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Half-Life

edited 2026-05-21

A complete play order for Valve's Half-Life franchise — every mainline entry and expansion from Half-Life (1998) through Half-Life: Alyx (2020), covering Gordon Freeman's interrupted story alongside the parallel perspectives of Opposing Force, Blue Shift, and Decay. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, with the fan-endorsed Black Mesa remake listed separately.

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01GAME
1998The 1998 first-person shooter developed by Valve and published by Sierra Studios, released November 19, 1998. Theoretical physicist Gordon F…
02GAME
1999A 1999 expansion for Half-Life developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sierra On-Line, released November 19, 1999. Players control U.…
03GAME
2001A 2001 expansion for Half-Life developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sierra Entertainment, released June 12, 2001. Players control…
04GAME
2001A 2001 cooperative expansion developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sierra Entertainment, released November 14, 2001 exclusively for…
05GAME
2020A 2020 VR first-person shooter developed and published by Valve Corporation, released March 23, 2020 and playable only with a compatible VR…
06GAME
2004The 2004 sequel to Half-Life developed and published by Valve Corporation, released November 16, 2004. Set approximately twenty years after…
07GAME
2006The first episodic expansion to Half-Life 2, developed and published by Valve Corporation and released June 1, 2006. Set immediately after t…
08GAME
2007The second episodic expansion to Half-Life 2, developed and published by Valve Corporation and released October 10, 2007, bundled in The Ora…
09GAME
2005A free 2005 technology demonstration released by Valve on October 27, 2005, containing a single playable level that was cut from Half-Life 2…