Half-Life: Alyx
| App ID | 546560 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Valve |
| Publisher | Valve |
| Franchise | Half-Life |
| Supported Systems | Windows Linux |
| Technologies | Source2 Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 31188451 |
| Last Record Update | 18 September 2025 – 20:05:31 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 23 March 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC ( |
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
Additional Information
| Developer | Valve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | Half-Life: Alyx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_score | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_fullurl | https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/half-life-alyx?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| workshop_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MinClientVersion | 15 May 2020 – 03:36:56 UTC ( |
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| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Valve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 23 March 2020 – 16:50:00 UTC ( |
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| osarch | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OpenVrSupport | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ControllerVr |
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| PlayAreaVr |
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| vrheadsetstreaming | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| onlyvrsupport | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| openvr_action_manifest_path | game/hlvr/cfg/actions.json | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Action (1), Adventure (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 23 March 2020 – 17:00:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 26 October 2022 – 22:29:43 UTC ( |
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| osextended | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aliases | HL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_score | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Source2 Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, OpenVR SDK, Qt SDK, SDL SDK, Steam_Audio SDK, Steam_Networking SDK, V8 SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Deck Compatibility |
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| Content Descriptors | Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First seen on SteamDB | 19 October 2016 – 18:11:25 UTC ( |
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| Content Descriptors (Including DLC) | Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supported Languages
| 28 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles | Achievements |
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| English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Korean | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Russian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Spanish - Latin America | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Traditional Chinese | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Italian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Czech | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hungarian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Polish | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Portuguese - Portugal | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ukrainian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vietnamese | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Bulgarian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Greek | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Danish | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dutch | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Norwegian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Romanian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Thai | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Turkish | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Finnish | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Swedish | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tags
Categories
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Captions available
Steam Workshop
Includes level editor
Family Sharing
Hardware Categories
Assets
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| logo_small | f7269f4b14f921e9dff13c05caf133ffe92b58ab_thumb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Assets |
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| trailer_name | Half-Life: Alyx Announce Trailer |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
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| video/mp4 | 256767815/movie480.mp4 |
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| video/webm | 256767815/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256767815/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
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| video/mp4 | 546560/253732/6dc0a5b4a9f2bb0ea9e74ea2bdd4647eb09e1f4d/1749861541/microtrailer.mp4 |
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| screenshot_full | 256767815/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 2 March 2020 – 19:02:16 UTC |
| trailer_name | Half-Life: Alyx Gameplay 1 |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256776744/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256776744/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256776744/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256776744/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 546560/269742/acb68750c3e97fa6a239a068e070c9be3811616b/1749861541/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 546560/269742/acb68750c3e97fa6a239a068e070c9be3811616b/1749861541/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 546560/269742/acb68750c3e97fa6a239a068e070c9be3811616b/1749861541/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 546560/269742/acb68750c3e97fa6a239a068e070c9be3811616b/1749861541/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 546560/269742/acb68750c3e97fa6a239a068e070c9be3811616b/1749861541/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256776744/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256776744/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 2 March 2020 – 19:02:23 UTC |
| trailer_name | Half-Life: Alyx Gameplay 2 |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256776745/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256776745/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256776745/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256776745/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 546560/269743/a3ed0da266b7f7321d67f9b90b3e9ea0b419babf/1749861543/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 546560/269743/a3ed0da266b7f7321d67f9b90b3e9ea0b419babf/1749861543/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 546560/269743/a3ed0da266b7f7321d67f9b90b3e9ea0b419babf/1749861543/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 546560/269743/a3ed0da266b7f7321d67f9b90b3e9ea0b419babf/1749861543/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 546560/269743/a3ed0da266b7f7321d67f9b90b3e9ea0b419babf/1749861543/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256776745/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256776745/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 2 March 2020 – 19:02:32 UTC |
| trailer_name | Half-Life: Alyx Gameplay 3 |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256776746/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256776746/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256776746/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256776746/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 546560/269744/b78dd8982411b6623291fb414747572488f729ea/1749861543/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 546560/269744/b78dd8982411b6623291fb414747572488f729ea/1749861543/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 546560/269744/b78dd8982411b6623291fb414747572488f729ea/1749861543/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 546560/269744/b78dd8982411b6623291fb414747572488f729ea/1749861543/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 546560/269744/b78dd8982411b6623291fb414747572488f729ea/1749861543/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256776746/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256776746/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 2 March 2020 – 19:02:39 UTC |
User File System
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| quota | 953.67 MiB (1000000000) | ||||||||||
| maxnumfiles | 1000 | ||||||||||
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Save File Locations
Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.
Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.
| Platform | Path | Pattern |
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| [All OSes] | [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Half-Life Alyx/game/hlvr/SAVE | * |