Summary
- The Orange Box on Steam is available for $1.99, a 90% discount on legendary titles.
- Half-Life 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 are considered revolutionary and retain an active player base.
- Deal expires on November 22 as part of Valve's 20th-anniversary celebration of Half-Life 2.
An ongoing Steam deal has given gamers the opportunity to pick up The Orange Box collection for just $1.99 for a limited time. The Orange Box features legendary titles such as Half-Life 2 and its episodes, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, all of which are considered to be among the best games ever made in their respective genres.
Looking back with the benefit of hindsight, The Orange Box even represented incredible value for money upon its release in 2007. Half-Life 2 had been out for a few years at that point, and was already considered to be among the best first-person shooters of all time. Team Fortress 2 was the long-awaited sequel to Team Fortress Classic, and 17 years later, it still retains an extremely active player base. Meanwhile, Portal was a novel idea at the time, but was a stroke of brilliance from Valve. Even today, it's commonly regarded to be among the studio's best work. That this was all available in one package is incredible.
Why Half-Life Fans Are Now Flocking Back to Half-Life 2
Two decades after it made waves as an innovative FPS pioneer, Half-Life 2 is seeing player counts that surpass many popular games of recent years.
Gamers can currently find The Orange Box on Steam for just $1.99, which is a 90% reduction from its usual price. This includes Half-Life 2 and its episodes, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, all of which can provide hours of fun for any gamer. Potential players looking at this deal shouldn't let the age of these games fool them - they were all pretty revolutionary upon their release, and still feel great to play to this day. In any list of Valve's best games, these titles will always enter the conversation.
The Orange Box is Just $1.99 on Steam For a Limited Time
Gamers who want to take advantage of this epic deal don't have long. It's set to end on November 22, meaning there's a very slim window to pick up these classics. The deal is part of Valve's 20th anniversary celebrations for Half-Life 2, which saw the legendary shooter get a big player count on Steam. While Valve's celebrations might be wrapping up, gamers can keep the party rolling by picking up these games and giving them a try, whether it be a repeat playthrough or a first-time effort.
Of the titles included in The Orange Box, only Portal got a sequel. Valve's aversion to the number three has been something of a meme online for many years now, but there's no doubt that every game in this collection deserves a third entry at this point. All the games were financially successful - some believe that Valve is leaving money on the table without Half-Life 3, and it's hard to argue with. Hopefully, with the release of the prequel Half-Life Alyx and competitive shooter Counter-Strike 2, Valve is fully back in the business of making great games again.
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1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold worldwide.
NOW. By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around them, from the physical environment to the behaviors even the emotions of both friends and enemies.
The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people he cares about are counting on him.
