Worth it for the right player.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.
- Multiplayer: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Servers and matchmaking: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 6k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
- It feels like the kind of game that is only fun if you love pure PvP repetition and improving over time.
Players can easily find custom servers and user-created content, from new maps to modified gameplay modes, keeping the experience fresh.
🎨 Graphics: ✅ Masterpiece
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source features gameplay similar to the original Half-Life multiplayer.
❌ Lack of Depth – Unlike Half-Life 2's single-player experience, Deathmatch: Source feels more like a traditional arena shooter, which may lack the narrative richness some players expect from the series.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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