
I believe everyone gets access to this for free, but some mods do require owning the game and (ideally) both expansions. Once downloaded, right click on it, select Properties, and pick 'upcoming' from the drop-down in the betas tab. Most of the mods below from the past five years require the Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer package, which you can find under the 'Tools' header in your Steam library. Valve have updated, tweaked, tuned and repacked it a half-dozen times, breaking some older releases. While Half-Life 2 modding has been a constant almost since the day the game launched, the game's code base has not been.

Below, a hand-picked basket of goodies, and a crowbar to open it. Want to turbo-charge the original game, or send Gordon Freeman on a whole new adventure? We've got you covered both ways, plus a trio of Silent Hill-inspired spookfests. Chances are that Half-Life 2 and its expansions have been gathering dust on your Steam account for years now, so here's a quick refresher - mostly focused on the past five years - on what's available, single player-wise. Half-Life 2 is nearly fifteen years old now, and despite Valve's sequel plans seemingly fizzling out, it doesn't look a day over ten thanks to the efforts of modders. This game becomes even more enjoyable when people use the power of mods to full effect, with the following integrations being the cream of the crop in this regard.Every other Monday, Dominic gives you a reason to dust off one of your old games and dive into its mods with Modder Superior. It's a brilliant chapter in the lore of Half-Life that expands on the story of one of the franchise's most beloved characters and finally gave fans of the series something to cheer after what felt like ages. Updated on October 6, 2021, by Ritwik Mitra: Half-Life Alyx is more than just a showcase of what VR is capable of when used correctly.



However, players who wanted more from this could use mods to alleviate the experience as well, with the following mods being the best of the bunch. The idea of roaming around the world of Half-Life once more - that too in the shoes of a voiced protagonist, no less - was definitely an alluring prospect, with the act of buying an expensive VR headset being the only barrier to enjoy an otherwise stellar game. So, it was a surprise to many people when Valve actually bit the bullet and announced Half-Life: Alyx - an announcement that definitely titillated fans of the franchise to no end. For the longest time, Half-Life fans had begrudgingly accepted the fact that their beloved series would not be witnessing a new installment anytime soon, with the series pretty much at a standstill after the events of Half-Life 2: Episode Two.
