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Half-Life: Alyx

Story-driven VR shooter with hands-on puzzles and alien horror

Valve · Released Mar 23, 2020

ActionAdventure

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
98% of 98K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 409 in 30 days
Players
241
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
2 days ago
Nov 5, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 1060
12 GB RAM
Full requirements

Metacritic: 93/100 (critic reviews)

What is Half-Life: Alyx?

A first-person, single-player VR action-adventure set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, with Alyx Vance working in a resistance against the alien Combine. You explore environments, search for supplies, handle objects and weapons by hand, solve puzzles, hack interfaces, and fight enemies.

For you if...

  • +you want physical VR interactions, exploration, and environmental puzzles
  • +you like story-driven science-fiction shooters with horror elements
  • +you prefer a single-player adventure built specifically for VR

Not for you if...

  • −you do not want to play with a VR headset
  • −you want multiplayer rather than a solo story campaign
  • −you avoid horror, zombies, and headcrab encounters

What players say

98% of 98,251 reviews are positive · 97% of 409 in the last 30 days

Players praise the detailed object interactions, atmosphere, visuals, sound, and VR-focused exploration and combat. Recent complaints focus on crashes, launch failures, lag, loading freezes, and compatibility problems with some headsets.

Players over time

▼ -57% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 542 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Sep 30, 2026394
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Sep 25, 2026377
Sep 24, 2026326
Sep 23, 2026216
Sep 23, 2026281
Sep 22, 2026355
Sep 21, 2026542

How many players finish Half-Life: Alyx?

24% of Steam players have unlocked «Consequences», the achievement for finishing the main story.

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Screenshots and trailer

Half-Life: Alyx screenshot 1

Half-Life: Alyx system requirements

Minimum: GTX 1060, 12 GB RAM.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Graphics
GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
Memory
12 GB RAM

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Half-Life: Alyx have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Half-Life: Alyx run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

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PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
42
Steam features
Workshop, Family Sharing, VR
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Greek, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Finnish, Swedish.

Does Half-Life: Alyx use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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