| Ravenholm | |
|---|---|
| Half-Life location | |
 Ravenholm, as seen from high above the town | |
| First appearance | Half-Life 2 (2004) |
| Created by | Valve Corporation |
| Genre | First-person shooter |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Ghost town |
| Characters | Grigori |
| Population | 1 |
Ravenholm is a fictional ghost town in the first-person shooter game Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Corporation and released in 2004. It serves as the primary setting for the game's sixth chapter, "We Don't Go to Ravenholm", which follows the game's protagonist Gordon Freeman as he journeys through the area as part of an escape from Black Mesa East after it is attacked by Combine forces in order to reach a nearby Resistance outpost. Ravenholm is a mining town in Eastern Europe destroyed by a Combine bombardment using headcrabs that turned its residents into hostile zombies. Its sole survivor, Father Grigori, offers his assistance to Freeman throughout the level, culminating in a last stand at the town's cemetery.
The level received critical praise due to its level design and unexpected usage of horror aspects involving the headcrabs and zombies, with some critics calling it one of the most well-designed levels in a Valve game or one of the best first-person shooter levels ever made. Due to its popularity, Valve initially contracted Junction Point Studios to make a prequel featuring the town, a project that later became a spin-off game developed by Arkane Studios that further followed the story of Grigori and his fight against the Combine. However, both projects were ultimately cancelled partway through development.