Half-Life hits new all-time peak player count following 25th Anniversary update

This month, Valve celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Half-Life with a pretty major update to the original game. The game now has better support for modern monitors, resolutions and PC hardware, as well as brand-new content in the form of new multiplayer maps. The update can be considered a success, pushing the game to a new all-time peak concurrent player count. 

As well known and popular as the Half-Life series is, the original game doesn't often have too many players, which is understandable for a game over two decades old. Typically, the game averages less than a thousand concurrent players per month. However, following Valve's 25th Anniversary Update, the numbers have soared.

Steam Charts‘ tracking now shows that Half-Life has hit a new all-time peak concurrent player count of over 33,467, which is almost 650% higher than October's peak player count for the game. The average number of players has also increased significantly, jumping from 517 players in October to just shy of 4,000 players in November.

Taking a quick look at the game's multiplayer shows that these aren't all single-player enthusiasts either, with plenty of active and well-populated multiplayer servers to be found. With all of that in mind, now is a great time to give the game an install, even if it is just to have a few rounds on some of Valve's brand-new multiplayer maps, which were designed to push the game's engine to its absolute limits.

KitGuru Says: Have any of you revisited Half-Life this week following the 25th Anniversary update? 

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