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Half-Life Deathmatch: Source cover art

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source

Valve · 2006-05-01

Steam

Action

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

Releases: May 01, 2006 (Mac), May 01, 2006 (Linux), May 01, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is an Action game released in 2006, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 5579 reviews).

24
playing now
76%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player controls Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist who must escape from the Black Mesa Research Facility after it is overrun by aliens following a disastrous scientific experiment. Its gameplay consists of combat, exploration and puzzles.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 344 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 223k–446k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,579 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
656520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5332026-09-15 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 27 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 28 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 34 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 17 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
646Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2012 — avg 12 · peak 36May 2013 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 34Mar 2014 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2015 — avg 9 · peak 31Jun 2015 — avg 8 · peak 28Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 27Apr 2016 — avg 12 · peak 38Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 26Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 28Jul 2017 — avg 14 · peak 44Dec 2017 — avg 17 · peak 57May 2018 — avg 11 · peak 36Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 26Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 70Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 27Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 39Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Sep 2021 — avg 8 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 37May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 21Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 46Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 62 · peak 134Jun 2025 — avg 44 · peak 78Nov 2025 — avg 28 · peak 66Apr 2026 — avg 27 · peak 66Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 59
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012021-01-052015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-01-02 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $1.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $1.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-06-28 — best price $1.002019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-06-30 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.7k8892026-05-30 — 1,057 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,137 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,131 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,098 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,104 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,079 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,248 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,220 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,112 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,244 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,119 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,212 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,025 pageviews2026-07-21 — 955 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,015 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,133 pageviews2026-08-02 — 950 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,006 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,098 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,177 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,009 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,384 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,295 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,373 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1,149 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,149 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,078 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1,263 pageviews2026-09-19 — 996 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,243 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1,090 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1,086 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1,167 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1,076 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSurround SoundValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily 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

FPSActionHorrorRemakeSci-fiClassicShooterViolentAdventureFast-Paced

Census log

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

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