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Half-Life 2
Verified on Mac
How to play Half-Life 2 on Mac
Half-Life 2's Mac port was 32-bit and stopped launching when macOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019, the same fate as Portal 2. It holds a Verified tier in our compatibility database on strong community evidence; we have not captured it on our own Macs yet. Your old Steam license still works.
Download & play Half-Life 2What you need
- Apple Silicon (M1 or newer)
- macOS 14+
- ~7 GB free
From Windows game to Mac launch
- 01
Install Pixel Port
Download Pixel Port and let it set up the runtime on first launch.
- 02
Add Half-Life 2
Find it in the catalogue and hit Install & Play. The license you bought years ago counts.
- 03
Play
Source is light under translation; the 20th-anniversary update content is included.
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Common questions
- Does Half-Life 2 run on Mac?
- Half-Life 2's Mac port was 32-bit and stopped launching when macOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019, the same fate as Portal 2. It holds a Verified tier in our compatibility database on strong community evidence; we have not captured it on our own Macs yet. Your old Steam license still works. Its current grade is verified for Apple Silicon Macs.
- Do I need Windows, Boot Camp, or a VM to play Half-Life 2 on Mac?
- No. Pixel Port runs the Windows build of Half-Life 2 directly on macOS: no Boot Camp partition, no virtual machine, and no Windows license.
- Which Macs can run Half-Life 2?
- Any Apple Silicon Mac (M1 through M4, MacBook Air to Mac Studio) on macOS 14 or later.