Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company’s debut title, Half-Life®, has won over 50 Game of the Year Awards and was named "Best PC Game Ever" in the November 1999, October 2001, and April 2005 issues of PC Gamer, the world's best-selling PC games magazine.

Valve's portfolio of entertainment titles also includes Half-Life® 2, Counter-Strike®, Day of Defeat®, Team Fortress®, and Portal™. This portfolio of titles accounts for over 20 million retail units sold worldwide, and Valve games account for over 80% of the PC online action market.

In addition to producing best selling entertainment titles, Valve is a developer of leading-edge technologies including the Source® game engine and Steam®, a leading platform for digital content with over 10 million registered users.

Today, Valve is composed of just over 120 of the industry's best artists, programmers, and writers. In the company's 10-year history, it has risen from "unlikely new entry" to industry leader, producing a string of best selling and critically acclaimed PC products and technologies.

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Valve Index

Valve Index

Valve Headset

Experience high fidelity virtual reality with the Valve Index VR Kit. Visual, audio, and ergonomic technologies were pushed in order to create the best-in-class...

Steam Controller

Steam Controller

Valve Controller

Experience a new level of precise control for your favorite games. The Steam Controller lets you play your entire collection of Steam games on your TV—even...

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Source

Source

Commercial licence

The Source engine is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. Its unique features include a large degree of modularity and flexibility, an artist-driven...

GoldSrc

GoldSrc

Commercial licence

This QuakeWorld-based engine powered some of the most critically acclaimed engine's of it's day, like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, and many...

Source²

Source²

Commercial licence

The announced next gen Source engine in the making. A set of Source 2 tools for building new environments will ship with Half-Life: Alyx, enabling any...

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Counter-Strike: Source

Counter-Strike: Source

First Person Shooter

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source technology. Featuring state of the...

Half-Life

Half-Life

First Person Shooter

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's début title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly...

Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

First Person Shooter

Garry’s Mod is a sandbox mod for the Source Engine. Unlike normal games there aren't any predefined aims or goals. Players are given tools and are left...

Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike

First Person Shooter

Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally...

Deathmatch Classic

Deathmatch Classic

First Person Shooter

Enjoy fast-paced multi-player gaming with DeathMatch Classic (aka DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their...

Portal

Portal

Puzzle

Portal is a first-person puzzle game. Players must solve physical challenges by opening portals to maneuver objects, and themselves, through the enigmatic...

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

First Person Shooter

Pick up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted...

Day of Defeat

Day of Defeat

First Person Shooter

Enlist in an intense brand of Axis vs. Allied teamplay set in the WWII European Theatre of Operations. Players assume the role of light/assault/heavy...

Portal 2

Portal 2

Puzzle

It’s been a long time. How have you been? I’ve been really busy being dead. You know... after you murdered me?

Half-Life 2: Episode One

Half-Life 2: Episode One

First Person Shooter

Episode One follows scientist Gordon Freeman and his companion Alyx Vance as they fight in humanity's continuing struggle against the transhuman race...

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Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike

First Person Shooter

Counter-Strike is a modification (MOD) to the excellent game, Half-Life. It modifies the multiplayer aspects of Half-Life to bring to it a more team-oriented...

Team Fortress Classic

Team Fortress Classic

First Person Shooter

Team Fortress is an online action game that features a wide variety of character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique...

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vuffle
vuffle - - 2 comments

gm

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SireBenny
SireBenny - - 70 comments

Fix Team Fortress 2 Already.

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Weeeeiderman
Weeeeiderman - - 13 comments

You are the best game company ever!

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Weeeeiderman
Weeeeiderman - - 13 comments

I accidentally set my game to be published by you, if there is a way to remove this label, or contact the admins, it would be very good for me as I do not want to risk being copyright striked.

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Future_Studios
Future_Studios - - 7 comments

Turret:Hello?! Is anyone there? Hello!? Malfunctioning... Shutting down...
Activated! Target aquired! Target lost! Take me with you!
Chell:haha! DIE! *Shoots blue portal* *shoots orange portal*
Turret:I don't hate you...
Chell:*cries* Speak to me!
GLaDOS:I guess you liked that turret. Let me restore the systems
Claw:*grabs turret and sets turret upright*
GLaDOS:Done!
Turret:yay!!
Chell:thank you GLaDOS!

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Future_Studios
Future_Studios - - 7 comments

Could somebody please send me an invite to join this group?

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tehtubz123
tehtubz123 - - 3 comments

Are you an employee at Valve?

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Future_Studios
Future_Studios - - 7 comments

I want to be a member but I live in New Zealand

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Future_Studios
Future_Studios - - 7 comments

I have portal and portal 2 and so I decided to make mods for portal 2, also, when will portal 3 come out?

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enderkilleratlas
enderkilleratlas - - 5 comments

Can i ask for coding help here.

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