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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Back 4 Blood is an Action game released in 2021, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 73317 reviews).

663
playing now
69%
positive of 74k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
22
twitch viewers (latest)
4.4
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (122 ratings)
93
Nexus mods (151k downloads)
3.92★
PlayStation Store rating (12,545 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 70% recommend · from 139 critics
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 43h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

663 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 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

Cooling
  • · 663 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,531 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~191/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (11,897 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Tier history: healthy→cooling (Sep 3), unknown→healthy (Aug 27)

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73,500 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.26-91%
IndieGala$5.29-91%
Gamesplanet$5.77-90%
Humble Store$5.99-90%
Steam$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 116 of 160 observed days · $57.00 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: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.1k3252026-09-16 04:00 — 420 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 693 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 574 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 625 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 496 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 655 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 494 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 777 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,156 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 476 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 508 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,106 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 438 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 990 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,119 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 635 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 699 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,463 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 811 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 993 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 931 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 680 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 603 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 663 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30k723Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 29,702 · peak 65,873Dec 2021 — avg 6,648 · peak 13,063Feb 2022 — avg 3,239 · peak 6,966Apr 2022 — avg 4,828 · peak 12,988Jun 2022 — avg 2,756 · peak 5,840Aug 2022 — avg 2,436 · peak 7,639Oct 2022 — avg 2,961 · peak 6,762Dec 2022 — avg 3,392 · peak 8,269Feb 2023 — avg 2,674 · peak 8,438Apr 2023 — avg 1,482 · peak 3,224Jun 2023 — avg 936 · peak 2,586Aug 2023 — avg 1,082 · peak 2,370Oct 2023 — avg 1,449 · peak 5,435Dec 2023 — avg 2,075 · peak 6,084Feb 2024 — avg 1,486 · peak 4,308Apr 2024 — avg 3,867 · peak 21,745Jun 2024 — avg 3,736 · peak 20,724Aug 2024 — avg 1,493 · peak 3,946Oct 2024 — avg 1,836 · peak 12,332Dec 2024 — avg 4,063 · peak 18,651Feb 2025 — avg 2,340 · peak 7,249Apr 2025 — avg 1,169 · peak 2,741Jun 2025 — avg 1,328 · peak 4,364Aug 2025 — avg 1,210 · peak 2,861Oct 2025 — avg 1,566 · peak 4,459Dec 2025 — avg 1,281 · peak 3,113Feb 2026 — avg 818 · peak 1,626Apr 2026 — avg 842 · peak 1,954Jun 2026 — avg 727 · peak 1,944Aug 2026 — avg 723 · peak 1,813
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
12122026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 11 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 11 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 12 new negative2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 10 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$2.992020-12-172026-10-152020-12-17 — 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 $5.992026-09-07 — best price $4.802026-10-03 — best price $5.262026-10-15 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2501142026-05-29 — 154 pageviews2026-06-02 — 148 pageviews2026-06-06 — 142 pageviews2026-06-10 — 138 pageviews2026-06-14 — 143 pageviews2026-06-18 — 114 pageviews2026-06-22 — 115 pageviews2026-06-26 — 180 pageviews2026-06-30 — 143 pageviews2026-07-04 — 173 pageviews2026-07-08 — 159 pageviews2026-07-12 — 193 pageviews2026-07-16 — 158 pageviews2026-07-20 — 163 pageviews2026-07-24 — 167 pageviews2026-07-28 — 167 pageviews2026-08-01 — 139 pageviews2026-08-05 — 128 pageviews2026-08-09 — 134 pageviews2026-08-13 — 153 pageviews2026-08-17 — 149 pageviews2026-08-21 — 149 pageviews2026-08-25 — 156 pageviews2026-08-29 — 144 pageviews2026-09-02 — 180 pageviews2026-09-06 — 183 pageviews2026-09-10 — 146 pageviews2026-09-14 — 219 pageviews2026-09-18 — 131 pageviews2026-09-22 — 167 pageviews2026-09-26 — 137 pageviews2026-09-30 — 133 pageviews2026-10-04 — 149 pageviews2026-10-07 — 179 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

41002026-10-01 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 274 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 397 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 22 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…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-10-12, latest 2022-12-06 (Steam store data)

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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