Gravity gun physics chaos
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Gravity gun combat throwing radiator barrels never gets old, the movement is lightning-fast”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Valve2004FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A chaotic, physics-driven Source arena shooter that's great for laughs with friends. Almost nobody plays it now, so skip it if you plan to rely on public servers.
Great for
Groups of friends who want a quick, silly physics-gun deathmatch and some nostalgia
Main risk
Dead or heavily modded servers, so you may struggle to find a normal match
What players love
Best with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it’s nice to get your friends to play something like this that’s just simple, dumb and fun lol”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Fast, chaotic, nostalgic arena action
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I remember it as fast, chaotic and very skillfull.”
Steam review · 133.4 h played ↗
Great community servers and custom maps
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The modded servers just made this game even better.”
Steam review · 57.3 h played ↗
Varied, satisfying weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Really fun with the variety of weapons, and very easy to hop into a game.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Free with HL2, light install
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“it holds up especially for being free with Half-Life 2 and not being a massive install”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Dead servers, tiny player base
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The store page clearly says "Multiplayer," but there are barely any active players. Most servers are empty”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Unbalanced, boring gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“There's no balance here. There's no point.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 2.1 h played ↗
Can't join servers or play with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Attempting to play with friends simply does not work. Either the connection keeps failing or it's so bugged it kicks everyone but the host out.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Cheaters, toxic and sweaty veterans
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“abandoned by Valve and that resulted in the game being ruined by intoxicated and foul screaming losers who satisfy their inferiority complexes by cheating and hacking 24/7/365”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
Heavily modded or roleplay servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Most severs are heavily modded or dead, it plays like garry's mod with friends but without the spawn menu”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Linux and Steam Deck incompatibility
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 negative reviews
“Valve anti-cheat prevents proton back-end users from playing on public VAC servers”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Steam doesn’t list requirements for this game.
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