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Back 4 Blood

Turtle Rock Studios · Warner Bros. Games · 2021-10-12

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 12, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 12, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Oct 12, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 12, 2021 (Xbox One)

Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.

620
playing now
69%
positive of 73k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
36
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (122 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 43h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

620 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Back 4 Blood is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Turtle Rock Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games. It was released on October 12, 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Trailer

Back 4 Blood trailer thumbnail

BACK 4 BLOOD Official Trailer (2021) Zombie Game HD

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 620 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,979 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~247/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (11,897 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73,195 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.25-91%
IndieGala$5.29-91%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.70-90%
Gamesplanet$5.77-90%
Humble Store$5.99-90%
WinGameStore$5.99-90%
GamersGate$6.00-90%
Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 88 of 133 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.2k9.2k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 9,184 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,713 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,789 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,046 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,863 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,063 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,226 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 954 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 409 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 422 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 939 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 456 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,017 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k4132026-08-06 21:00 — 459 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 512 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,168 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 550 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 708 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,219 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 550 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 848 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,328 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 646 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 509 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,126 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 460 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 568 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,143 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 413 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 464 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,320 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 652 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 562 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 846 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 633 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 695 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 913 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 629 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 532 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 560 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 845 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 620 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$2.992020-12-172026-08-302020-12-17 — best price $59.992021-12-01 — best price $59.992022-01-08 — best price $59.992022-03-21 — best price $53.392022-05-02 — best price $53.992022-06-24 — best price $29.992022-08-16 — best price $59.992022-10-10 — best price $23.992022-12-01 — best price $17.032023-01-16 — best price $16.492023-03-14 — best price $14.992023-05-07 — best price $13.502023-07-14 — best price $50.392023-09-21 — best price $10.682023-11-22 — best price $10.992024-01-06 — best price $52.682024-02-26 — best price $53.392024-04-11 — best price $57.812024-05-25 — best price $52.682024-07-18 — best price $5.992024-09-01 — best price $5.402024-10-15 — best price $59.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $5.692025-05-01 — best price $53.392025-07-03 — best price $5.392025-08-30 — best price $55.192025-11-04 — best price $55.192026-01-05 — best price $56.892026-03-12 — best price $5.002026-05-09 — best price $53.392026-07-02 — best price $59.992026-08-17 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $5.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2501102026-05-29 — 154 pageviews2026-06-01 — 121 pageviews2026-06-04 — 140 pageviews2026-06-07 — 175 pageviews2026-06-10 — 138 pageviews2026-06-13 — 110 pageviews2026-06-16 — 157 pageviews2026-06-19 — 115 pageviews2026-06-22 — 115 pageviews2026-06-25 — 135 pageviews2026-06-28 — 155 pageviews2026-07-01 — 155 pageviews2026-07-04 — 173 pageviews2026-07-07 — 171 pageviews2026-07-10 — 170 pageviews2026-07-13 — 170 pageviews2026-07-16 — 158 pageviews2026-07-19 — 170 pageviews2026-07-22 — 155 pageviews2026-07-25 — 168 pageviews2026-07-28 — 167 pageviews2026-07-31 — 124 pageviews2026-08-03 — 151 pageviews2026-08-06 — 140 pageviews2026-08-09 — 134 pageviews2026-08-12 — 179 pageviews2026-08-15 — 147 pageviews2026-08-18 — 151 pageviews2026-08-21 — 149 pageviews2026-08-24 — 146 pageviews2026-08-26 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

17602026-08-27 01:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 97 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 95 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 36 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.4%
earned "Welcome to the Apocalypse"
32.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportHDR availableFamily Sharing4 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)96,9891%93
PS4 (PlayStation)44,0442%94
PS5 (PlayStation)43,0682%94
Steam (Steam)41,4232%93

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreBloodCo-opActionHorrorShooterViolentZombiesSurvival

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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