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Left 4 Dead 2 cover art

Left 4 Dead 2

Valve · 2009-11-16

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 02, 2013 (Linux), Sep 05, 2010 (Mac), Nov 17, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 2009 (Xbox 360)

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Left 4 Dead 2 is an Action game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000,000 .. 100,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 1052342 reviews).

23,279
playing now
98%
positive of 1.1M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000,000–100,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
319
twitch viewers (latest)
7.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (1198 ratings)
377
Nexus mods (328k downloads)
29h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 153h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

23,279 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Left 4 Dead 2 is a 2009 first-person shooter game by Valve. The sequel to Left 4 Dead (2008) and the second game in the Left 4 Dead series, it was released for Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2009, Mac OS X in October 2010, and Linux in July 2013.

Trailer

Left 4 Dead 2 trailer thumbnail

Left 4 Dead 2 - Official Trailer

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

Health check

Thriving
  • · 23,279 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 49,570 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,196/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 43M–85M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,064,427 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17k17k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,823 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,900 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,433 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,699 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,573 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,153 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6,958 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2,033 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,911 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,833 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,250 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,188 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2,596 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6,549 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7,139 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,591 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10,681 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9,626 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8,097 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6,912 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7,527 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7,507 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5,729 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6,284 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9,283 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6,046 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14,966 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 429 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11,369 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13,618 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11,148 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10,511 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7,089 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7,551 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7,213 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10,692 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9,197 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12,432 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11,366 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8,524 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7,746 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11,147 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9,246 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11,339 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8,288 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6,073 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5,847 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5,478 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7,163 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12,249 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8,057 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5,637 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5,653 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12,976 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13,025 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14,685 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7,496 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10,846 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6,910 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6,330 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7,050 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16,518 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8,437 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9,124 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7,195 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11,603 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9,841 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11,593 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7,378 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9,254 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5,986 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5,647 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7,107 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11,579 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6,981 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5,185 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5,706 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17,025 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11,543 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8,009 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8,329 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7,543 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5,096 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6,418 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8,501 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7,948 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5,672 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4,526 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6,396 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6,004 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6,757 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6,816 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5,031 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6,160 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5,164 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6,032 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6,315 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8,516 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6,254 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4,606 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 3,380 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 118 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

47k11k2026-09-14 21:00 — 20,122 players2026-09-15 21:00 — 20,391 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 12,328 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 13,234 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 16,110 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 15,904 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 11,954 players2026-09-22 11:00 — 11,787 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 11,793 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 12,573 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 14,199 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 17,064 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 16,758 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 12,579 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 12,089 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 12,603 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 14,758 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 21,821 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 25,084 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 27,081 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 24,141 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 24,112 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 22,763 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 22,056 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 22,753 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 26,852 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 24,789 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 17,969 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 17,361 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 17,267 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 23,279 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35k5.7kJul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 12,228 · peak 21,811Dec 2012 — avg 9,404 · peak 19,518May 2013 — avg 6,938 · peak 12,116Oct 2013 — avg 5,665 · peak 10,267Mar 2014 — avg 11,019 · peak 22,266Aug 2014 — avg 8,420 · peak 12,255Jan 2015 — avg 9,666 · peak 17,156Jun 2015 — avg 10,540 · peak 23,097Nov 2015 — avg 9,015 · peak 19,403Apr 2016 — avg 8,163 · peak 16,524Sep 2016 — avg 7,246 · peak 13,374Feb 2017 — avg 9,538 · peak 17,223Jul 2017 — avg 16,346 · peak 42,773Dec 2017 — avg 12,725 · peak 29,351May 2018 — avg 7,657 · peak 18,821Oct 2018 — avg 7,844 · peak 23,062Mar 2019 — avg 8,298 · peak 15,316Aug 2019 — avg 9,043 · peak 14,930Jan 2020 — avg 12,134 · peak 22,868Jun 2020 — avg 11,295 · peak 23,371Nov 2020 — avg 18,381 · peak 39,300Apr 2021 — avg 15,418 · peak 29,097Sep 2021 — avg 17,121 · peak 34,682Feb 2022 — avg 19,252 · peak 34,758Jul 2022 — avg 23,198 · peak 48,800Dec 2022 — avg 27,006 · peak 64,886May 2023 — avg 20,157 · peak 37,915Oct 2023 — avg 22,070 · peak 45,432Mar 2024 — avg 24,424 · peak 58,546Aug 2024 — avg 22,684 · peak 34,348Jan 2025 — avg 26,583 · peak 41,486Jun 2025 — avg 26,652 · peak 52,111Nov 2025 — avg 21,349 · peak 42,359Apr 2026 — avg 20,503 · peak 37,310Aug 2026 — avg 25,601 · peak 40,661
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#22#392026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #322026-09-15 — #322026-09-16 — #342026-09-17 — #342026-09-18 — #352026-09-19 — #342026-09-20 — #342026-09-21 — #342026-09-22 — #342026-09-23 — #352026-09-24 — #352026-09-25 — #352026-09-26 — #332026-09-27 — #322026-09-28 — #322026-09-29 — #332026-09-30 — #372026-10-01 — #392026-10-02 — #382026-10-03 — #302026-10-04 — #242026-10-05 — #222026-10-06 — #222026-10-07 — #272026-10-08 — #272026-10-09 — #242026-10-10 — #242026-10-11 — #252026-10-12 — #252026-10-13 — #262026-10-14 — #31
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
6156152026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 89 new positive2026-09-15: 2 new negative2026-09-16: 144 new positive2026-09-17: 119 new positive2026-09-17: 4 new negative2026-09-18: 117 new positive2026-09-18: 4 new negative2026-09-19: 139 new positive2026-09-19: 6 new negative2026-09-20: 180 new positive2026-09-20: 9 new negative2026-09-21: 144 new positive2026-09-21: 8 new negative2026-09-22: 124 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 233 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 116 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 139 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 156 new positive2026-09-27: 150 new positive2026-09-28: 138 new positive2026-09-28: 10 new negative2026-09-29: 117 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 107 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 108 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 171 new positive2026-10-02: 15 new negative2026-10-03: 230 new positive2026-10-03: 13 new negative2026-10-04: 332 new positive2026-10-04: 11 new negative2026-10-05: 381 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 615 new positive2026-10-06: 14 new negative2026-10-07: 295 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 304 new positive2026-10-08: 16 new negative2026-10-09: 287 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 314 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 285 new positive2026-10-11: 18 new negative2026-10-12: 227 new positive2026-10-12: 8 new negative2026-10-13: 181 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 187 new positive2026-10-14: 11 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-01 — best price $9.992015-07-09 — best price $4.992015-08-14 — best price $19.992015-11-02 — best price $19.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-03-31 — best price $6.792016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-10-24 — best price $3.792016-12-22 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-05-16 — best price $2.492019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-09-28 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-08-11 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-11-14 — best price $2.002025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-10-03 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6443892026-05-29 — 639 pageviews2026-06-02 — 480 pageviews2026-06-06 — 492 pageviews2026-06-10 — 461 pageviews2026-06-14 — 428 pageviews2026-06-18 — 389 pageviews2026-06-22 — 438 pageviews2026-06-26 — 510 pageviews2026-06-30 — 515 pageviews2026-07-04 — 499 pageviews2026-07-08 — 514 pageviews2026-07-12 — 518 pageviews2026-07-16 — 408 pageviews2026-07-20 — 500 pageviews2026-07-24 — 433 pageviews2026-07-28 — 501 pageviews2026-08-01 — 427 pageviews2026-08-05 — 597 pageviews2026-08-09 — 439 pageviews2026-08-13 — 471 pageviews2026-08-17 — 457 pageviews2026-08-21 — 432 pageviews2026-08-25 — 498 pageviews2026-08-29 — 459 pageviews2026-09-02 — 499 pageviews2026-09-06 — 524 pageviews2026-09-10 — 472 pageviews2026-09-14 — 492 pageviews2026-09-18 — 424 pageviews2026-09-22 — 541 pageviews2026-09-26 — 464 pageviews2026-09-30 — 396 pageviews2026-10-04 — 525 pageviews2026-10-07 — 465 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.9k342026-09-30 21:34 — 202 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 248 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 388 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 979 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 147 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 350 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 315 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 1,091 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 386 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 351 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 310 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 588 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 310 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 282 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 415 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 297 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 233 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 191 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 698 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 554 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 245 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 2,240 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 181 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 573 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 319 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.3%
earned "GNOME ALONE"
12.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions available

27 supported languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)377,8751%101
Xbox 360 (Xbox)128,9913%65

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

FPSGoreCo-opActionHorrorShooterZombiesModdableSurvivalTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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