Steady crowd

Half-Life

Released Nov 19, 1998 · Steam app 70

Prices from €7.64

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 01:20 UTC

Playing now

703

at 01:20 UTC

24-hour peak

1,003

All-time peak

33,467

monthly peak, Nov 2023

24h change

-13%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

live on Twitch

Best price

€7.64

key shop

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 703 players
Peak · 48h: 1,003 players
Average · 48h: 712 players
Lowest · 48h: 0 players

Oct 28, 2026, 1:20 AM: 703 players

What stands out

+5%Players since 02:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
1Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
1,003Today’s peak was 43% above the current count.

All-time peak

33,467

Highest monthly peak on record, in Nov 2023. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 1,003.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026	720	+8.6%+57	1,003
September	663	-4.6%-32	1,174
August	695	-22%-198	1,145
July	893	+18%+135	1,690
June	758	+7.8%+55	1,603
May	703	+0.7%+5	1,222
April	698	-6.4%-48	1,266
March	746	-1.6%-12	1,459
February	758	-26%-265	1,359
January	1,023	-7.3%-80	2,222
2025
December	1,103	+22%+201	2,191
November	902	+41%+262	1,911

Show all 172 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	640	+15%+82	1,241
September	558	-15%-95	968
August	653	-18%-140	1,119
July	793	+12%+86	1,426
June	707	+5.8%+39	1,387
May	668	-1.2%-8	1,162
April	676	-17%-138	1,253
March	814	+5.3%+41	1,523
February	773	-58%-1,065	1,460
January	1,838	+6.2%+108	4,926
2024
December	1,730	+0.9%+15	5,034
November	1,715	+155%+1,043	6,401
October	672	-5.5%-39	1,319
September	711	-16%-134	1,237
August	845	-17%-174	1,448
July	1,019	+25%+206	1,804
June	813	+4.6%+36	1,736
May	777	-7.7%-65	1,705
April	842	-20%-213	1,578
March	1,055	+0.5%+5	2,040
February	1,050	-32%-486	1,900
January	1,536	-44%-1,216	3,214
2023
December	2,752	-48%-2,532	7,451
Novemberbest month	5,284	+922%+4,767	33,467
October	517	-30%-220	982
September	737	+34%+188	1,991
August	549	-45%-449	862
July	998	+99%+496	1,942
June	502	-2.9%-15	1,515
May	517	-9.5%-54	885
April	571	-20%-147	1,086
March	718	+26%+146	1,836
February	572	-30%-241	999
January	813	-3.8%-32	1,831
2022
December	845	+42%+249	1,822
November	596	+62%+227	2,257
October	369	-4.7%-18	624
September	387	-26%-138	692
August	525	-17%-104	10,480
July	629	+35%+162	1,404
June	467	+15%+61	1,158
May	406	-4.3%-18	686
April	424	-4.5%-20	729
March	444	-24%-139	763
February	583	-16%-114	1,172
January	697	+12%+73	1,375
2021
December	624	+32%+151	1,283
November	473	+16%+64	1,284
October	409	-14%-65	720
September	474	-8.3%-43	764
August	517	-26%-182	788
July	699	+24%+134	1,355
June	565	+7.2%+38	1,461
May	527	+3.9%+20	869
April	507	-1.9%-10	819
March	517	-15%-93	883
February	610	-23%-179	1,028
January	789	+7.5%+55	1,612
2020
December	734	+13%+86	1,549
November	648	+45%+202	1,582
October	446	+0.5%+2	1,170
September	444	-12%-63	693
August	507	-33%-250	745
July	757	+34%+193	1,380
June	564	-11%-70	1,408
May	634	-37%-374	1,123
April	1,008	-39%-648	2,767
March	1,656	+46%+521	4,316
February	1,135	-17%-232	2,969
January	1,367	+69%+557	5,998
2019
December	810	+40%+233	1,860
November	577	+63%+222	1,927
October	355	-3.5%-13	866
September	368	-6.4%-25	620
August	393	-38%-242	670
July	635	+45%+196	1,271
June	439	+48%+142	1,357
May	297	-5.4%-17	535
April	314	-12%-42	601
March	356	-12%-49	648
February	405	-13%-59	862
January	464	0%0	1,019
2018
December	464	+28%+101	1,019
November	363	+32%+87	1,064
October	276	-8%-24	509
September	300	-16%-59	543
August	359	-37%-213	560
July	572	+14%+72	1,327
June	500	+52%+170	1,420
May	330	-0.9%-3	614
April	333	-16%-63	609
March	396	-16%-74	734
February	470	-23%-137	1,151
January	607	+1.9%+11	1,422
2017
December	596	+45%+186	1,604
November	410	+37%+110	1,509
October	300	-20%-73	586
September	373	-4.1%-16	678
August	389	-42%-281	688
July	670	+29%+151	1,798
June	519	+96%+254	1,789
May	265	-4.3%-12	502
April	277	-6.7%-20	509
March	297	-13%-45	591
February	342	-23%-102	640
January	444	+11%+43	1,170
2016
December	401	+30%+92	1,080
November	309	+27%+66	1,019
October	243	-1.6%-4	444
September	247	-5%-13	460
August	260	-32%-124	461
July	384	+13%+45	955
June	339	+42%+100	917
May	239	+2.6%+6	425
April	233	-15%-41	430
March	274	-27%-101	537
February	375	-14%-59	785
January	434	+0.9%+4	1,045
2015
December	430	+29%+96	1,037
November	334	+48%+108	975
October	226	+4.6%+10	422
September	216	-14%-34	384
August	250	-17%-50	411
July	300	-34%-157	501
June	457	+75%+196	1,053
May	261	-3%-8	458
April	269	-3.9%-11	523
March	280	-5.1%-15	529
February	295	-22%-83	529
January	378	-3.6%-14	941
2014
December	392	+45%+121	1,041
November	271	-25%-88	732
October	359	+19%+58	1,014
September	301	+28%+66	1,317
August	235	-12%-33	388
July	268	-12%-38	493
June	306	+51%+103	836
May	203	-6%-13	379
April	216	+0.9%+2	389
March	214	-8.9%-21	411
February	235	-33%-114	457
January	349	+14%+43	1,107
2013
December	306	+46%+96	687
November	210	-29%-85	682
October	295	+45%+92	1,169
September	203	-19%-47	411
August	250	-50%-250	464
July	500	+182%+323	2,132
June	177	+1.1%+2	343
May	175	-4.4%-8	324
April	183	-9%-18	359
March	201	-27%-73	416
February	274	+20%+45	721
January	229	+4.1%+9	490
2012
December	220	+40%+63	597
November	157	+1.3%+2	356
October	155	-29%-62	345
September	217	-8.4%-20	464
August	237	-33%-115	419
July	352	—	674

Players since 2012

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 5,284 players on average; November 2023
All-time peak: 33,467 players at once; November 2023
Last 12 months: -17.4%; 799 players on average, against 966 the year before

September 2026: 663 players on average, peak 1,174 · Point at a bar for its numbers.

average players (bars)
peak players (line)

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.

#109 most played on Steam in July 2013
Usually busiest in December: 36% above its trend, over 13 years

Prices

EUR · checked 22:26 UTC · IsThereAnyDeal · GG.deals

Best official price now

€9.69

cheapest named store: Steam €9.69

Key shops

€7.64

On Steam

€9.69

Lowest ever

€0.00

Wait for a sale

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Key shops €7.64
Best official €9.69
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On Twitch

Live viewers and channels, hourly averages in the last 24 hours

viewers now

144

peak hour, last 24 h

live channels

viewers per channel

Watch Half-Life on Twitch

144

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About the game

Release date: Nov 19, 1998
All-time peak reached: Nov 2023 · 33,467
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 26, 2026
Steam app id: 70

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