All Games > Action Games > Swelter

Swelter

Swelter is a story-driven mod set several years before the events of Half-Life 2. It explores the internal tensions within the Resistance during their rebellion against the Combine in a post-Soviet Central Asian city, encircled by the scorching steppe.

Recent Reviews:

Overwhelmingly Positive (173) - 95% of the 173 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.

All Reviews:

Very Positive (4,713) - 92% of the 4,713 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

26 Jun, 2023

Developer:

SnowDropEscape development team

Publisher:

Eduard Rostovtsev, SnowDropEscape development team

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔	✔	✔
Russian	✔	✔	✔
Simplified Chinese	✔	✔	✔
Korean	✔		✔
Swedish			✔
French	✔		✔
Italian			✔
Spanish - Spain			✔
Ukrainian	✔		✔
Japanese	✔		✔
German	✔		✔
Polish	✔		✔
Kazakh	✔		✔
Greek	✔		✔

Community-Made Mod

This community-made mod requires that you own Half-Life 2 .

Click here to learn more about mods on Steam.

Install Swelter

Free To Play

Install now

Content For This GameBrowse all (1)

About This Game

Swelter is a story-driven modification for Half-Life 2, with events taking place a few years before Gordon Freeman's arrival in City-17. The summer sun had been heating the lands of Central Asia long before the Combine's appearance, but in recent days, the heat arises from another source. A series of armed riots in City 545 has spurred scattered resistance groups to unite towards the common goal of liberation from the aliens. However, only a special individual can resolve the contradictions among these would-be allies. A representative of the lambda resistance's secret agents, having travelled from afar, disembarks from a train at just the right moment...

You can expect classic shooter gameplay inspired by the original game, along with puzzles involving physical interaction with objects, vehicle control and exploration of various locations. The average playthrough will take about two hours.

The visual aesthetics aim to please with a seldom-represented Central Asian environment featuring spacious steppes, rocky deserts, and a city where oriental and socialist architecture intertwine. You can immerse yourself in this visual feast while listening to the unique musical blend of the original soundtrack and local ethnic motifs.

The plot explores the ideological split among former allies. Each in-game faction has its own perspective on combating the invaders from another world, along with their unique strengths and weaknesses. The mod does not include any manifestos and steers clear of unnecessary vulgarity and cruelty.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content, Strong Language.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11
Processor: 1.7 GHz Processor
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Graphics: 512 MB
DirectX: Version 7.0
Storage: 19 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 7.0 compatible

Recommended:

OS: XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11
Processor: Intel® Core™ I5
Memory: 4096 MB RAM
Graphics: 1024 MB
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 19 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

View all

What Curators Say

15 Curators have reviewed this product. Click here to see them.