Best VR game ever made
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“In VR, there are mediocre games, average games, good games, excellent games, and then there's Alyx, in its own league”
Steam review · 68.7 h played ↗
Half-Life: Alyx
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Valve2020FPS · Horror · Shooter
The verdict
A landmark, polished VR shooter with unmatched immersion and interactivity. Skip it if you lack a capable PC and headset, or want fast, ammo-rich combat.
Great for
VR headset owners who want an immersive, story-driven Half-Life adventure with physical interaction
Main risk
Crashes, stutter or setup problems on your PC/headset, or finding the slow, ammo-scarce gameplay dull
What players love
Deep immersion and interactivity
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Every object in this game is interactable. [b]Every single one.[/b] You can pick up anything, turn it over, throw it.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Stunning graphics and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“still best looking and best sounding VR game in 2026”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗
Great story and ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“a videogame has never before made me feel the emotions i had during the final chapters”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Gravity gloves and satisfying gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The gravity gloves, in particular, are very enjoyable to use”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Good optimization on modest hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Optimized amazingly, surprised I can actually even run it on my potato of a gaming laptop.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Crashes every 15 minutes still.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Slow, repetitive combat with scarce ammo
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“90 percent of the time you are just mag dumping into headcrabs.”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗
Poor performance, stutter and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“if you stay in one area for more than 5 minutes then it starts lagging really badly”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Clunky VR controls and movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the reload mechanics are sometimes broken”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Boring, linear, repetitive levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“boring and really linear.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Tedious puzzles and backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The puzzles are all horrible designed”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorCore i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
OSWindows 10
ProcessorCore i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
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