From new Command and Conquer and Half-Life campaigns to a full expansion for an RPG classic, these are the top ten mods of the year

Players have voted for the best mods of 2025, and there really is something for everyone in ModDB's varied and interesting ...
Gamepressure

Half-Life fought valiantly, but it was Gothic that came out on top in the poll for best mods of 2025

Ninth place went to the huge mod Horn of the Abyss for Heroes of Might and Magic III. In practice, it is an unofficial ...
Engadget

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ mod adds four hours of single-player content

Two years after its release, Half-Life Alyx remains the definitive VR experience. So it’s no surprise a lot of people want more. Until Valve announces a sequel (which might take a while), it’s up to ...
Engadget

Fan-made mod turns ‘Half-Life 2’ into a fully playable VR game

If Half-Life: Alyx left you with an itch to revisit its seminal 2004 predecessor, now you can do so in virtual reality. On Friday, a group of fans known as the Source VR Mod Team released Half-Life 2: ...
Ars Technica

Halflife: Why so many mods?

Why exactly do so many mods come out for HL? UT and Q3 get ssome mods, but not the complete overhauls that HL seems to get. CS obviously has been around a while, but why would a relatively new mod ...
Digital Trends

Half-Life jumps to over 5,000 concurrent players thanks to a brutal new mod

Half-Life has its fair share of gore and horror elements, but it was never the splatterhouse experience some shooters can be. Of course, part of that was due to graphical limitations in 1998; trying ...
Game Rant

Half-Life: How to Install Mods

Zunair Shafiq has been writing and gaming since he was a kid and now spends most of his time combining the two. He wants to play every game, good or bad, but has a soft corner for Simulation and ...
The Escapist

The 5 Best Half-Life: Alyx Mods for Story and Exploration

Nearly three years since its release, Half-Life: Alyx has become not only the gold standard for VR gaming, but arguably the gold standard for VR community content. Even before Valve released the ...
IGN

Half-Life: Alyx - No VR Mod Gameplay

What happens when Half-Life: Alyx, a 10/10 IGN Masterpiece, is stripped of its virtual reality foundation? Would it hold up as an FPS, like Half-Life 2, without a VR headset? Well, the GB_2 ...
Kotaku

Half-Life 2: Alone Mod

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Half-Life 2: Alone Mod Half-Life 2 Alone Mod takes place in the usual City 17 that we’re used to, but with a twist: everyone, and I mean everyone, is gone.
GamesRadar+

Garry's Mod is, unbelievably, still kicking and just got a new update, improving some of the popular Half-Life mod's visuals, NPC behavior, and even bringing over some new weapons

Garry's Mod's long legs are aspirational. 19 years after the popular Half-Life mod's initial release, it's still being fine tuned, and its November 2025 update is no slouch in the department, ...