Steam-y Deal of the Day: Half Life for 98 cents to celebrate its 10th anniversary

When it was released, Half-Life meet with major support from both critics and fans alike. Over the year it was released it received over 50 Game of the Year Awards and sold over 20 million units to date and birthed a new franchise. It has been modded repeatedly, many of which became games and franchises of their own, like Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Day of Defeat among others. Some remain mods, like BrainBread, Digital Paintball and Natural Selection among others.

The price to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the game’s release and birth of a franchise is $0.98. The price is currently available solely through Steam and will last until 12:01 p.m. PST on November 21, 2008. This is as opposed to the standard price Half-Life has on Steam, which is $9.99.

For those who already have the Steam program installed on their computers, all they have to do is…