price $3.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-09-19 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $0.692024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-11-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

55182026-05-30 — 42 pageviews2026-06-03 — 26 pageviews2026-06-07 — 28 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-15 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 26 pageviews2026-06-23 — 30 pageviews2026-06-27 — 45 pageviews2026-07-01 — 40 pageviews2026-07-05 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 30 pageviews2026-07-13 — 36 pageviews2026-07-17 — 55 pageviews2026-07-21 — 45 pageviews2026-07-25 — 24 pageviews2026-07-29 — 27 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-06 — 25 pageviews2026-08-10 — 30 pageviews2026-08-14 — 34 pageviews2026-08-18 — 28 pageviews2026-08-22 — 29 pageviews2026-08-26 — 37 pageviews2026-08-30 — 37 pageviews2026-09-03 — 24 pageviews2026-09-07 — 31 pageviews2026-09-11 — 32 pageviews2026-09-15 — 44 pageviews2026-09-19 — 26 pageviews2026-09-23 — 35 pageviews2026-09-27 — 40 pageviews2026-10-01 — 23 pageviews2026-10-05 — 30 pageviews2026-10-08 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSurround SoundValve Anti-Cheat enabledIncludes Source SDKFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPCo-opFunnyActionSci-fiPhysicsShooterModdableOld School

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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