After Valve announced a new generation of Steam Machine and other hardware products, an "unnamed, undisclosed" game entry quietly appeared on its official Steam page, quickly igniting the player community's expectations and speculation about "Half-Life 3".

Some players discovered that in the "Coming Soon" column of Valve's Steam developer page, in addition to the third-person shooter game "Deadlock" that was announced last year and is under development, a mysterious work without any detailed information is also listed.The game has no title, no images, and no link to a store page, and is only detectable by players because the "Coming Soon" number reads "2."

This discovery quickly sparked widespread speculation in the player community, with many expecting that this might be the "Half-Life 3" that has been waiting for many years.Some users joked in the forum: ""Half-Life 3" is confirmed to be launched on GabeCube (a joke referring to Valve's new console)", while others said excitedly: "The information is enough, let's make it official!"

However, some players are cautious, pointing out that the unnamed entry has existed for several months and may be related to an internal beta version of "Deadlock".

It is worth pondering that Valve game designer Robin Walker stated in 2020 that future "Half-Life" series products will not make players wait another 13 years.Since this year, there have been many rumors that "Half-Life 3" is not only under development, but has even entered a "playable state." Coupled with the recent update of the Source 2 engine code, the emergence of this "mysterious game" is more imaginative.

Although this undisclosed project may also be "Portal 3", "Team Fortress 3" or a new IP, at the critical juncture when Valve's hardware is about to be launched in 2026, all clues point to one possibility: that legendary name may really no longer be far away.