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
YouTube activity
9
videos · 30 d73
creators18.4M
views · 1 yTwitch activity 6 watching · 2 live
35
avg viewers · 30 d3.1K
hours watched · 30 d49
streamers · 30 dProduct 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
- Homepage
- www.blackmesagame.com
- Release state
- released
- Community
- hub · Workshop · stats
Steam Deck
PlayableTested 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| Branch | Build | Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| public | 19,042,901 | Jul 1, 2025 · 1y ago | |
| public-beta | 26,627,981 | Nov 12, 2026 · 22h ago | This branch is for our public beta. |
| sept-2026-rollback | 19,042,901 | Jul 1, 2025 · 1y ago | Rollback to Sept 2026 |
| april-2024-rollback | 14,113,817 | Nov 13, 2024 · 2y ago | Roll back before reimplementation of DXVK |
| black-mesa-definitive-edition | 7,336,708 | Mar 26, 2024 · 2y ago | Last update to DE in 2021 |
| zero-point-nine | 4,522,431 | Aug 24, 2021 · 5y ago | Xen 0.9 |
| black-mesa-1-0 | 4,815,922 | Oct 26, 2020 · 6y ago | The March 1.0 release of the game |
| xengine(cu5) | 3,404,616 | May 22, 2019 · 7y ago | |
| halloween-update(cu4) | 2,010,045 | Dec 23, 2017 · 8y ago | Rollback to Halloween Update |
| surface-tension-update(cu3) | 1,419,569 | Oct 27, 2016 · 10y ago | |
| crossfire-update(cu2) | 945,122 | May 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)| Build | Branch | Released | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26,627,981 | public-beta | Nov 12, 2026 21:09 | 22h ago |
| 26,234,270 | public-beta | Oct 27, 2026 03:32 | 3d ago |
| 19,042,901 | public | Jul 1, 2025 21:16 | 3d ago |
| 19,042,901 | sept-2026-rollback | Jul 1, 2025 21:16 | 3d ago |
| 14,113,817 | april-2024-rollback | Nov 13, 2024 18:07 | 3d ago |
| 7,336,708 | black-mesa-definitive-edition | Mar 26, 2024 22:39 | 3d ago |
| 4,522,431 | zero-point-nine | Aug 24, 2021 01:01 | 3d ago |
| 4,815,922 | black-mesa-1-0 | Oct 26, 2020 02:18 | 3d ago |
| 3,404,616 | xengine(cu5) | May 22, 2019 01:05 | 3d ago |
| 2,010,045 | halloween-update(cu4) | Dec 23, 2017 17:57 | 3d ago |
| 1,419,569 | surface-tension-update(cu3) | Oct 27, 2016 21:12 | 3d ago |
| 945,122 | crossfire-update(cu2) | May 14, 2016 13:53 | 3d ago |
Depots · 8
content of the public branch| Depot | Name | OS | Language | DLC / shared | Size | Download | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 362891 | all | 29 GB | 13 GB | 3745641804950828055 | |||
| 362892 | linux | 386 MB | 73 MB | 4588672532934012726 | |||
| 362893 | macos | — | — | ||||
| 362894 | windows | 219 MB | 72 MB | 8196368488078724424 | |||
| 362895 | all | english | 913 MB | 684 MB | 5909980735403050706 | ||
| 228985 | windows | shared from #228980 | — | — | |||
| 228989 | windows | shared from #228980 | — | — | |||
| 228990 | windows | shared from #228980 | — | — |
Launch options · 5
| Executable | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|
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
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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| Sub | Name | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65168 | Black Mesa | Store or CD key | $19.99 |
Bundles · 3
all bundles| Bundle | Games | Bundle discount | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowbar Collection | 2 | -10% | $26.98 |
| BLACKWOOD and Black Mesa | 2 | -10% | $35.98 |
| A.A.U. Black Site and Black Mesa | 2 | -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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