A new Half-Life game has been long-awaited by fans of the classic series, and now we're only a few months away from the next entry. Half-Life: Alyx releases sometime in March, and if you pre-order it, you'll get a 10% discount, bringing the $60 price down to $54. However, if you own or purchase a Valve Index VR headset--or one of its accessories--then you'll get Half-Life: Alyx free of any extra charge.
Pre-Order Half-Life: Alyx | $54 ($60)
Half-Life: Alyx-compatible VR headsets
The great thing about Half-Life: Alyx is that very few VR headsets are incompatible. In fact, any headset that works with Steam VR also works with Half-Life: Alyx.
- Valve Index
- HTC Vive Pro
- HTC Vive
- HTC Vive Cosmos
- Oculus Rift S
- Oculus Quest (with Link)
- Any Windows Mixed Reality headset
In preparation for Half-Life: Alyx's launch, Valve recently made every game in the Half-Life series free until Alyx's launch. If you want to familiarize yourself with the series, now's an excellent time. According to Valve, Alyx takes place between the events of Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2. Alyx is the first game in the series for more than a decade. The last entry was 2007's Half-Life 2: Episode Two, which infamously left its story unresolved.
We've compiled a list of everything we know about Half-Life: Alyx so far. This includes the game's length--which is "about the same" as Half-Life 2--Valve's history with VR, a rundown of when the rumors started, and more.