Half-Life 2: Episode One on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Half-Life 2 has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, and earned over 35 Game of the Year Awards. Episode One is the first in a series of games that reveal the aftermath of Half-Life 2 and launch a journey beyond City 17. Also features two multiplayer games. Half-Life 2 not required.

Half-Life 2: Episode One is a fps, action and sci-fi game developed and published by Valve.
Released on June 01st 2006 is available on Windows and Linux in 18 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish and Thai.

It has received 31,822 reviews of which 30,478 were positive and 1,344 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is not available on Steam.


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Windows

Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

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Sept. 2025
saying this game is the worst half-life 2 is like saying my 2 billion dollar megayacht is the least opulent of my whole fleet
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Feb. 2025
Welp, my review won't matter since this game was delisted. Don't worry, Valve just made HL2 Ep.1 and Ep.2 as part of HL2 base, so getting that will give you both this and Ep.2 with it. You aren't missing anything.
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Nov. 2024
Casual reminder that anyone who says that this doesn't exist anymore is wrong, they just made it so instead of being listed as a game, it was listed as a tool. What this means is that you can not only still install it but you can also still play it. if you want to find the game again search for the game in your library and look in the tools section👍 (same also goes for episode 2 and lost coast)
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Nov. 2024
It's honestly too bad episodes one and two don't have their own steam pages anymore. I think the best thing Valve could have done is applied the update to all three games separately instead of combining them all. IDRC that they are all in one bundle now, I think that's the way it should be, so good on Valve for that. I think overall the update really does show the love Valve and the community have for Half-Life 2, but Episodes One and Two have their own legacies to uphold, and mixing them with HL2 doesn't do this. It's like how ID made DOOM I + II and removed DOOM II standalone from Steam. I've seen people complain their achievements are gone but, like... they're all still there, you just need to launch Half-Life 2.
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Nov. 2024
This game was quite challenging for me (not an expert haha). The ending seemed a little abrupt (like oh we're done now?) but it was a good extension of HL2.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Half-Life 2: Episode One is not available on Steam.

Half-Life 2: Episode One is not available on Steam yet.

Half-Life 2: Episode One received 30,478 positive votes out of a total of 31,822 achieving an impressive rating of 9.38.
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Half-Life 2: Episode One was developed and published by Valve.

Half-Life 2: Episode One is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Half-Life 2: Episode One is not playable on MacOS.

Half-Life 2: Episode One is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Half-Life 2: Episode One is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Half-Life 2: Episode One. Explore additional content available for Half-Life 2: Episode One on Steam.

Half-Life 2: Episode One does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Half-Life 2: Episode One does not support Steam Remote Play.

Half-Life 2: Episode One is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Half-Life 2: Episode One
Rating
9.4
30,478
1,344
Game modes
Features
Online players
8
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release 01 Jun 2006
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