Half-Life 2
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How do players who really played Half-Life 2 rate it? TrueGG Rating 97.7%

Release date: Nov 16, 2004 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours
  • Players who care about visuals and music

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
97.7%
± 0.1 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 9,367 reviews

TrueGG, all time
98.2%
Steam overall
97.6%
Japanese, all time
94.7%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 6.7% of all reviews. Their positive share is 93.7%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h88%2551–2 h91%2882–5 h96%1,6955–10 h96%1,80110–20 h97%3,23120–50 h98%4,58750–100 h98%1,106100–200 h98%332200+ h99%111Positive share by playtime0–1 h25588%1–2 h28891%2–5 h1,69596%5–10 h1,80196%10–20 h3,23197%20–50 h4,58798%50–100 h1,10698%100–200 h33298%200+ h11199%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h87.8%—255
1–2 h90.6%100.0%288
2–5 h95.9%100.0%1,695
5–10 h96.1%—1,801
10–20 h97.0%100.0%3,231
20–50 h97.9%100.0%4,587
50–100 h98.1%—1,106
100–200 h98.5%—332
200+ h99.1%—111

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 31% had 20+ hours and 2% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Half-Life 2 has a TrueGG Rating of 97.7%: the positive share among 9,367 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 97.6%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 98.2%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 7% of the total, with 94% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom, crashes and bugs, and pacing. Positive reviews praise performance, graphics and music, and 前作・シリーズ.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 94.7%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (97.6% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Boring / repetitive, Movement & pacing). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive14% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Crashes & bugs9% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players
  • Movement & pacing8% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players

+ What players praise

  • Performance12% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
  • Graphics & music9% of positive reviews (4% of negative)
  • Compared with earlier entries8% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 名作＋ ゴードン＋ 世界＋ シリーズ＋ 難易度＋ グラフィック＋ 周年＋ 出来− overrated− sucks− last− instead− tedious− stupid− boring− enemy

Counted from 333 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating97.6%All time, all languages · 281,261 reviews
Adjusted rating97.6%Weighted by trust (95% range 97.5%–97.8%), ±0.0pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews91.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−6.3pt vs overall) · 379 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review4%14%
Very short text40%28%
Key activated outside Steam28%35%
Received for free19%29%
Owns very few games12%3%
Over 100 reviews written1%6%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.720.71

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 17.1 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 5,000 10k 2010-10: +5 / −1 2010-11: +65 / −2 2010-12: +90 / −2 2011-01: +41 / −0 2011-02: +30 / −0 2011-03: +22 / −0 2011-04: +39 / −1 2011-05: +37 / −0 2011-06: +29 / −1 2011-07: +117 / −1 2011-08: +41 / −0 2011-09: +38 / −0 2011-10: +30 / −1 2011-11: +42 / −0 2011-12: +224 / −0 2012-01: +49 / −0 2012-02: +43 / −0 2012-03: +40 / −0 2012-04: +31 / −0 2012-05: +26 / −0 2012-06: +29 / −0 2012-07: +194 / −1 2012-08: +57 / −0 2012-09: +77 / −0 2012-10: +54 / −0 2012-11: +40 / −0 2012-12: +92 / −0 2013-01: +86 / −1 2013-02: +47 / −0 2013-03: +56 / −0 2013-04: +55 / −0 2013-05: +85 / −2 2013-06: +95 / −0 2013-07: +312 / −3 2013-08: +111 / −2 2013-09: +93 / −0 2013-10: +175 / −4 2013-11: +312 / −8 2013-12: +833 / −15 2014-01: +859 / −18 2014-02: +418 / −13 2014-03: +346 / −8 2014-04: +278 / −11 2014-05: +284 / −10 2014-06: +815 / −7 2014-07: +477 / −13 2014-08: +347 / −10 2014-09: +418 / −14 2014-10: +479 / −15 2014-11: +415 / −10 2014-12: +609 / −23 2015-01: +540 / −25 2015-02: +361 / −16 2015-03: +425 / −12 2015-04: +358 / −12 2015-05: +329 / −11 2015-06: +676 / −19 2015-07: +483 / −15 2015-08: +355 / −14 2015-09: +276 / −18 2015-10: +281 / −10 2015-11: +628 / −20 2015-12: +810 / −47 2016-01: +727 / −32 2016-02: +608 / −26 2016-03: +367 / −15 2016-04: +298 / −12 2016-05: +305 / −20 2016-06: +525 / −19 2016-07: +552 / −28 2016-08: +353 / −14 2016-09: +274 / −18 2016-10: +263 / −14 2016-11: +3,670 / −30 2016-12: +690 / −21 2017-01: +727 / −30 2017-02: +523 / −27 2017-03: +328 / −21 2017-04: +332 / −15 2017-05: +323 / −9 2017-06: +940 / −42 2017-07: +1,287 / −43 2017-08: +653 / −93 2017-09: +539 / −36 2017-10: +391 / −18 2017-11: +2,683 / −43 2017-12: +1,177 / −53 2018-01: +1,217 / −54 2018-02: +794 / −30 2018-03: +676 / −24 2018-04: +495 / −25 2018-05: +489 / −20 2018-06: +685 / −37 2018-07: +860 / −45 2018-08: +476 / −19 2018-09: +366 / −16 2018-10: +329 / −13 2018-11: +2,021 / −35 2018-12: +696 / −24 2019-01: +697 / −26 2019-02: +557 / −21 2019-03: +446 / −17 2019-04: +341 / −14 2019-05: +395 / −11 2019-06: +1,896 / −30 2019-07: +2,179 / −46 2019-08: +399 / −21 2019-09: +362 / −17 2019-10: +549 / −11 2019-11: +3,398 / −38 2019-12: +3,104 / −42 2020-01: +2,283 / −41 2020-02: +1,192 / −32 2020-03: +2,186 / −41 2020-04: +2,750 / −45 2020-05: +1,565 / −33 2020-06: +1,612 / −35 2020-07: +2,466 / −42 2020-08: +1,334 / −27 2020-09: +1,045 / −30 2020-10: +1,146 / −28 2020-11: +2,652 / −33 2020-12: +2,480 / −60 2021-01: +2,551 / −64 2021-02: +1,618 / −36 2021-03: +1,560 / −30 2021-04: +1,400 / −39 2021-05: +1,390 / −38 2021-06: +1,642 / −39 2021-07: +2,507 / −75 2021-08: +1,860 / −43 2021-09: +1,169 / −31 2021-10: +1,175 / −34 2021-11: +2,047 / −41 2021-12: +2,134 / −47 2022-01: +2,321 / −52 2022-02: +1,863 / −40 2022-03: +1,417 / −41 2022-04: +1,200 / −27 2022-05: +1,059 / −26 2022-06: +1,368 / −41 2022-07: +2,154 / −44 2022-08: +1,543 / −51 2022-09: +1,152 / −30 2022-10: +1,129 / −28 2022-11: +2,475 / −40 2022-12: +2,752 / −63 2023-01: +2,754 / −66 2023-02: +1,495 / −46 2023-03: +2,194 / −53 2023-04: +1,687 / −39 2023-05: +1,311 / −52 2023-06: +1,393 / −45 2023-07: +3,160 / −70 2023-08: +1,770 / −39 2023-09: +2,492 / −59 2023-10: +1,703 / −55 2023-11: +4,032 / −91 2023-12: +3,333 / −79 2024-01: +2,942 / −78 2024-02: +1,725 / −41 2024-03: +2,587 / −56 2024-04: +1,836 / −50 2024-05: +1,473 / −50 2024-06: +1,872 / −110 2024-07: +2,937 / −78 2024-08: +2,100 / −65 2024-09: +1,332 / −42 2024-10: +1,268 / −39 2024-11: +9,544 / −255 2024-12: +4,024 / −104 2025-01: +2,542 / −60 2025-02: +1,633 / −60 2025-03: +1,979 / −52 2025-04: +1,396 / −44 2025-05: +1,454 / −51 2025-06: +1,591 / −52 2025-07: +1,999 / −48 2025-08: +1,466 / −52 2025-09: +1,124 / −37 2025-10: +1,535 / −46 2025-11: +2,393 / −70 2025-12: +2,581 / −86 2026-01: +2,560 / −58 2026-02: +1,646 / −53 2026-03: +1,837 / −49 2026-04: +1,668 / −48 2026-05: +1,481 / −46 2026-06: +1,468 / −51 2026-07: +2,164 / −65 2026-08: +1,515 / −56 2026-09: +1,237 / −39 2026-10: +1,161 / −27 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 97.4% 2010-11: 97.0%2010-12: 97.8%2011-01: 100.0%2011-02: 100.0%2011-04: 97.5%2011-05: 100.0%2011-06: 96.7%2011-07: 99.2%2011-08: 100.0%2011-09: 100.0%2011-10: 96.8%2011-11: 100.0%2011-12: 100.0%2012-01: 100.0%2012-02: 100.0%2012-03: 100.0%2012-04: 100.0%2012-07: 99.5%2012-08: 100.0%2012-09: 100.0%2012-10: 100.0%2012-11: 100.0%2012-12: 100.0%2013-01: 98.9%2013-02: 100.0%2013-03: 100.0%2013-04: 100.0%2013-05: 97.7%2013-06: 100.0%2013-07: 99.0%2013-08: 98.2%2013-09: 100.0%2013-10: 97.8%2013-11: 97.5%2013-12: 98.2%2014-01: 97.9%2014-02: 97.0%2014-03: 97.7%2014-04: 96.2%2014-05: 96.6%2014-06: 99.1%2014-07: 97.3%2014-08: 97.2%2014-09: 96.8%2014-10: 97.0%2014-11: 97.6%2014-12: 96.4%2015-01: 95.6%2015-02: 95.8%2015-03: 97.3%2015-04: 96.8%2015-05: 96.8%2015-06: 97.3%2015-07: 97.0%2015-08: 96.2%2015-09: 93.9%2015-10: 96.6%2015-11: 96.9%2015-12: 94.5%2016-01: 95.8%2016-02: 95.9%2016-03: 96.1%2016-04: 96.1%2016-05: 93.8%2016-06: 96.5%2016-07: 95.2%2016-08: 96.2%2016-09: 93.8%2016-10: 94.9%2016-11: 99.2%2016-12: 97.0%2017-01: 96.0%2017-02: 95.1%2017-03: 94.0%2017-04: 95.7%2017-05: 97.3%2017-06: 95.7%2017-07: 96.8%2017-08: 87.5%2017-09: 93.7%2017-10: 95.6%2017-11: 98.4%2017-12: 95.7%2018-01: 95.8%2018-02: 96.4%2018-03: 96.6%2018-04: 95.2%2018-05: 96.1%2018-06: 94.9%2018-07: 95.0%2018-08: 96.2%2018-09: 95.8%2018-10: 96.2%2018-11: 98.3%2018-12: 96.7%2019-01: 96.4%2019-02: 96.4%2019-03: 96.3%2019-04: 96.1%2019-05: 97.3%2019-06: 98.4%2019-07: 97.9%2019-08: 95.0%2019-09: 95.5%2019-10: 98.0%2019-11: 98.9%2019-12: 98.7%2020-01: 98.2%2020-02: 97.4%2020-03: 98.2%2020-04: 98.4%2020-05: 97.9%2020-06: 97.9%2020-07: 98.3%2020-08: 98.0%2020-09: 97.2%2020-10: 97.6%2020-11: 98.8%2020-12: 97.6%2021-01: 97.6%2021-02: 97.8%2021-03: 98.1%2021-04: 97.3%2021-05: 97.3%2021-06: 97.7%2021-07: 97.1%2021-08: 97.7%2021-09: 97.4%2021-10: 97.2%2021-11: 98.0%2021-12: 97.8%2022-01: 97.8%2022-02: 97.9%2022-03: 97.2%2022-04: 97.8%2022-05: 97.6%2022-06: 97.1%2022-07: 98.0%2022-08: 96.8%2022-09: 97.5%2022-10: 97.6%2022-11: 98.4%2022-12: 97.8%2023-01: 97.7%2023-02: 97.0%2023-03: 97.6%2023-04: 97.7%2023-05: 96.2%2023-06: 96.9%2023-07: 97.8%2023-08: 97.8%2023-09: 97.7%2023-10: 96.9%2023-11: 97.8%2023-12: 97.7%2024-01: 97.4%2024-02: 97.7%2024-03: 97.9%2024-04: 97.3%2024-05: 96.7%2024-06: 94.5%2024-07: 97.4%2024-08: 97.0%2024-09: 96.9%2024-10: 97.0%2024-11: 97.4%2024-12: 97.5%2025-01: 97.7%2025-02: 96.5%2025-03: 97.4%2025-04: 96.9%2025-05: 96.6%2025-06: 96.8%2025-07: 97.7%2025-08: 96.6%2025-09: 96.8%2025-10: 97.1%2025-11: 97.2%2025-12: 96.8%2026-01: 97.8%2026-02: 96.9%2026-03: 97.4%2026-04: 97.2%2026-05: 97.0%2026-06: 96.6%2026-07: 97.1%2026-08: 96.4%2026-09: 96.9%2026-10: 97.7% 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 50 100 2026-09-19: +55 / −3 2026-09-20: +58 / −1 2026-09-21: +33 / −1 2026-09-22: +32 / −0 2026-09-23: +29 / −1 2026-09-24: +38 / −0 2026-09-25: +27 / −2 2026-09-26: +47 / −1 2026-09-27: +41 / −1 2026-09-28: +36 / −1 2026-09-29: +38 / −0 2026-09-30: +36 / −3 2026-10-01: +40 / −0 2026-10-02: +50 / −0 2026-10-03: +77 / −1 2026-10-04: +81 / −3 2026-10-05: +76 / −3 2026-10-06: +66 / −2 2026-10-07: +97 / −1 2026-10-08: +66 / −1 2026-10-09: +64 / −1 2026-10-10: +76 / −1 2026-10-11: +86 / −5 2026-10-12: +73 / −3 2026-10-13: +41 / −0 2026-10-14: +45 / −2 2026-10-15: +44 / −2 2026-10-16: +50 / −1 2026-10-17: +60 / −1 2026-10-18: +69 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2010-105183.3%
2010-1165297.0%
2010-1290297.8%
2011-01410100.0%
2011-02300100.0%
2011-03220100.0%
2011-0439197.5%
2011-05370100.0%
2011-0629196.7%
2011-07117199.2%
2011-08410100.0%
2011-09380100.0%
2011-1030196.8%
2011-11420100.0%
2011-122240100.0%
2012-01490100.0%
2012-02430100.0%
2012-03400100.0%
2012-04310100.0%
2012-05260100.0%
2012-06290100.0%
2012-07194199.5%
2012-08570100.0%
2012-09770100.0%
2012-10540100.0%
2012-11400100.0%
2012-12920100.0%
2013-0186198.9%
2013-02470100.0%
2013-03560100.0%
2013-04550100.0%
2013-0585297.7%
2013-06950100.0%
2013-07312399.0%
2013-08111298.2%
2013-09930100.0%
2013-10175497.8%
2013-11312897.5%
2013-128331598.2%
2014-018591897.9%
2014-024181397.0%
2014-03346897.7%
2014-042781196.2%
2014-052841096.6%
2014-06815799.1%
2014-074771397.3%
2014-083471097.2%
2014-094181496.8%
2014-104791597.0%
2014-114151097.6%
2014-126092396.4%
2015-015402595.6%
2015-023611695.8%
2015-034251297.3%
2015-043581296.8%
2015-053291196.8%
2015-066761997.3%
2015-074831597.0%
2015-083551496.2%
2015-092761893.9%
2015-102811096.6%
2015-116282096.9%
2015-128104794.5%
2016-017273295.8%
2016-026082695.9%
2016-033671596.1%
2016-042981296.1%
2016-053052093.8%
2016-065251996.5%
2016-075522895.2%
2016-083531496.2%
2016-092741893.8%
2016-102631494.9%
2016-113,6703099.2%
2016-126902197.0%
2017-017273096.0%
2017-025232795.1%
2017-033282194.0%
2017-043321595.7%
2017-05323997.3%
2017-069404295.7%
2017-071,2874396.8%
2017-086539387.5%
2017-095393693.7%
2017-103911895.6%
2017-112,6834398.4%
2017-121,1775395.7%
2018-011,2175495.8%
2018-027943096.4%
2018-036762496.6%
2018-044952595.2%
2018-054892096.1%
2018-066853794.9%
2018-078604595.0%
2018-084761996.2%
2018-093661695.8%
2018-103291396.2%
2018-112,0213598.3%
2018-126962496.7%
2019-016972696.4%
2019-025572196.4%
2019-034461796.3%
2019-043411496.1%
2019-053951197.3%
2019-061,8963098.4%
2019-072,1794697.9%
2019-083992195.0%
2019-093621795.5%
2019-105491198.0%
2019-113,3983898.9%
2019-123,1044298.7%
2020-012,2834198.2%
2020-021,1923297.4%
2020-032,1864198.2%
2020-042,7504598.4%
2020-051,5653397.9%
2020-061,6123597.9%
2020-072,4664298.3%
2020-081,3342798.0%
2020-091,0453097.2%
2020-101,1462897.6%
2020-112,6523398.8%
2020-122,4806097.6%
2021-012,5516497.6%
2021-021,6183697.8%
2021-031,5603098.1%
2021-041,4003997.3%
2021-051,3903897.3%
2021-061,6423997.7%
2021-072,5077597.1%
2021-081,8604397.7%
2021-091,1693197.4%
2021-101,1753497.2%
2021-112,0474198.0%
2021-122,1344797.8%
2022-012,3215297.8%
2022-021,8634097.9%
2022-031,4174197.2%
2022-041,2002797.8%
2022-051,0592697.6%
2022-061,3684197.1%
2022-072,1544498.0%
2022-081,5435196.8%
2022-091,1523097.5%
2022-101,1292897.6%
2022-112,4754098.4%
2022-122,7526397.8%
2023-012,7546697.7%
2023-021,4954697.0%
2023-032,1945397.6%
2023-041,6873997.7%
2023-051,3115296.2%
2023-061,3934596.9%
2023-073,1607097.8%
2023-081,7703997.8%
2023-092,4925997.7%
2023-101,7035596.9%
2023-114,0329197.8%
2023-123,3337997.7%
2024-012,9427897.4%
2024-021,7254197.7%
2024-032,5875697.9%
2024-041,8365097.3%
2024-051,4735096.7%
2024-061,87211094.5%
2024-072,9377897.4%
2024-082,1006597.0%
2024-091,3324296.9%
2024-101,2683997.0%
2024-119,54425597.4%
2024-124,02410497.5%
2025-012,5426097.7%
2025-021,6336096.5%
2025-031,9795297.4%
2025-041,3964496.9%
2025-051,4545196.6%
2025-061,5915296.8%
2025-071,9994897.7%
2025-081,4665296.6%
2025-091,1243796.8%
2025-101,5354697.1%
2025-112,3937097.2%
2025-122,5818696.8%
2026-012,5605897.8%
2026-021,6465396.9%
2026-031,8374997.4%
2026-041,6684897.2%
2026-051,4814697.0%
2026-061,4685196.6%
2026-072,1646597.1%
2026-081,5155696.4%
2026-091,2373996.9%
2026-101,1612797.7%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19553
2026-09-20581
2026-09-21331
2026-09-22320
2026-09-23291
2026-09-24380
2026-09-25272
2026-09-26471
2026-09-27411
2026-09-28361
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06 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days97.3%2,236
Last 180 days96.9%13,374
All time97.6%281,261
Japanese, last 180 days100.0%13
08 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

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