Taking a look at , the hullabaloo around Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary has sent fans coming back to the single player FPS in droves: With a 24 hour peak of 52,027 players at the time of writing, that's more people playing Half-Life 2 than at any point since Steam started keeping track of concurrent players (or at least the data became available) in 2008.
Now that is a big asterisk, missing both Half-Life 2's original release in 2005 and the launch of the Orange Box in 2007. All the same, it's still an impressive showing for a 20-year-old singleplayer game. While pure nostalgia and hype from the release of are definitely big factors, the main
driver is likely Valve's beefy new update to Half-Life 2.
The update has also notably consolidated Episodes One and Two, as well as the Lost Coast demo level, into the base game's launcher. The last big ticket item is the introduction of Steam Workshop support for modding—hopefully a nice shot in the arm for the venerable HL2 mod scene—but the anniversary update also carries a bevy of small fixes and graphical tweaks.
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Some games take a while to load on mobile, but once they start, the gameplay is smooth and exciting. I hope future updates improve mobile performance, but I still enjoy playing several hours a day.