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Game App 362890

Black Mesa

Crowbar Collective · released Mar 6, 2020

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Follow Data updated 19h ago · YouTube searched 3d ago
Price
$19.99
US store
Reviews
94%
135,535 · Very Positive
Playing now
268
sampled 12h ago
24h peak
343
all-time seen 435
Followers
263,407
1h ago
Owners (est.)
~4.1M
2M – 6.5M
Revenue (est.)
~$44.7M
gross, lifetime · how
YouTube activity
9
videos · 30 d
73
creators
18.4M
views · 1 y
Twitch activity 6 watching · 2 live
35
avg viewers · 30 d
3.1K
hours watched · 30 d
49
streamers · 30 d

Product info

from Steam's PICS · read 7h ago
Change number
40,911,755 · seen 7h ago
Public build
19,042,901 · Jul 1, 2025 (1y ago)
Operating systems
windows, linux
Architecture
—
Install size
31 GB · 14 GB download
Install folder
Black Mesa
Controller support
Partial
Metacritic
84
Release state
released
Community
hub · Workshop · stats

Steam Deck

Playable

Tested Apr 19, 2022 on build 7,336,708

  • !Controller glyphs do not match deck device
  • !Text input does not automatically invokes keyboard
  • ✓Default controller config fully functional
  • ✓Interface text is legible
  • ✓Default configuration is performant

Branches · 11

every build Steam serves for this app
BranchBuildUpdatedDescription
public 19,042,901Jul 1, 2025 · 1y ago
public-beta 26,627,981Nov 12, 2026 · 22h ago This branch is for our public beta.
sept-2026-rollback 19,042,901Jul 1, 2025 · 1y ago Rollback to Sept 2026
april-2024-rollback 14,113,817Nov 13, 2024 · 2y ago Roll back before reimplementation of DXVK
black-mesa-definitive-edition 7,336,708Mar 26, 2024 · 2y ago Last update to DE in 2021
zero-point-nine 4,522,431Aug 24, 2021 · 5y ago Xen 0.9
black-mesa-1-0 4,815,922Oct 26, 2020 · 6y ago The March 1.0 release of the game
xengine(cu5) 3,404,616May 22, 2019 · 7y ago
halloween-update(cu4) 2,010,045Dec 23, 2017 · 8y ago Rollback to Halloween Update
surface-tension-update(cu3) 1,419,569Oct 27, 2016 · 10y ago
crossfire-update(cu2) 945,122May 14, 2016 · 10y ago Rollback to Crossfire Update

Build history

every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)
BuildBranchReleasedFirst seen
26,627,981public-beta Nov 12, 2026 21:0922h ago
26,234,270public-beta Oct 27, 2026 03:323d ago
19,042,901public Jul 1, 2025 21:163d ago
19,042,901sept-2026-rollback Jul 1, 2025 21:163d ago
14,113,817april-2024-rollback Nov 13, 2024 18:073d ago
7,336,708black-mesa-definitive-edition Mar 26, 2024 22:393d ago
4,522,431zero-point-nine Aug 24, 2021 01:013d ago
4,815,922black-mesa-1-0 Oct 26, 2020 02:183d ago
3,404,616xengine(cu5) May 22, 2019 01:053d ago
2,010,045halloween-update(cu4) Dec 23, 2017 17:573d ago
1,419,569surface-tension-update(cu3) Oct 27, 2016 21:123d ago
945,122crossfire-update(cu2) May 14, 2016 13:533d ago

Depots · 8

content of the public branch
DepotNameOSLanguageDLC / sharedSizeDownloadManifest
362891 all 29 GB13 GB 3745641804950828055
362892 linux 386 MB73 MB 4588672532934012726
362893 macos ——
362894 windows 219 MB72 MB 8196368488078724424
362895 all english 913 MB684 MB 5909980735403050706
228985 windows shared from #228980 ——
228989 windows shared from #228980 ——
228990 windows shared from #228980 ——

Launch options · 5

ExecutableOSDescription
bms.sh
-game bms +developer 0 -steam -newgameui
linux Launch
bms.exe
-steam -disabledxvk
windows Default
bms.exe
-steam -disabledxvk +workshop_disable 1
windows No Workshop
bms.exe
-steam
windows DXVK
bms.exe
-steam -forceuid3d9 -disabledxvk
windows Direct3D 9 Fallback

Languages · 30

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Czech ✓—✓
Dutch ✓—✓
Greek ✓—✓
Spanish - Latin America ✓—✓
Danish ✓—✓
French ✓—✓
German ✓—✓
Polish ✓—✓
English ✓✓✓
Finnish ✓—✓
Italian ✓—✓
Korean ✓—✓
Russian ✓—✓
Spanish ✓—✓
Swedish ✓—✓
Turkish ✓—✓
Croatian ✓—✓
Georgian ✓—✓
Japanese ✓—✓
Romanian ✓—✓
Simplified Chinese ✓—✓
Traditional Chinese ✓—✓
Portuguese - Brazil ✓—✓
Hungarian ✓—✓
Norwegian ✓—✓
Ukrainian ✓—✓
Indonesian ✓—✓
Lithuanian ✓—✓
Portuguese ✓—✓
Vietnamese ✓—✓

Packages · 1

all packages
SubNameBillingPrice
65168Black Mesa Store or CD key $19.99

Bundles · 3

all bundles
BundleGamesBundle discountPrice
Crowbar Collection2 -10%$26.98
BLACKWOOD and Black Mesa2 -10%$35.98
A.A.U. Black Site and Black Mesa2 -10%$31.48

Change numbers

all changes
#40,911,755 · 7h ago#40,889,691 · 22h ago#40,889,393 · 22h ago#40,873,478 · 1d ago#40,853,981 · 1d ago#40,843,571 · 2d ago#40,841,394 · 2d ago#40,839,449 · 2d ago#40,826,278 · 2d ago#40,814,261 · 2d ago#40,781,759 · 3d ago#40,777,946 · 3d ago

Updates · patch notes

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