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Half-Life 2: Update

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App ID 290930
App Type Game
Developer ,
Publisher Filip Victor
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Source Engine
Last Changenumber 28971347
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 01:27:41 UTC ()
Release Date 27 March 2015 – 19:41:00 UTC ()
😍 90.69%
8k reviews
20
In-Game

A completely free and extensive community-developed update for Half-Life 2 featuring beautiful lighting, countless bug fixes, and a brand new Community Commentary Mode. With Half-Life 2: Update, there’s never been a better time to revisit City 17.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Filip Victor
metacritic_name UntitledApp
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
RequiredAppID Half-Life 2 (220)
ReleaseState released
Publisher Filip Victor
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 27 March 2015 – 19:41:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 27 March 2015 – 19:41:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 20 November 2024 – 23:43:56 UTC () (1732146236)
Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) Source Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, Bink_Video SDK, CEF SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK, SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • This game doesn't support Steam Deck's native display resolution and may experience degraded performance
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 18 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 290930
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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First seen on SteamDB 25 March 2014 – 21:39:51 UTC (), in changelist #444536

Supported Languages

24 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Bulgarian Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes
Greek Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Norwegian Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🆓 Free to Play 💥 Action 🔫 FPS 🔧 Mod 🚀 Sci-fi 🔫 Shooter 🙌 First-Person 🔇 Silent Protagonist 👤 Singleplayer 👽 Aliens 🔋 Physics 🌫 Atmospheric 🕹️ Multiplayer ⛓ Dystopian 🕒 Classic 📚 Story Rich 😱 Horror 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🧩 Puzzle

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Captions available Steam Cloud Commentary available

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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Trailers
2037149 ↴
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2037147 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
290931 Half-Life 2: Update Content 6.33 GiB 2.98 GiB
290941 Windows Half-Life 2: Update Windows Depot 6.33 GiB 2.72 GiB
290940 macOS Half-Life 2: Update OSX Depot 6.88 GiB 2.71 GiB
290942 Linux Half-Life 2: Update Linux Depot 6.90 GiB 2.72 GiB
290932 GermanHalf-Life 2: Update Depot German 733.17 MiB 571.61 MiB
290933 FrenchHalf-Life 2: Update Depot French 726.54 MiB 563.44 MiB
290934 ItalianHalf-Life 2: Update Depot Italian 733.35 MiB 579.60 MiB
290935 KoreanHalf-Life 2: Update Depot Korean 735.01 MiB 531.11 MiB
290936 Spanish - SpainHalf-Life 2: Update Depot Spanish 732.29 MiB 578.00 MiB
290937 Simplified ChineseHalf-Life 2: Update Depot Simplified Chinese 741.64 MiB 569.46 MiB
290938 Traditional ChineseHalf-Life 2: Update Depot Traditional Chinese 687.10 MiB 536.28 MiB
290939 RussianHalf-Life 2: Update Depot Russian 777.44 MiB 621.88 MiB

Total size on disk is 32.18 GiB and total download size is 15.58 GiB.

Total size on disk is 12.67 GiB and total download size is 5.70 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 598467
beta community fixes test 598467

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian
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