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Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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App ID 420
App Type Tool
Developer
Publisher Valve
Franchise Half-Life
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Source Engine
Last Changenumber 30100106
Last Record Update 17 July 2025 – 00:10:34 UTC ()
Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
🤩 95.16%
41k reviews
20
In-App

Half-Life® 2: Episode Two is the second in a trilogy of new games created by Valve that extends the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life® adventure. As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions.

Additional Information

Developer Valve
metacritic_url pc/halflife2episode2
gamedir half-life 2 episode two
metacritic_name Half-Life 2: Episode Two
icon steam/games/icon_hl2
controller_support full
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metacritic_score 90
NoServers Yes
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primarycache 421
dependantOnApp Half-Life 2: Episode One (380)
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ValidOSList macOS Windows
developer_url http://www.valvesoftware.com/
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
Supports64bit No
dependantOnAppPreventRecurseHoles Yes
PreloadUnlockTime 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1191999600)
RequiresSSE Yes
Publisher Valve
languages (extended) english,french,german,russian,spanish
Store Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 10 October 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1191999600)
Store Asset Modification Time 23 April 2025 – 00:35:54 UTC () (1745368554)
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Detected Technologies (?) Source Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, Bink_Video SDK, CEF SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK, SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 26 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8270648
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
deckresolutionoverride Native
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:42:04 UTC (), in changelist #196282

Supported Languages

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

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Captions available Steam Cloud Stats Includes Source SDK Commentary available Family Sharing HDR rendering Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers Steam Input API Supported

Accessibility Categories

Subtitle Options Camera Comfort Custom Volume Controls Stereo Sound Surround Sound Playable without Timed Input Adjustable Difficulty Save Anytime

Assets

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timestamp23 April 2025 – 00:35:56 UTC

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
221 Shared InstallDepot from 220Half-Life 2 Base No size
222 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 220Half-Life 2 Windows client No size
223 macOS Shared InstallDepot from 220Half-Life 2 OSX client No size
224 Linux Shared InstallDepot from 220Half-Life 2 Linux client No size
225 Shared InstallDepot from 220RussianHalf-Life 2 Russian No size
226 Shared InstallDepot from 220Spanish - SpainHalf-Life 2 Spanish No size
227 Shared InstallDepot from 220FrenchHalf-Life 2 French No size
228 Shared InstallDepot from 220GermanHalf-Life 2 German No size
389 Shared InstallDepot from 380Half-Life 2 Episode 1 Base No size
380 Shared InstallDepot from 380Half-Life 2 Episode 1 No size
381 Shared InstallDepot from 380FrenchHalf-Life 2 Episode 1 French No size
382 Shared InstallDepot from 380GermanHalf-Life 2 Episode 1 German No size
383 Shared InstallDepot from 380RussianHalf-Life 2 Episode 1 Russian No size
384 Shared InstallDepot from 380Spanish - SpainHalf-Life 2 Episode 1 Spanish No size
420 Half-Life 2 Episode 2 2.96 GiB 1.78 GiB
421 FrenchHalf-Life 2 Episode 2 French 430.66 MiB 311.38 MiB
422 GermanHalf-Life 2 Episode 2 German 429.80 MiB 321.06 MiB
423 RussianHalf-Life 2 Episode 2 Russian 189.42 MiB 174.41 MiB
424 Spanish - SpainHalf-Life 2 Episode 2 Spanish 435.81 MiB 322.01 MiB

Total size on disk is 4.41 GiB and total download size is 2.89 GiB.

Total size on disk is 2.96 GiB and total download size is 1.78 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 17324709 11 February 2025 – 18:43:51 UTC
beta Beta updates 16557534 28 November 2024 – 15:37:49 UTC
previous The previous public build 16437796 28 November 2024 – 15:41:13 UTC
steam_legacy Pre-20th Anniversary Build 12694563 15 November 2024 – 21:59:48 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
markdlcdepots 1
hasdepotsindlc 0
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