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Halo: The Master Chief Collection

343 Industries · Xbox Game Studios · 2019-12-03

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Action

Franchise: Halo · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Nov 17, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 11, 2014 (Xbox One), Dec 03, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Very Positive (92% of 262545 reviews).

2,026
playing now
92%
positive of 263k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
128
twitch viewers (latest)
9.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (294 ratings)
1,969
Nexus mods (1.7M downloads)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend · from 86 critics
28h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

2,026 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a compilation of first-person shooter games developed by 343 Industries, Certain Affinity and Saber Interactive and published by Xbox Game Studios. It includes the first six main games in the Halo franchise released between 2001 and 2012, originally developed by Bungie and 343 Industries. It was released for Xbox One on November 11, 2014.

Trailer

Halo: The Master Chief Collection trailer thumbnail

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Launch Trailer

≈460,133 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,026 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,315 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,289/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (51,318 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 6.6M–16M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 263,291 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Microsoft Store (2023-06-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 9 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48k48k20192026Week of 2019-12-01: 48,032 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3,286 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6,226 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 626 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,890 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 442 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6,832 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 745 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,572 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5,747 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 660 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,917 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7,649 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 725 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4,099 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,113 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,471 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15,702 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5,267 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,007 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,646 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,387 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4,113 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,279 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3,167 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,684 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 479 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,940 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,115 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,122 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,770 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3,304 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,374 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,408 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 995 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,039 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,283 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,488 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,552 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,065 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,405 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,473 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,610 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,762 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,158 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,349 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,117 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,990 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,658 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,326 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,664 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,523 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,664 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,994 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,959 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,616 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,248 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,499 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,491 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 938 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,049 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,032 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,463 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,561 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,217 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 886 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,451 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,655 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,730 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,610 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,470 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,400 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,094 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,108 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.7k1.3k2026-09-14 19:00 — 3,375 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 3,907 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,475 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 3,132 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 5,705 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,420 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,558 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 4,457 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,696 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,331 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 5,204 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,900 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 1,833 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,044 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 3,836 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,415 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 2,912 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 2,724 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,288 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 3,109 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 5,072 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,315 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 3,902 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,026 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25k2.7kDec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 24,749 · peak 93,305Mar 2020 — avg 9,261 · peak 34,667Jun 2020 — avg 5,264 · peak 10,819Sep 2020 — avg 7,946 · peak 29,995Dec 2020 — avg 9,032 · peak 17,191Mar 2021 — avg 6,170 · peak 11,548Jun 2021 — avg 7,234 · peak 18,718Sep 2021 — avg 6,082 · peak 11,439Dec 2021 — avg 7,337 · peak 12,984Mar 2022 — avg 2,699 · peak 5,176Jun 2022 — avg 3,703 · peak 7,743Sep 2022 — avg 3,445 · peak 6,644Dec 2022 — avg 3,387 · peak 6,572Mar 2023 — avg 3,050 · peak 6,246Jun 2023 — avg 4,616 · peak 9,956Sep 2023 — avg 3,652 · peak 7,831Dec 2023 — avg 4,026 · peak 8,577Mar 2024 — avg 5,375 · peak 10,417Jun 2024 — avg 3,801 · peak 7,343Sep 2024 — avg 3,169 · peak 6,804Dec 2024 — avg 3,780 · peak 7,515Mar 2025 — avg 3,732 · peak 7,795Jun 2025 — avg 3,128 · peak 6,452Sep 2025 — avg 3,865 · peak 8,957Dec 2025 — avg 5,143 · peak 11,338Mar 2026 — avg 4,422 · peak 9,872Jun 2026 — avg 4,338 · peak 8,624Aug 2026 — avg 5,281 · peak 10,674
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
50502026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 21 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 12 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 19 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new negative2026-09-25: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 17 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 50 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 12 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 17 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 22 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new negative2026-10-04: 30 new positive2026-10-05: 14 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 15 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 31 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 34 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 12 new positive2026-10-13: 33 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 45 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$9.992019-11-142026-10-082019-11-14 — best price $39.992020-06-04 — best price $31.992020-08-25 — best price $39.992020-11-25 — best price $25.992021-01-05 — best price $39.992021-02-16 — best price $39.992021-04-12 — best price $39.992021-07-08 — best price $39.992021-09-14 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-02-03 — best price $39.992022-04-07 — best price $15.992022-06-13 — best price $39.992022-08-01 — best price $39.992022-11-21 — best price $15.992023-01-03 — best price $39.992023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-05-09 — best price $15.992023-06-20 — best price $39.992023-09-12 — best price $9.992023-12-01 — best price $39.992024-01-30 — best price $9.992024-04-18 — best price $9.992024-06-09 — best price $9.992024-07-17 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-02-07 — best price $39.992025-05-01 — best price $39.992025-08-01 — best price $39.992025-11-21 — best price $9.992026-01-12 — best price $39.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-09-03 — best price $39.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k2682026-05-29 — 393 pageviews2026-06-02 — 352 pageviews2026-06-06 — 348 pageviews2026-06-10 — 711 pageviews2026-06-14 — 559 pageviews2026-06-18 — 400 pageviews2026-06-22 — 494 pageviews2026-06-26 — 439 pageviews2026-06-30 — 370 pageviews2026-07-04 — 376 pageviews2026-07-08 — 390 pageviews2026-07-12 — 386 pageviews2026-07-16 — 406 pageviews2026-07-20 — 462 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,359 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,362 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,419 pageviews2026-08-05 — 996 pageviews2026-08-09 — 913 pageviews2026-08-13 — 713 pageviews2026-08-17 — 607 pageviews2026-08-21 — 472 pageviews2026-08-25 — 489 pageviews2026-08-29 — 396 pageviews2026-09-02 — 393 pageviews2026-09-06 — 404 pageviews2026-09-10 — 268 pageviews2026-09-14 — 283 pageviews2026-09-18 — 281 pageviews2026-09-22 — 811 pageviews2026-09-26 — 455 pageviews2026-09-30 — 443 pageviews2026-10-04 — 342 pageviews2026-10-08 — 351 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.8k232026-09-30 18:34 — 229 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 405 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 200 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 354 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 306 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 641 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 231 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 376 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 353 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 260 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 610 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 276 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 355 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 272 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 203 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 226 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 657 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 133 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 556 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 124 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 472 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 339 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 440 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 306 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 452 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 817 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 494 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 128 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.7%
earned "Your Journey Begins"
34.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements6 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2019-12-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)213,7810%700
Steam (Steam)120,6141%700
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2460%479

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

FPSEpicCo-opActionAliensSci-fiClassicShooterBeautifulLore-Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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