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HλLF-LIFE on Twitch — competition and audience

Valve· 1998· Linux · PC · Mac
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Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist who must escape from the Black Mesa Research Facility after it is overrun by aliens following a disastrous scientific experiment. Its gameplay consists of diverse combat, exploration and puzzles.

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What is HλLF-LIFE about?

Dr. Gordon Freeman arrives late for work at 8:47 am in the Black Mesa Research Facility, using the advanced Black Mesa tram system that leads through the facility. He arrives at the Anomalous Materials Lab, his work place, and he is informed by the security officer that the scientists have a special experiment today, so he goes to the locker room and puts on the hazard suit. He goes to the lab's lower levels, and arrives at the Anti-Mass Chamber, where he is instructed that the specimen to be used that day is the rarest and also the most unstable specimen. He is tasked with pushing the specimen into the scanning beam of the Anti-Mass Spectrometer for analysis. However as soon as he pushes it, it explodes, and creates a sudden catastrophe called a "resonance cascade", opening a portal between Earth and a dimension called Xen. Freeman is apparently teleported to an alien planet and catches glimpses of various alien lifeforms, including a circle of Vortigaunts, shortly before blacking out.

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40Room for youWorth a shot
8Live streamers6 in English
428People watching
#6Your spot at 10 viewersof 9

Should I stream HλLF-LIFE on Twitch?

40/100 · Worth a shot· 54 viewers per streamer on paper

It is worth a try. HλLF-LIFE has 407 English viewers across 6 English streamers, roughly 36 of them not committed to the two biggest. You would start around #6 of 9.

About 36 of the 407 English viewers here are not watching the two biggest English streams — roughly 7 each if you split it with the 4 other English streams below them. With ten viewers you would sit at #6.

Some audience is genuinely up for grabs, though you will be sharing it.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

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How many people stream HλLF-LIFE?

Right now

8 right now, to 428 viewers between them. 6 of them are streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is HλLF-LIFE too saturated on Twitch?

No. 8 people are streaming HλLF-LIFE to 428 viewers, 6 of them in English to 407 — about 68 each — and you would open at about #6 of 9.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 8 live right now

Is HλLF-LIFE any good?

Players score it 84 out of 100 from 2,947 ratings, and critics 80 out of 100.

80Critics1 outlets
84Players2,947 ratings

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Details

Released
Nov 19, 1998 · 28 years ago
Time to finish
About 12h
Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
First person
Rated
ESRB M
Biggest stream
251 (59% of the category)
Typical stream
16 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 19, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC