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Half-Life Deathmatch: Source

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Valve | May 1, 2006 | game

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17players observed · 22 September 2026 - 06:27:08 UTC

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  • Latest observed players17 · 22 September 2026 - 06:27:08 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak208
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
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  • Review score76% positive

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

  • Latest observed players17 · 22 September 2026 - 06:27:08 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak208
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score76% positive
  • Total reviews5,584
  • Release dateMay 1, 2006
  • DeveloperValve
  • PublisherValve

Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: ValvePublisher: Valve

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Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Steam news

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

  • Valve updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters - 25 August 2026

    While Valve didn't seem to publicly celebrate their 30th anniversary, they did at least go back to some older titles to fix them up. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released - 24 August 2026

    An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. The major changes include: Security and stability improvements Fixed a bug where certain custom maps would not load assets correctly on Linux

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released - 18 February 2025

    An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. The major changes include: Added 64-bit Support. 64-bit binaries will automatically be launched on systems with a 64-bit OS. Added a borderless window option to video settings Added bicubic lightmaps (from Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update) Added radial fog (from Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update) Added support for Steam Networking Added UI scaling for high-resolution screens Made the default server name for listen servers include the player's name Made the game launch in native resolution by default instead of 640x480 Client-side prediction fixes (these fix 'jank'/rollback in certain situations) Fixed a prediction bug where if the player was moved on the client, their input-based movement for that tick was not taken into account in n…

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released - 2 July 2021

    An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. The major changes include: Numerous security and stability improvements

  • Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base - 8 October 2019

    Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Various stability and security updates; * Fixed NPCs not blinking; * Fixed being able to switch weapons while holding a primed grenade;

  • Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base - 24 July 2018

    Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Fixed physics not operating at the correct tickrate when specifying non-standard -tickrate options on the command line; * Fixed viewing demos recorded at a non-standard tickrate causing the next listen server hosted to be at that tickrate; * Various security and stability improvements; * Updated localization files;

  • Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base - 19 June 2017

    Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Fixed being unable to start any map in single-player mode;

  • Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base - 16 June 2017

    Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Improved Steam Voice support; * Removed sv_use_steam_voice convar. Steam voice is now selected via "sv_voicecodec steam"; * Fixed demos not properly recording Steam Voice status, resulting in potential corrupt voice in demos with differing default settings; * Will now use the native Steam Voice sampling rate, instead of clamping to 11kHz; * Improved compatibility with Steam client beta; * Added CELT audio codec currently in use in TF2 and CS:GO; * Server operators may enable use of this codec via "sv_voicecodec vaudio_celt"; * Steam voice remains the default voice codec in all SDK2013 games; * Updated spec_player command to match…

  • Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base - 12 May 2016

    An update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base has been made available. Important note for SDK mod authors : This update replaces the current main branch of the SDK 2013 Base with what was previously the "beta_test" branch. The previous SDK 2013 release branch as well as the outdated "upcoming" branch are now available for a short time as "previous" and "previous_upcoming" respectively. The major changes include: * Fixed potential security issues (thanks to Justin G. (aka sigsegv), Nathaniel Theis, Simon Pinfold for these reports); * Fixed a case where changelevel2 would print a map not found error and fail to function in SDK2013 mods; * Fixed an exploit that could be used to crash dedicated servers;

  • Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Source SDK 2013 Dedicated Server - 4 February 2016

    A mandatory update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, as well as the Source SDK Base 2013 beta branch has been made available. The patch notes are below. * Fixed a security issue related to the file system (thanks to Simon Pinfold for this report); * Fixed mp3 sounds causing occasional hitching and framerate stuttering; * Fixed OS X players being limited to medium texture quality; * Fixed maps compiled with static prop lighting causing crashes for players on medium or low texture quality; * Fixed steam.inf not being loaded from the base directory for SDK mods; * Fixed server crash when running with 64 players plus SourceTV; The following fixes were already included in the previous update for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch: * Fixed ent_teleport causing a crash when issued by the server; * Fixed buildcubemaps command not work…

  • Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Updates Released - 15 October 2015

    Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life Deathmatch: Source have been released. The major changes include: * Fixed a problem with the Steam Overlay for Mac clients; * Fixed maps using static prop lighting producing bad lighting in some conditions; * Fixed a Linux client crash related to the sound system; * Fixed client consoles being spammed with a message about invisible weapons;

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released - 22 September 2015

    An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The major changes include: * Fixed several security issues; * Latest fixes and updates from the Orangebox engine and shared game code;

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released - 10 October 2013

    We have started a new Beta for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. To access this beta go to the Properties page for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source and use the Beta tab to opt-in. To opt-out use the same tab. Changes in this update are: Added in drowning sound effects when drowning Fixed glock to have 17 bullets per clip to match the original Half-Life Updated game menu to match other titles Fixed crowbar playing incorrect hit sounds

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released - 10 October 2013

    We have started a new Beta for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. To access this beta go to the Properties page for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source and use the Beta tab to opt-in. To opt-out use the same tab. Changes in this update are: Added in drowning sound effects when drowning Fixed glock to have 17 bullets per clip to match the original Half-Life Updated game menu to match other titles Fixed crowbar playing incorrect hit sounds

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source update released - 26 September 2013

    We have updated the public release of Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are: Converted Half-Life Deathmatch: Source to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game Added support for Linux and Mac OS X operating systems Numerous bug fixes contributed by community members

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source update released - 26 September 2013

    We have updated the public release of Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are: Converted Half-Life Deathmatch: Source to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game Added support for Linux and Mac OS X operating systems Numerous bug fixes contributed by community members

  • Half-Life: Source Beta update released - 26 September 2013

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Changes in this update are: Added support for weapon icons in death messages Fixed death notices not displaying correctly on some widescreen video modes Fixed wrong font being used for game name in main menu Enabled muzzle flash on weapons

  • Half-Life: Source Beta update released - 26 September 2013

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Changes in this update are: Added support for weapon icons in death messages Fixed death notices not displaying correctly on some widescreen video modes Fixed wrong font being used for game name in main menu Enabled muzzle flash on weapons

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released - 21 September 2013

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Changes in this update are: Localized Create server dialog fully Fixed muzzle flashes missing from weapons

  • Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released - 21 September 2013

    We have released a Beta update for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. Changes in this update are: Localized Create server dialog fully Fixed muzzle flashes missing from weapons

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
124 August 2026Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released1841579228676543
218 February 2025Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released1791580426135490
32 July 2021Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released4032392655094043040
48 October 2019Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base2426802221738268626
524 July 2018Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base2462791699364348565
619 June 2017Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base3044845282403016107
716 June 2017Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base3044845282389114271
812 May 2016Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base255955126809164623
94 February 2016Update Released for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Source SDK 2013 Dedicated Server295352659732124701
1022 September 2015Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Update Released405678163094641534
1110 October 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released3819571008260854361
1210 October 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released1407665032698235782
1326 September 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source update released3819571008260854411
1426 September 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source update released1462832954358432370
1526 September 2013Half-Life: Source Beta update released3819571008260854459
1626 September 2013Half-Life: Source Beta update released1462832954350815305
1721 September 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released3819571008260854518
1821 September 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released1461706326412258861
1919 September 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released3819571008260854568
2019 September 2013Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta update released1461706326364775778

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