The free Half-Life 2 RTX demo is now available

At GDC 2025, Nvidia shared a progress update on the Half-Life 2 RTX mod, and part of that was an announcement that a free demo of the visually-overhauled title was coming on March 18. That day has arrived, so owners of Half-Life 2 on Steam can snag the free demo. The in-progress mod overhauls the graphics from Valve’s 2004 FPS opus, complete with DLSS 4 support, ray tracing, and enhanced textures.








At GDC 2025, Nvidia shared a progress update...