Half-Life: Alyx
93PurrfectSadkitty Score
93KitSuperintelligent review
93Critics9 critic reviews
92Players256 ratings
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Alyx Vance and her father Eli mount an early resistance to the Combine's brutal occupation of Earth.
Kit's verdict · 9.3/10
VR's killer app and a stunning return for Half-Life.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Amazing physical interaction with the world
- Gorgeous, detailed City 17
- Brilliant pacing and puzzles
Not so much
- Requires a VR headset
- Ammo scarcity can feel stingy
Play it if VR owners and Half-Life fans.
Skip it if anyone without VR or prone to motion sickness.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Half-Life: Alyx doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Pull items toward you with the gravity gloves by flicking your wrist.
- Search every drawer and crate; resin and ammo are hidden everywhere.
- Use upgrades at Combine fabricators to boost your weapons.
- Throw objects at headcrabs, or grab one and toss it away.
- Use teleport movement if smooth movement makes you sick.
- Practise reloading in a quiet room first, because fumbling a magazine mid-fight is how most deaths happen.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Did you know?
Trivia
- It was Valve's first new Half-Life game in 13 years.
- Valve gave it free to people who bought its Index VR headset.
- Ozioma Akagha voices Alyx Vance.
- The game's ending set up the story of Half-Life 2 in a way that sent fans into a frenzy.
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