New!: Counter-Strike 1.0 is now available. You can download both Windows and Linux versions from our files area.

New!: Various Half-Life patches were released: version 1.1 upgrade, new SDK tools and Worldcraft editor.

Half-Life demo has been released. It includes a completely new mission that is not available in the full release. Demo can be downloaded from several sites that are listed on this page.

Half-Life cheat codes are available here. Use them only in extreme situations because they WILL spoil the fun.

Half-Life is a game being developed by Valve Software and Sierra On-Line. It is based on Quake engine with many enhancements by Valve's programmers. Changes include things like 16bit color, colored lightning, translucency, MMX support and much more detailed environments.

Here are some Half-Life screenshots (click to view full-size picture):