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Halo Infinite

343 Industries · Xbox Game Studios · 2021-11-15

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ActionFree To Play

Franchise: Halo · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 08, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 15, 2021 (Xbox One)

From one of gaming's most iconic sagas, Halo is bigger than ever. Featuring an expansive open-world campaign and a dynamic free to play multiplayer experience. 

2,343
playing now
69%
positive of 181k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
610
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (300 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 94% recommend
16h
to beat · rushed 8.7h · completionist 23h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

2,343 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Six months after being defeated in battle by Atriox, the leader of the Banished mercenary organization, the Master Chief is recovered from space by a stranded UNSC pilot. Together they travel to Zeta Halo, a damaged Forerunner ringworld now under Banished control. On the ring, Chief discovers the Weapon, an AI created to capture and delete his former partner Cortana. Though the Weapon reports success in her mission, she has inexplicably failed to self-delete as programmed. As Master Chief rallies scattered human forces and contends with Escharum, the Banished war chief leading operations on th(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Halo Infinite trailer thumbnail

Halo Infinite | Campaign Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,343 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,868 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~484/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (87,140 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.79-67%
Microsoft Store$19.79-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.79 at Microsoft Store (2024-11-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70k70k20212026Week of 2021-11-01: 69,752 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17,388 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25,413 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8,356 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6,834 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,480 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,025 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,789 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,770 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,943 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,534 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,545 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,827 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,931 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 917 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,013 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,055 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 941 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 903 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,946 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 809 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,195 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 942 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 621 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 964 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 636 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 459 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,153 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 782 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 491 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 514 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 593 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,480 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 692 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,374 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 601 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,016 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 447 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 657 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 638 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 438 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,195 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 523 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 154 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.9k5772026-08-06 21:00 — 1,862 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,111 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 775 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,977 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,776 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 903 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,269 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,677 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 961 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,469 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,021 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 708 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,869 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,857 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 706 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,619 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,109 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 787 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2,333 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 2,508 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 597 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,386 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,678 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 798 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,151 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,498 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 577 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,177 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2,343 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002021-08-282026-08-272021-08-28 — best price $59.992022-02-07 — best price $47.992022-03-08 — best price $47.992022-04-07 — best price $47.992022-06-10 — best price $40.192022-07-14 — best price $40.192022-09-13 — best price $29.992022-11-21 — best price $29.992023-01-03 — best price $59.992023-01-31 — best price $59.992023-04-21 — best price $59.992023-05-23 — best price $59.992023-06-20 — best price $59.992023-08-01 — best price $59.992023-09-19 — best price $59.992023-12-01 — best price $59.992024-01-03 — best price $59.992024-02-13 — best price $59.992024-04-19 — best price $59.992024-08-01 — best price $59.992024-12-03 — best price $59.992025-01-03 — best price $59.992025-02-07 — best price $59.992025-05-01 — best price $59.992025-05-27 — best price $59.992025-06-24 — best price $59.992025-08-01 — best price $59.992025-09-02 — best price $59.992025-10-09 — best price $59.992025-12-04 — best price $59.992026-01-08 — best price $59.992026-02-26 — best price $59.992026-04-16 — best price $59.992026-05-09 — best price $59.992026-06-11 — best price $59.992026-07-30 — best price $59.992026-08-27 — best price $19.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

6.2k882026-08-19 21:12 — 6,176 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1,140 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 312 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 261 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 166 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 440 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 453 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 780 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 701 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 442 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 255 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 122 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 284 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 434 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 409 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 731 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 1,099 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 861 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 292 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 196 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 299 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 4,587 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1,853 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 1,354 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1,501 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 872 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 509 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 340 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 491 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 610 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
62.9%
earned "Clocking In"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudIncludes level editor1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)192,6291%144
Steam (Steam)109,7810%144

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSPvPCo-opSpaceActionSci-fiShooterAdventureOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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