Half-Life 2
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
Released16 Nov 2004
Price
£8.19
ReviewsOverwhelmingly Positive (97% of 204,178)
Steam DeckVerified
Playing now1,790
Achievements 0 of 69 unlocked
Defiant
33% of players · Uncommon
Locked
Submissive
46% of players · Uncommon
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Malcontent
Escape the apartment block raid.
71% of players · Common
Locked
What cat?
Break the mini-teleporter in Kleiner's lab.
12% of players · Rare
Locked
Trusty Hardware
Get the crowbar.
67% of players · Common
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Barnacle Bowling
Kill five barnacles with one barrel.
37% of players · Uncommon
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Anchor's Aweigh!
Get the airboat.
53% of players · Common
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Heavy Weapons
Get the airboat's mounted gun.
46% of players · Uncommon
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Vorticough
Discover the hidden singing vortigaunt cave in chapter Water Hazard.
9.5% of players · Rare
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Revenge!
Destroy the hunter-chopper in Half-Life 2.
44% of players · Uncommon
Locked
Blast from the Past
Find the HEV Suit Charger faceplate in Eli's scrapyard.
20% of players · Uncommon
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Zero-Point Energy
Get the Gravity Gun in Black Mesa East.
43% of players · Uncommon
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Two Points
Use DOG's ball to make a basket in Eli's scrapyard.
11% of players · Rare
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Zombie Chopper
Play through Ravenholm using only the Gravity Gun.
7.1% of players · Rare
Locked
Hallowed Ground
39% of players · Uncommon
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OSHA Violation
Kill 3 enemies using the crane.
22% of players · Uncommon
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Targetted Advertising
Pin a soldier to the billboard in chapter Highway 17.
17% of players · Rare
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Where Cubbage Fears to Tread
37% of players · Uncommon
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One Man Army
Destroy six gunships in Half-Life 2.
28% of players · Uncommon
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Keep Off the Sand!
Cross the antlion beach in chapter Sandtraps without touching the sand.
5.9% of players · Rare
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Bug Hunt
Use the antlions to kill 50 enemies.
32% of players · Uncommon
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Flushed
Kill an enemy with a toilet.
7.2% of players · Rare
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Warden Freeman
Survive the second turret standoff in Nova Prospekt.
31% of players · Uncommon
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Follow Freeman
Gain command of a squad of rebels in the uprising.
31% of players · Uncommon
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Radiation Levels Detected
Get through the toxic tunnel under City 17 in Half-Life 2.
30% of players · Uncommon
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Plaza Defender
Survive the generator plaza standoff in chapter Anticitizen One.
30% of players · Uncommon
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Counter-Sniper
Kill all of the snipers in City 17.
11% of players · Rare
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Fight the Power
Shut down the supression device by disabling its generators.
28% of players · Uncommon
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Giant Killer
Survive the rooftop strider battle in the ruins of City 17.
27% of players · Uncommon
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Atomizer
Disintegrate 15 soldiers by throwing them into a Combine ball field.
13% of players · Rare
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Singularity Collapse
27% of players · Uncommon
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Lambda Locator
Find all lambda caches in Half-Life 2.
4.2% of players · Very rare
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Hack Attack!
Kill five enemies with a Manhack.
7.2% of players · Rare
Locked
Watch Your Head!
Make it to the bottom of the Citadel's main elevator shaft in one piece.
8% of players · Rare
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Containment
Contain the Citadel core.
7.7% of players · Rare
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Pacifist
Contain the Citadel core without killing any stalkers.
2% of players · Very rare
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Car Crusher
Use the cars to squash 15 antlions in Episode One.
2.5% of players · Very rare
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Elevator Action
Survive long enough to get on the parking garage elevator.
7.1% of players · Rare
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Live Bait
Help Alyx snipe 30 enemies in Episode One.
3.4% of players · Very rare
Locked
Attica!
Destroy the gunship in the hospital attic.
6.6% of players · Rare
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Citizen Escort
Don't let any citizens die when escorting them to the escape train.
4.5% of players · Very rare
Locked
Escape From City 17
Escape City 17 with Alyx.
6.4% of players · Rare
Locked
The One Free Bullet
Finish the game firing exactly one bullet. Grenade, crowbar, rocket, and Gravity Gun kills are okay!
1.6% of players · Very rare
Locked
Conservationist
Kill five enemies with the same energy ball.
1.8% of players · Very rare
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Think Fast!
Kill an Elite Soldier with his own energy ball.
3.5% of players · Very rare
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Zombie-que
Use flares to light 15 zombies on fire.
1.6% of players · Very rare
Locked
Acid Reflex
Kill an acid antlion worker.
7.1% of players · Rare
Locked
Get Some Grub
Squish every antlion grub in Episode Two.
1.3% of players · Very rare
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Piñata Party
Find and break every web cache in Episode Two.
1.9% of players · Very rare
Locked
Into the Breach
Help Griggs and Sheckley hold off the antlion invasion inside the mine shaft.
6.7% of players · Rare
Locked
Twofer
Defeat both antlion guards outside the White Forest.
6.3% of players · Rare
Locked
Hit and Run
Run over 20 enemies with the car in Episode Two.
3.2% of players · Very rare
Locked
Meet the Hunters
Survive the Hunter ambush with Alyx.
6.1% of players · Rare
Locked
Puttin' On a Clinic
Defeat the chopper in Episode Two without any misses.
1.7% of players · Very rare
Locked
Gunishment!
Destroy the Combine Autogun in the junkyard.
6% of players · Rare
Locked
Cache Checker
Find every radar cache in chapter Under The Radar.
3.8% of players · Very rare
Locked
Pedal to the Metal
Beat DOG in a race to the White Forest base.
3.8% of players · Very rare
Locked
Gordon Propelled Rocket
Unlock the rocket launcher lambda cache in chapter Under The Radar.
5% of players · Rare
Locked
Quiet Mountain Getaway
Survive the ambush at White Forest Inn.
5.9% of players · Rare
Locked
Little Rocket Man
Send the garden gnome into space.
1.6% of players · Very rare
Locked
Secondary Silo Secured
Secure the launch doors on missile silo 2.
5.8% of players · Rare
Locked
Neighborhood Watch
Save all buildings outside the missile silo from destruction.
1.4% of players · Very rare
Locked
Defense of the Armament
Save the missile silo from the Combine offensive.
5.3% of players · Rare
Locked
Payback
Kill a Hunter with its own flechettes.
2.3% of players · Very rare
Locked
Bone Breaker
Kill 30 enemies with thrown physics objects.
2.7% of players · Very rare
Locked
Deadly Harvest
Kill an enemy by planting a hopper mine.
6% of players · Rare
Locked
Hot Potat0wned
Kill a Combine soldier with his own grenade.
1.7% of players · Very rare
Locked
Grave Robber
Steal a Zombine's grenade.
3.6% of players · Very rare
Locked
Gnome Alone
Launch Half-Life 2 after Gabe Newell launched a garden gnome into space.
11% of players · Rare
Locked
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