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FranchiseHalf-LifeSeriesHalf-Life

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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First release
Oct 09, 2007
Publisher
EA Games, Valve
Engine
Source
Genres
Shooter, Puzzle · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360

Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a first-person shooter set in the aftermath of the Citadel's destruction. Players control Gordon Freeman as he and Alyx Vance travel through forests and underground tunnels toward a resistance base, facing Combine forces and new enemy types along the way. The game emphasizes vehicle-based combat sequences alongside the series' physics-driven puzzles and gunplay.

Also known as HL2:EP2, Half-Life 2: Episode 2

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Storyline
Following the destruction of the Citadel in City 17, Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance find themselves stranded in the surrounding countryside. Alyx carries vital intelligence stolen from the Combine, data that reveals the location of the Combine's homeworld and could allow the human resistance to shut down a superportal forming above the ruins of the city. Pursued by Combine forces desperate to prevent the information from reaching the resistance base at White Forest, the pair must cross dangerous terrain filled with hostile creatures and enemy patrols to deliver the data before the portal fully opens and enables a massive Combine reinforcement.Read more

Following the destruction of the Citadel in City 17, Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance find themselves stranded in the surrounding countryside. Alyx carries vital intelligence stolen from the Combine, data that reveals the location of the Combine's homeworld and could allow the human resistance to shut down a superportal forming above the ruins of the city. Pursued by Combine forces desperate to prevent the information from reaching the resistance base at White Forest, the pair must cross dangerous terrain filled with hostile creatures and enemy patrols to deliver the data before the portal fully opens and enables a massive Combine reinforcement.

Release dates
Xbox 360
Oct 09, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 10, 2007
Xbox 360
Oct 10, 2007
All 14 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 18, 2007
Xbox 360
Oct 18, 2007
Xbox 360
Oct 25, 2007
PlayStation 3
Nov 16, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 22, 2007
PlayStation 3
Nov 22, 2007
PlayStation 3
Dec 11, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 04, 2008
Xbox 360
May 22, 2008
Mac
May 26, 2010
Linux
May 10, 2013
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
4h
Main + Extras
6h
Completionist
9h
Age ratings
PEGI 16ESRB M
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
aliens, zombies, helicopter, bloody, gravity
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At a Glance

Critic Score
70
Main Story (IGDB)
4h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
6h
Completionist (IGDB)
9h
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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 33,686 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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