Half-Life: Alyx cover
FranchiseHalf-LifeSeriesHalf-Life

Half-Life: Alyx

Critic score9 critics
First release
Mar 23, 2020
Publisher
Valve
Engine
Source 2
Genres
Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
SteamVR

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Alyx Vance and her father Eli mount an early resistance to the Combine's brutal occupation of Earth.

Also known as hlvr.exe, Half Life Alyx

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Storyline
Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance. As founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity—performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine. Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.Read more

Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance. As founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity—performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine. Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.

Release dates
SteamVR
Mar 23, 2020
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
7h
Main + Extras
14h
Completionist
21h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Virtual Reality
Keywords
female protagonist, black protagonist, story rich, vr only

At a Glance

Critic Score
93
Main Story (IGDB)
7h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
14h
Completionist (IGDB)
21h

Overview

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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 93,477 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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