Operation: Black Mesa: Steam release date & page score
View on Steam ↗Capsule 48Page copy 76Screenshots 57Setup 55checked 2026-11-08
Operation: Black Mesa at a glance
Experience the Half-Life™ expansion packs like never before. Operation: Black Mesa features reimaginings of both Half-Life™ Opposing Force and Half-Life™ Blue Shift through two unique campaigns. How will you survive the Black Mesa Incident? It's time to choose.
- Price
- Not priced yet
- Release
- Coming To be announced
- Steam reviews
- Not released yet, so no reviews
- Followers
- 28,354
- Demo
- No
- Developer
- Tripmine Studios
- Languages
- 1 (English languages with full audio support)
Games like Operation: Black Mesa
Similar games: screenshots 56/255 · 5 trailers · 12 languages
Operation: Black MesaTripmine Studios · 20 tags · 10 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Horror · Shooter & FPS
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Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 13 ISSUES
criticalNo demo on a Coming Soon page+5 pts
Steam Next Fest requires a demo, and each game gets one Next Fest.
Ship a short demo before your Next Fest and add the download button above the fold.
critical2 of your first 5 screenshots are near-black+4 pts
Screenshots #1 (25), #3 (19) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #8 (103) and #2 (70).
highFew languages+4 pts
1 language. Similar games support 12.
Translate the store page first: Simplified Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese.
highCapsule is very dark at small size+3 pts
Average brightness 43/255 at 231 × 87.
Lift the subject and logo with a rim light or a brighter background zone.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 43/255, contrast 31, colorfulness 26, 58% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 70 · long 85
Short description · 261 / 300Experience the Half-Life™ expansion packs like never before. Operation: Black Mesa features reimaginings of both Half-Life™ Opposing Force and Half-Life™ Blue Shift through two unique campaigns. How will you survive the Black Mesa Incident? It's time to choose.
First sentence never names the genre. It opens: "Experience the Half-Life™ expansion packs like never before."
A rewritten draft built from your own words is in the full report.
Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45).
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- fixNo demo on a Coming Soon page. Next Fest needs one.
- fix1 language; similar games support 12.
- warn1 trailer; the games Steam shows next to you have 5.
- warnTop five tags include Action.
- warn0 GIFs or clips in the long description.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- okDiscord, X linked.
Games Steam shows next to you
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1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ Short description uses 261 of 300 characters
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- ✓ Score + 9 sections
- ✓ Measured screenshots
- ✓ Funnel diagnosis
- ✓ Top 4 fixes
- ✓ Full report included
- ✓ Real wishlists + sales
- ✓ Daily rival tracking
- ✓ Pro dashboard
- ✓ All fixes, ranked
- ✓ Description draft
- ✓ Screenshot order
- ✓ No tracking
- ✓ 25 games
- ✓ White-label PDF
- ✓ Read-only API
- ✓ 8 jury tests a month
YouTubers & streamers who play Operation: Black Mesa
8 YouTube channels named Operation: Black Mesa in a video title in the last few months. Making a game like this? These creators already have an audience for it.
- Freeman042 YouTube · 27K subscribers“Operation Black Mesa Esta Cada Vez Mas Cerca De Salir? 🤔🤯❔” · Jun 12, 2026
- Zdurkec YouTube · 67 subscribers“Operation Black Mesa Soundtrack - Weird View” · Oct 9, 2026
- Vortigaunt⁹⁷⁶ YouTube · 29 subscribers“Operation Black mesa goldsrc armas” · Oct 1, 2026
- The Trailer Post YouTube · 1.2K subscribers“Operation: Black Mesa - Official Trailer” · May 26, 2026
- PlayIndiesGames YouTube · 7 subscribers“Operation: Black Mesa - Trailer” · Aug 12, 2026
- TheGameTrailers YouTube · 199 subscribers“You've Only Heard One Side of This Story | Operation: Black Mesa” · Jul 30, 2026
- Avalon Gaming YouTube · 63 subscribers“Half-Life: Opposing Force | Part 1 - Operation: Black Mesa” · Jul 22, 2026
- Adrian Shephard_2 YouTube · 50 subscribers“ele só ver só agora que o operation: black mesa está em 70% do jogo feito e fala QUANDO LANÇA” · Jun 27, 2026
From the YouTube Data API and Twitch API. Only videos whose title names the game, or streams filed under its Twitch category, are counted. StoreCheck isn't affiliated with YouTube, Twitch or Valve.
Operation: Black Mesa: common questions
Is Operation: Black Mesa on Steam?
Yes. Operation: Black Mesa is on Steam (app ID 311810) at store.steampowered.com/app/311810. It isn't released yet, so you can wishlist it.
When does Operation: Black Mesa come out?
Operation: Black Mesa is listed as coming To be announced on Steam. Wishlist it to get an email when it launches.
How much does Operation: Black Mesa cost on Steam?
Operation: Black Mesa doesn't have a price on Steam yet.
Are Operation: Black Mesa's Steam reviews good?
Operation: Black Mesa has no Steam reviews yet.
Does Operation: Black Mesa have a demo?
There was no demo on Operation: Black Mesa's Steam page when we last checked.
Who made Operation: Black Mesa?
Operation: Black Mesa is made by Tripmine Studios.
What kind of game is Operation: Black Mesa?
Steam players tag it FPS, Shooter, Action, First-Person, 3D. Experience the Half-Life™ expansion packs like never before. Operation: Black Mesa features reimaginings of both Half-Life™ Opposing Force and Half-Life™ Blue Shift through two unique campaigns. How will you survive the Black Mesa Incident? It's time to choose.
Which YouTubers and streamers play Operation: Black Mesa?
Recent Operation: Black Mesa videos and streams include Freeman042 (YouTube), Zdurkec (YouTube), Vortigaunt⁹⁷⁶ (YouTube), The Trailer Post (YouTube), PlayIndiesGames (YouTube). StoreCheck lists 8 of them on this page, with subscriber counts and their latest Operation: Black Mesa video.
Scored with methodology v1. A higher score means a clearer page, not guaranteed sales.