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Games like Half-Life 2

Valve · 2004 · 97 % positive of 245,627

24 games that play like Half-Life 2 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life.

Player tags

  • FPS
  • Action
  • Sci-fi
  • Classic
  • Singleplayer
  • Story Rich
  • Shooter
  • First-Person

At a glance

What games like Half-Life 2 have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Half-Life 2: FPS (23 of 24), Sci-fi (22) and Classic (13).
  • They came out between 1998 and 2024, 19 of them after Half-Life 2 (2004).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Portal 2 (98 % positive of 433,510).
  • 4 games both play and look like Half-Life 2, among them Half-Life 2: Episode One, Black Mesa and Prospekt.

By gameplay

Plays like Half-Life 2

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours95 % positive of 882Shared: Action · Singleplayer · Adventure
  2. Transmissions: Element 12094 % positive of 9,805Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Shooter
  3. Portal 298 % positive of 433,510Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Story Rich
  4. Crysis79 % positive of 13,214Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Classic
  5. Crysis 2 Remastered89 % positive of 6,753Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Story Rich
  6. Portal98 % positive of 177,741Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Classic
  7. Crysis Remastered76 % positive of 13,118Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Shooter
  8. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl80 % positive of 113,346Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Story Rich
  9. Sven Co-op93 % positive of 31,316Shared: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
  10. Quake II95 % positive of 9,228Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Classic
  11. Crysis Warhead®85 % positive of 3,824Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Story Rich
  12. Quake 487 % positive of 3,424Shared: FPS · Sci-fi · Classic

By look

Looks like Half-Life 2

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat95 % positive of 30,957
  2. Prospekt61 % positive of 1,629
  3. Metro 2033 Redux91 % positive of 110,967
  4. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition44 % positive of 4,606
  5. Apocalyptic Vibes79 % positive of 247
  6. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin85 % positive of 8,549
  7. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Enhanced Edition41 % positive of 1,373
  8. Marauders71 % positive of 20,679
  9. Kingpin: Reloaded36 % positive of 356
  10. Perilous Warp74 % positive of 338
  11. Ultimate Zombie Defense85 % positive of 3,188
  12. E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy84 % positive of 7,699

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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