Half-Life: Alyx

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• Linux

Genres

• post-apocalyptic video game

• first-person shooter

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Engines

• Source 2

Localized titles

• Half-Life: Alyx

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• VR^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Tracked Controller Support^*
• VR Only^*
• Captions available^*
• VR Support^*
• Steam Workshop^*
• Custom Volume Controls^*
• Adjustable Difficulty^*
• Save Anytime^*
• Stereo Sound^*
• Subtitle Options^*
• Surround Sound^*
• Includes level editor^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Japanese^*
• Korean^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Spanish - Latin America^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Italian^*
• Czech^*
• Hungarian^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Portugal^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Ukrainian^*
• Vietnamese^*
• Bulgarian^*
• Greek^*
• Danish^*
• Dutch^*
• Norwegian^*
• Romanian^*
• Thai^*
• Turkish^*
• Finnish^*
• Swedish^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Swedish^*

Community tags · historical

• VR^*

  Votes · historical

  2,273^*

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  1,994^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  1,967^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  1,966^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  1,954^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  1,922^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,884^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  1,867^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  1,846^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  1,834^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  1,830^*

• Zombies^*

  Votes · historical

  1,818^*

• Beautiful^*

  Votes · historical

  1,794^*

• Aliens^*

  Votes · historical

  1,749^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  1,734^*

• Futuristic^*

  Votes · historical

  1,700^*

• Psychological Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  1,690^*

• Memes^*

  Votes · historical

  1,543^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  725^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  260^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 10^*

  Processor alternatives

  Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600^*

  Memory

  12 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM VR Support: SteamVR^*

  Conditions

  Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  150^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

Developers

• Valve Corporation
• Campo Santo

• Valve^*

Publishers

• Valve Corporation
• Valve^*

• 2020-03-23

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows

  Market

  worldwide

• 2020-03-23 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2020-03-23^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Mar 23, 2020^*

Detailed specifications