Black Mesa
Short description
Relive Half-Life.
- Developer
- Crowbar Collective
- Publisher
- Crowbar Collective
- Release
- Fri, Mar 06, 2020
- Price
- $19.99
- Reviews
- 135,171
- Positive
- 95%
- Followers
- 263,431
- Owners (estimated)
- 2M – 5M
- Concurrent players
- 679
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Features
- Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Workshop, Steam Input API Support, Partial Controller Support, Includes level editor, Includes Source SDK, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $17.97, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $19.99 launch price. That is 10% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
30 data points since Oct 16, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
Lowest recorded price: $1.99 on May 12, 2025.
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Chaser | Cauldron first game | 5 | − Remake + Classic | $1.24 75% best price ever |
1,102 | 72% | Fri, Jul 16, 2010 | $218k $97k – $2.2m |
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Alpha Prime | Black Element first game | 5 | − Remake + Shooter | $4.99 | 846 | 61% | Wed, Nov 07, 2007 | $167k $74k – $2.2m |
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Half-Life 2 | Valve 34 titles | 4 | − Remake − First-Person + Classic + Story Rich | $9.99 | 204,160 | 98% | Tue, Nov 16, 2004 | $88.9m $88.9m – $145m |
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BioShock Infinite | Irrational Games 5 titles +1 | 4 | − Remake − Sci-fi + Shooter + Story Rich | $29.99 | 109,866 | 93% | Mon, Mar 25, 2013 | $123m $123m – $216m |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) | Infinity Ward 17 titles | 4 | − Remake − Sci-fi + Multiplayer + Shooter | $19.99 | 35,930 | 94% | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 | $37.8m $37.8m – $54.4m |
There are more like this. Your plan shows the 5 closest neighbours; Plus and Pro show up to 100 — enough to see the shape of a niche instead of a sample of it.