Half-Life: Alyx is a VR-only game, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying to play the game without a headset. In fact, PC gamers have already gotten the game working outside of VR, albeit in a janky way. The Twitch streamer, and Valve News Network Founder, Tyler McVicker, was able to get Half-Life: Alyx working using keyboard and mouse.
Half-Life Alyx uses the same flickering light code as Quake, from 1996. Half-Life Alyx playable on Steam Deck, without VR, thanks to mod. New Half-Life VR game, based on Half-Life: Alyx, out today