New Sync Key December 14, 2022 The Resilio Sync key for Valve Archive has changed. You can see it on this page.
Video: Steam Developers Conference '06 January 8, 2021 We just released a new video about the 2006 Steam Developers Conference.
Video: Half-Life's Tau Cannon December 20, 2020 We just released our first video on Half-Life's Tau Cannon! It covers the conception, use, and beta versions of the iconic energy weapon of the Half-Life series.
January 29th, 2020 Valve Archive V3, featuring a sitewide dark theme and streamlined design, is now live!
December 24th, 2018 Expanded our disk space from 60 GB to 80 GB, although the archive is still under 60 GB.
January 30th, 2017 I've added a new feature to the site, downloading parts of the archive (or even the full archive) via P2P with Resilio Sync! Using this you can download the entire archive to your computer and when a new file is added to the archive, it will download automatically. Check it out here: https://valvearchive.btr.pm/sync/
December 9th, 2016 Our good Russian friend Odddoc just released another Half-Life 2: Episode 2 beta map! It's called canyon_test.vmf it's from June 2006. The map is a very early version of the Antlion Guardian battle map in the chapter "Freeman Pointifex", for those interested. Download it here! It's an uncompiled VMF, so you'll want to talk to somebody who knows Hammer to compile it to work in-game.
November 14th, 2016 Recent New stuff: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta files; MP5 model and early Buy Menu images. All the VMFs (Uncompiled Maps) for Half-Life 2. Portal VMFs from 2006 and 2007. Photos of the original clay sculptures for Gunman Chronicles. Some photos of Gunman Chronicles at E3 2000. All the photos from /r/Dota2's community tour in 2013. Stay tuned for more stuff on Gunman Chronicles, for those who are interested!
September 15th, 2016 Welcome to the Valve Archive! This is where all Valve game related files like, beta content, art, videos, interviews, pictures and rare unreleased game builds for the Half Life, Left 4 Dead, Counter Strike and other games are stored! Here will be news posts about new uploads to the archive, so stay tuned!