Black Mesa
Black Mesa is a re-envisioning of Valve Software's classic science fiction first person shooter, Half-Life. Powered by Source Engine, You will re-visit the inaugural role of Gordon Freeman and his memorable…
Black Mesa is an adventure developed by Crowbar Collective, released 6 March 2020 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 5 cheat codes for it.
What Black Mesa is
Black Mesa is an adventure game developed by Crowbar Collective and released in 2020. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Source.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The plot of Black Mesa is almost identical to Half-Life's storyline, playable through the "Lambda Core" chapter. As in the original game, the player controls Gordon Freeman, a scientist working at the Black Mesa Research Facility. He is tasked to place a sample of a strange material into an electromagnetic instrument, using the Hazardous Environment Suit Mark IV to do so safely. However, the sample material causes a "resonance cascade", devastating the facility and creating an interdimensional rift to an alien dimension called Xen, bringing its alien creatures to Earth. Freeman survives, finds other survivors, and makes his way to the surface with the protection of his hazard suit to get…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 32 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Half-Life series
Black Mesa is the 22nd of 24 entries we hold in the Half-Life series. The next entry was Half-Life: Alyx in 2020. Its critic score of 88 is 11 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Half-Life: Alyx at 93.
How it was received
Black Mesa holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 552 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60.4 hrs, roughly 5.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.6 Dual Core Processor or Greater, 6 GB RAM and 2 GB Dedicated Video Card or Greater. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Black Mesa launched on 6 March 2020, within three weeks of Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Half-Life: Alyx. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Half-Life: Alyx.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 5 cheat entries for Black Mesa — 5 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Black Mesa cheat codes
Enable cheats first
Required before any other cheat command.
Enable the console in Options, press ~, then type the command.
Using cheats disables achievements on that save.
God mode
You take no damage.
Requires sv_cheats 1 first.
All weapons and ammo
Gives every weapon with full ammunition and the suit.
Requires sv_cheats 1 first.
No clipping
Fly through walls.
Requires sv_cheats 1 first.
Dlc
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