Half-Life: Alyx is becoming the biggest VR title ever in terms of player numbers. According to SteamDB, the shooter from Valve beats other popular games like Beat Saber, Superhot VR and Boneworks up to ten times when it comes to the players who are logged in at the same time.
How many players has Half-Life: Alyx? Within the first two days since its release on March 23, 2020, Valve's new shooter shot to the top with almost 43,000 simultaneous users. It not only surpasses other VR titles, but even all previous parts of the Half-Life series. This is despite the fact that the requirement of a VR headset limits the number of potential players.
How do comparable titles do?
Of course, these numbers alone don't say much. Only when compared to other games do they gain meaningfulness. That's why we list the highest number of simultaneous players of some major titles, based on SteamDB's recordings.
The number of players in other VR games
- Half-Life: Alyx – 42,858
- Beat Saber – 4,472
- Blade & Sorcery – 1,250
- Boneworks – 8,717
- Superhot VR – 839
With these games, however, you have to consider that they not only appeared on Steam, but also on other platforms.
Alyx compared to other half-life titles
- Half-Life: Alyx – 42,858
- Half-life – 6,022
- Half-Life 2 – 12,953
- Half-Life 2: Episode 1 – 998
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2 – 1,308
- Black Mesa – 7.158
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Is it just hype or is Alyx that good?
The previous last half-life game appeared over 13 years ago. The expectations regarding a new half-life are correspondingly high. And as with Duke Nukem Forever before, many players should be interested in the title just because of the long wait – regardless of the final quality.
But Half-Life: Alyx actually delivers. Petra is thrilled in her PlusTest and can find very few criticisms. The shooter from Valve outshines all other VR titles for them. Plus users can find out how they find their opinion in the following video:
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Half-Life: Alyx test video – After that, every other VR game is second-rate
And the international press also agrees: With Half-Life: Alyx Valve shows that they can still play good games and have not rusted in recent years. Valve also notices this himself. The developer feels ready to develop further half-life games. And the waiting time until the next one should be much shorter.
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