Play Valve’s Half-Life Series for Free Now on Steam

Jan. 26, 2020



Valve is currently offeringall games in theHalf-Lifeseries for freeon Steam. The offer is valid until the latest game in the series – Half-Life: Alyx launches sometime in March.

“Half-Life: Alyx is set before the events of Half-Life 2 and the episodes, but the games share characters and story elements. The Half-Life: Alyx team believes that the best way to enjoy the new game is to play through the old ones, especially Half-Life 2 and the episodes, so we want to make that as easy as possible.”,wrote Valve in a Steam Communityannouncement.

That includesHalf-Life,Half-Life 2,Half-Life 2: Episode One,Half-Life 2: Episode Two,Half-Life: Opposing Force,Half-Life: Blue Shift, andTeam Fortress Classic. Install Steam on your PC to start playing the games.

To be clear, the game will be available to play only until Half-Life: Alyx launches and once it gets launched in March, you will have to pay to continue playing the older games. I guess a lot of you might already be having the series in your library by now. If not, now is a good time to start and explore the series.

So, are you a fan of Half-Life series? Tell us in the comments.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.