Half-Life: Alyx has an estimated 1 to 2 million owners (according to SteamSpy)

Arthands · May 13, 2020

Half-Life: Alyx -

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According to Steamspy, Half-Life: Alyx has 1 to 2 million owners as of now

Jason Frost · May 13, 2020

Soon to be 3.

Mr.Deadshot · May 13, 2020

It's the de facto VR experience right now. Everyone with a PCVR will get it sooner or later.

AshenOne · May 13, 2020

I don't doubt Alyx reaching 1M+ owners but steam spy is quite inaccurate since the GDPR update some years back. So OP, please don't use it as a reference for steam owners next time :(

BigTnaples · May 13, 2020

Awesome. My Index is still on backorder, delayed due to covid. But I'm still anxiously awaiting it and checking the status daily. And I already have a Vive.

Operations · May 13, 2020

Hope they solve their supply issues soon. Tempted to buy one on eBay but they're going for 2,000 USD

Paganmoon · May 13, 2020

Arthands said:
Half-Life: Alyx -

Steam Spy automatically gathers data from Steam user profiles, analyzes it and presents in simple, yet beautiful, manner. Steam Spy is designed to be helpful for indie developers, journalists, students and all parties interested in PC gaming and its current state of affairs.

steamspy.com

According to Steamspy, Half-Life: Alyx has 1 to 2 million owners as of now

So about a minimum of one third of all PCVR owners (going by latest steam stats)? not bad. still room to grow.

TechnicPuppet · May 13, 2020

I'm guessing it's never coming to Quest. I think all the VR fragmentation is one of the most damaging things to getting it off the ground.

dex3108 · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
I'm guessing it's never coming to Quest. I think all the VR fragmentation is one of the most damaging things to getting it off the ground.

It is not possible to run on the Quest alone. And Valve tested and released Alyx to work on any VR headset connected to PC. Including Quest with Link cable. Valve doesn't block other devices or release exclusives like Oculus.

Mr.Deadshot · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
I'm guessing it's never coming to Quest. I think all the VR fragmentation is one of the most damaging things to getting it off the ground.

You can already play it on the Quest. The Quest alone will never be able to run it though because the hardware isn't strong enough.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

AshenOne said:
I don't doubt Alyx reaching 1M+ owners but steam spy is quite inaccurate since the GDPR update some years back. So OP, please don't use it as a reference for steam owners next time :(

Steam Spy is inaccurate in that its numbers are too low. The numbers they pull are the ones that opt in, so their numbers are always lower than the actual.

Thus, HL:A likely sold more than reported.

Randdalf · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
I'm guessing it's never coming to Quest. I think all the VR fragmentation is one of the most damaging things to getting it off the ground.

If you mean coming to Quest natively (instead of via a cable), there's no way that's going to happen. You'd be porting a high end PC game to an Android phone, effectively.

Kalentan · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
I'm guessing it's never coming to Quest. I think all the VR fragmentation is one of the most damaging things to getting it off the ground.

When no PSVR version was confirmed that basically deconfirmed a Quest version. While the Quest does have better tracking it's still a much weaker system due to the mobile GPU.

PSVR2 and Quest 2 could be far far more likely tho.

AshenOne · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
Steam Spy is inaccurate in that its numbers are too low. The numbers they pull are the ones that opt in, so their numbers are always lower than the actual.

Thus, HL:A likely sold more than reported.

Yeah it can be EASILY that much also, i just hate getting hyped over super inaccurate numbers :P

kami_sama · May 13, 2020

Why inaccurate, damn son, must be the fastest selling VR game. I think Beat Saber or Superhot VR might have sold more, but not as fast.

TechnicPuppet · May 13, 2020

I wonder if I could put a laptop in a backpack to run Alyx through link cable. First i'd need a link cable and a laptop.

If I went and looked at Alyx recommended specs, would that be good guide for laptop I'd need to get that's ideal for VR?

Dreams-Visions · May 13, 2020

hell yea

Green · May 13, 2020

That's amazing, well deserved. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for "AAA" VR PC games.

GrrImAFridge · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
Steam Spy is inaccurate in that its numbers are too low. The numbers they pull are the ones that opt in, so their numbers are always lower than the actual.

Thus, HL:A likely sold more than reported.

Yeah, when SI announced Football Manager 2018 had hit 1m sales, I got curious and looked at SteamSpy's supporter-only data, and even that was off by around half a million. Valve's GDPR-related changes were utterly catastrophic for SteamSpy's accuracy, but in cases like this, the data isn't entirely useless.

Deleted member 41520 · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
I wonder if I could put a laptop in a backpack to run Alyx through link cable. First i'd need a link cable and a laptop.

If I went and looked at Alyx recommended specs, would that be good guide for laptop I'd need to get that's ideal for VR?

My laptop runs it OK, and it's got a GTX 1060, 16GB of RAM and an i9 laptop range processor.

My PC runs it better even though it's got a worse processor and a 1080 instead of a 1060.

Deleted member 3196 · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
I wonder if I could put a laptop in a backpack to run Alyx through link cable. First i'd need a link cable and a laptop.

If I went and looked at Alyx recommended specs, would that be good guide for laptop I'd need to get that's ideal for VR?

I'd be worried about ventilation if I did that with a laptop; they get really hot when running a game so I wouldn't want them stored in a heat-insulating area with no proper ventilation while I was doing that.

TechnicPuppet · May 13, 2020

Jiminy said:
My laptop runs it OK, and it's got a GTX 1060, 16GB of RAM and an i9 laptop range processor.

My PC runs it better even though it's got a worse processor and a 1080 instead of a 1060.

Good to know thanks

C-Dub said:
I'd be worried about ventilation if I did that with a laptop; they get really hot when running a game so I wouldn't want them stored in a heat-insulating area with no proper ventilation while I was doing that.

Good point, might just need to put up with cable.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
Good point, might just need to put up with cable.

you can use virtual desktop to stream from a PC wirelessly to the quest.

MrCibb · May 13, 2020

Sounds like a pretty huge success, and that's perfect for the VR platform. And Valve said they have a few big games like this too, can't wait to see what's next. Still too expensive for me to get involved, but Alyx is on the list for when I do jump in. Avoiding spoilers like a beast right now.

Mad_Rhetoric · May 13, 2020

Proud to be one of them. Amazing game.

Max|Payne · May 13, 2020

I wonder how much the VRless mod boosted sales.

Also, buyers who paid little attention and bought without knowing it's a VR only game.

TechnicPuppet · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
you can use virtual desktop to stream from a PC wirelessly to the quest.

Interesting I'll look into this.

Kalentan · May 13, 2020

Maxey said:
I wonder how much the VRless mod boosted sales.

Also, buyers who paid little attention and bought without knowing it's a VR only game.

There was maybe half a sale.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

Maxey said:
I wonder how much the VRless mod boosted sales.

0% because it's not really playable at all

Deleted member 17990 · May 13, 2020

It will soon have another!

Nekyrrev · May 13, 2020

Maxey said:
I wonder how much the VRless mod boosted sales.

Also, buyers who paid little attention and bought without knowing it's a VR only game.

Probably close to zero :D

Qikz · May 13, 2020

Mr.Deadshot said:
It's the de facto VR experience right now. Everyone with a PCVR will get it sooner or later.

You can also use Virtual Desktop and a Quest. That's what I plan to do. Too expensive right now though (the game, given I just spent 400 on a quest).

Arthands · May 13, 2020

AshenOne said:
I don't doubt Alyx reaching 1M+ owners but steam spy is quite inaccurate since the GDPR update some years back. So OP, please don't use it as a reference for steam owners next time :(

That's why "estimated" and "Steamspy" are included in the title.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

I wonder how many of these sales are from grandmas whos grandchildren had installed steam ages ago and thus it starts automatically when the computer starts and are actually just errant clicks that purchased the game and installed it and ran it by accident

I also wonder how many of these sales are from people who had constant driver and static bracelet issues with their computers, so they bought an entirely new $5000 PC and thus rebought the game on a new steam account while setting up their new PC

not insignificant either number, I'd bet.

TechnicPuppet · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
I wonder how many of these sales are from grandmas whos grandchildren had installed steam ages ago and thus it starts automatically when the computer starts and are actually just errant clicks by accident

I also wonder how many of these sales are from people who had constant driver and static bracelet issues with their computers, so they bought an entirely new $5000 PC and thus rebought the game on a new steam account while setting up their new PC

not insignificant either number, I'd bet.

At least 50% being conservative.

Probably another 25% thought it was Alexa finally launching on PC.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

TechnicPuppet said:
At least 50% being conservative.

Probably another 25% thought it was Alexa finally launching on PC.

Don't forget the amount of people who bought it as a prank

BeI · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
Steam Spy is inaccurate in that its numbers are too low. The numbers they pull are the ones that opt in, so their numbers are always lower than the actual.

Thus, HL:A likely sold more than reported.

So if Steamspy reports a game at 1-2 million, the number is guaranteed to be over the given minimum (1 mil)? I remember a lot of people writing it off because it's "inaccurate".

D23 · May 13, 2020

Unbelievable game from start to finish. Easily my fav game of 2020 so far and nothing come close.

kpaadet · May 13, 2020

I'll get it when the Rift S is back in stock.

spineduke · May 13, 2020

Streamspy should be banned as a source, same as vgchartz. It's as random as it gets.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

BeImonkey said:
So if Steamspy reports a game at 1-2 million, the number is guaranteed to be over the given minimum (1 mil)? I remember a lot of people writing it off because it's "inaccurate".

see the above, sometimes they are off by as much as half as much as the actual sales number.

Shelbyville Milhouse · May 13, 2020

Maxey said:
I wonder how much the VRless mod boosted sales.

Also, buyers who paid little attention and bought without knowing it's a VR only game.

Even if you bought it without knowing it's a VR game, you can just refund it

Flandy · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
I wonder how many of these sales are from grandmas whos grandchildren had installed steam ages ago and thus it starts automatically when the computer starts and are actually just errant clicks that purchased the game and installed it and ran it by accident

I also wonder how many of these sales are from people who had constant driver and static bracelet issues with their computers, so they bought an entirely new $5000 PC and thus rebought the game on a new steam account while setting up their new PC

not insignificant either number, I'd bet.

I wish I knew what you were parodying lol

Paganmoon · May 13, 2020

tbf there's about a thousand downloads of the novr mod on Nexusmods, so you need to take that into account.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

Flandy said:
I wish I knew what you were parodying lol

Parody? There's nothing funny about Valve deceiving players like this.

There are barely nine warnings on this page about needing a VR headset, they should be more clear so they don't trick people into buying a VR game without them knowing.

Truly, Alyx is succeeded because people are buying it to not play in VR. Every single download on Nexus of the "non-vr" mod, for example, are coming solely from people without VR headsets.

Arrahant · May 13, 2020

Well deserved. A truly spectacular game. Alyx was the first VR title I played and I have not been this blown away by a video game since 1997. Bought an Index to play it.

finalflame · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
Parody? There's nothing funny about Valve deceiving players like this.

There are barely nine warnings on this page about needing a VR headset, they should be more clear so they don't trick people into buying a VR game without them knowing.

Truly, Alyx is succeeded because people are buying it to not play in VR. Every single download on Nexus of the "non-vr" mod, for example, are coming solely from people without VR headsets.

Quality posts as always, having a great chuckle 😂

We can account for at least a couple dozen Valve Friends & Family keys I gave out during my time heavily skewing these figures.

BeI · May 13, 2020

spineduke said:
Streamspy should be banned as a source, same as vgchartz. It's as random as it gets.

Sounds like it at least gives a ballpark estimate with at least a minimum lower bound of sales.

spineduke · May 13, 2020

BeImonkey said:
Sounds like it at least gives a ballpark estimate with at least a minimum lower bound of sales.

Its not thread worthy, anyone can do guesstimates

Iichter · May 13, 2020

Should I wait to upgrade before playing this on my Index? I bought it for the game but I probably should wait and upgrade my PC (i5 6500/GTX 1060 6GB) first.

I'm waiting for the newer GPUs to come out, but I could do a CPU upgrade in the meantime?

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