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Released Nov 1, 1999 $4.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Half-Life: Opposing Force

By Gearbox Software · published by Valve

Followers —
Reviews 25,643 Overwhelmingly Positive
Players yesterday 74 at the busiest moment
Owners 2M–5M estimated

About Half-Life: Opposing Force

Half-Life: Opposing Force is a game tagged FPS, Action and Classic by Gearbox Software, released Nov 1, 1999. It has 25,643 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Half-Life 2, TRON 2.0 and Half-Life: Blue Shift.

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Half-Life: Opposing Force · record updated 9 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID50
Release dateNov 1, 1999
Last change number37431479
Last record update9 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Gearbox Software
Publisher
Valve
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise
Half-Life
Technologies
Source detected

Languages

4 · 0 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Korean Yes

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

3
Single-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

Related apps

Patches

Builds

2
BuildBranchUpdated
5429885publicAug 19, 2020
5429885betaAug 19, 2020

Packages & DLC

Packages

4
IDNameGamesPrice (US)
32 Half-Life: Opposing Force 1 $4.99
237 Bundle Half-Life 1 Anthology 4 $13.71
231 Bundle Half-Life Complete 8 $26.94
232 Bundle Valve Complete Pack 20 $116.84

Depots

Depots

20
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
1 — shared from 70 All — — —
2 — shared from 70 Windows — — —
3 — shared from 70 All — — —
6 — shared from 70 All — — —
8 — shared from 70 Linux — — —
9 — shared from 70 macOS — — —
51 — All 273.0 MB 140.8 MB 789184054796507140
52 — German All 32.5 MB 17.5 MB 5528482501962900096
53 — French All 34.0 MB 18.2 MB 5763450929861348423
56 — Koreana All 1,023.4 KB 340.0 KB 6741694038486968355
72 — French shared from 70 All — — —
73 — Italian shared from 70 All — — —
74 — German shared from 70 All — — —
75 — Spanish shared from 70 All — — —
77 — Schinese shared from 70 All — — —
78 — Koreana shared from 70 All — — —
79 — Tchinese shared from 70 All — — —
96 — shared from 70 All — — —
141 — Russian shared from 70 All — — —
228988 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —

Branches

2
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 5429885 Aug 19, 2020 Open
beta Steampipe beta 5429885 Aug 19, 2020 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Half-Life

Launch options

3
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
hl.exe -steam -game gearbox Windows
hl.sh -steam -game gearbox macOS
hl.sh -steam -game gearbox Linux

Cloud saves

Space per player100.0 MB
Filesup to 500
Save locations2
RootPathPatternSystems
gameinstallgearbox/SAVE*.*all
gameinstallgearbox*.cfgall

Data from public Steam pages, updated daily; 2 days of history. Owner counts are estimates. LaunchRivals is not affiliated with Valve or Steam.