
This mod adds a spawn menu, which allows you to spawn different characters and items. According to the mod’s developers, you can even complete 90% of the original game using only the Glorious Gloves without any guns. You can also cause melee damage by punching with a closed fist. Now you can levitate, pull, or push objects away. By turning it on, Alyx’s Gravity Gloves gain the original Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2. Glorious Gloves is an add-on that works with any part of the game. It’s a short campaign with intense battles that will surely test your skills, but if you have some time to look around this map is also atmospheric with beautiful lighting. You’ll go up against various types of Antlions and some Combine soldiers here and there. Victory Mine is a mine level inspired by Half-Life 2: Episode 2 where you have to fight your way to the surface. Don’t forget to take in the views every so often! #8 – ‘Victory Mine: Map Labs One Room’ by photino1 It’s a short seven hole course that you walk through yourself. The name says it already, play Mini-golf in an atmospherically designed environment built from the ground up using assets from the base game. This is probably a mod you’d really only install and play once, but since it’s so different from other mods I wanted to include it as it shows what kinds of things are possible with the tools. This bar also has a 4-lane bowling alley with working scoreboards and realistic feeling bowling balls. Now it’s time to relax, and the perfect place for that is in the Northern Star Bar, where you can dive into leisurely activities like pool.

Don’t worry, it’s straightforward! #10 – ‘Northern Star Bowling’ by Ice52 If you don’t know how to install a mod, check out the video at around the 9:12 minute mark. I tried to make this list as varied as possible because I wanted to show a variety of mods. There are so many mods now, though, so if you’re wondering which to try first, here’s a list of my 10 favorites. Playing the game again and checking out these mods is an awesome way to extend your playtime in Half-Life: Alyx. Some mods are more like add-ons to the base game and can give the original campaign a whole new experience, while some feel like entire standalone campaign levels. These past couple of months I’ve tried about 20 different mods. They share a curated selection of their content with extra insights for the Road to VR audience. Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016.
