The release of the official Steam Workshop modding tools by Valve made mods and custom maps a lot more accessible for everyone. Don’t go any further if you haven’t finished the campaign and want to avoid spoilers. For general Workshop mods though, it will always follow the same general process below.Ī warning before you get started: custom Alyx content often uses late-game mechanics, items and characters, and will probably spoil lots of the game, including the ending.
The few Alyx mods that aren’t available through Steam Workshop will usually include their own instructions on how to install and use them, so you can follow each of those mod’s directly. However, the vast majority of Alyx mods are now released and available through Steam Workshop, so that’s the process we’ll be explaining here. If you’re interested in how to find, download and install custom maps and mods for Half-Life: Alyx, via Steam Workshop or otherwise, we’ve got you covered.īefore Valve launched official support for custom Alyx content and added Steam Workshop support, many custom maps required manual downloading and launching.
Half-Life: Alyx released in March 2020, and ever since then there’s been a pretty active modding scene for the game.
