The Burton Equation Test app

A separate Steam app for testing Half-Life 2, such as a staging branch, test server or playtest. It has no store page of its own: owners of the game get it in their library. It isn’t counted as a game or a release.

For: Half-Life 2
Players now: No count
24-hour peak: —
Highest we’ve seen: 2
Latest build: 24 Feb, 10:57 UTC
Steam App: 1007090

Players, Last 30 Days

Steam concurrent players, polled every 3 hours. We began tracking this game on 27 Oct 2026, so this range has no readings before then yet. No public builds and update posts recorded in this range. As of 19:01 UTC.

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Players of The Burton Equation, last 30 days, newest first
Poll	Players
27 Oct, 20:59 UTC	0
27 Oct, 17:58 UTC	2

From the Steam Web API every few hours, last checked 27 Oct, 20:59 UTC. Steam gives no count for an app nobody can launch, such as a closed playtest. We started counting on 27 Oct 2026. How we count

Public Builds

Public builds of The Burton Equation, newest first
Build	Went live	After the one before
22071684	24 Feb, 10:57 UTC	—

From Steam’s client network, within minutes of each change. Builds from before 27 Oct 2026, when we found this app, aren’t listed. How we count

More Test Apps For Half-Life 2

Other test and staging apps of Half-Life 2
App	Players now	Latest build
KAYF-LIFE: Complete Edition	—	23 Sept, 14:48 UTC
Entropy : Zero	—	25 Jan 2020, 10:29 UTC
Half-Life 2: VR Mod	—	1 Oct, 21:31 UTC
A Nights Haunting: Source	—	27 Oct, 00:38 UTC
DISREPAIR — A Tale Beyond Half-Life	—	19 Oct, 23:01 UTC
Decay Constant	—	None seen yet
Fortress-Life	—	None seen yet
Goreagulation	—	21 May, 20:53 UTC
Half-Life 2 RTX	—	23 Oct, 15:27 UTC

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