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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

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).

30,333
playing now
98%
positive of 1.1M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000,000–100,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
987
twitch viewers (latest)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (1198 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 153h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

30,333 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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
  • · 30,333 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 52,358 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,545/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42M–84M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,055,832 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17k17k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3,407 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2,617 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 122 negativeWeek 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: 1,198 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

40k14k2026-08-06 16:00 — 27,281 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 21,373 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 27,584 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 27,065 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 40,433 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 28,924 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 15,792 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 28,972 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 25,466 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 19,287 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 24,335 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 24,957 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 31,472 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 23,270 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 17,566 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 31,456 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 29,260 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 19,808 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 24,921 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 26,098 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 30,411 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 21,989 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 14,831 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 27,769 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 26,378 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 23,801 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 29,472 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 26,566 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 30,772 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 20,887 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 14,429 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 27,292 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 23,413 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 16,304 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 23,305 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 28,814 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 32,992 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 27,483 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 17,947 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 30,333 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#30#352026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #342026-08-07 — #342026-08-08 — #342026-08-09 — #342026-08-10 — #342026-08-11 — #342026-08-12 — #342026-08-13 — #332026-08-14 — #322026-08-15 — #322026-08-16 — #302026-08-17 — #302026-08-18 — #312026-08-19 — #322026-08-20 — #312026-08-21 — #312026-08-22 — #312026-08-23 — #322026-08-24 — #332026-08-25 — #342026-08-26 — #352026-08-27 — #352026-08-28 — #342026-08-29 — #342026-08-30 — #35
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2512512026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 220 new positive2026-08-07: 6 new negative2026-08-08: 251 new positive2026-08-08: 6 new negative2026-08-09: 235 new positive2026-08-09: 13 new negative2026-08-10: 230 new positive2026-08-10: 9 new negative2026-08-11: 207 new positive2026-08-11: 5 new negative2026-08-13: 198 new positive2026-08-13: 17 new negative2026-08-14: 205 new positive2026-08-14: 3 new negative2026-08-15: 209 new positive2026-08-15: 2 new negative2026-08-16: 248 new positive2026-08-16: 5 new negative2026-08-17: 212 new positive2026-08-17: 4 new negative2026-08-18: 161 new positive2026-08-18: 6 new negative2026-08-19: 188 new positive2026-08-19: 3 new negative2026-08-20: 183 new positive2026-08-20: 6 new negative2026-08-22: 181 new positive2026-08-22: 11 new negative2026-08-23: 233 new positive2026-08-23: 12 new negative2026-08-24: 167 new positive2026-08-24: 12 new negative2026-08-25: 151 new positive2026-08-25: 2 new negative2026-08-26: 152 new positive2026-08-26: 7 new negative2026-08-27: 147 new positive2026-08-27: 2 new negative2026-08-28: 189 new positive2026-08-28: 2 new negative2026-08-29: 202 new positive2026-08-30: 199 new positive2026-08-30: 9 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-04-24 — best price $19.992015-06-11 — best price $3.992015-07-21 — best price $4.992015-08-31 — best price $9.992015-11-02 — best price $19.992015-12-22 — best price $3.992016-03-22 — best price $6.792016-05-06 — best price $4.992016-07-20 — best price $17.992016-10-24 — best price $3.792016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-03-13 — best price $19.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $1.992019-05-24 — best price $2.492019-10-24 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-09-24 — best price $0.002020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-05-05 — best price $1.992021-08-26 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-07-21 — best price $0.002022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-02-10 — best price $0.992025-05-26 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6443892026-05-29 — 639 pageviews2026-06-01 — 429 pageviews2026-06-04 — 503 pageviews2026-06-07 — 530 pageviews2026-06-10 — 461 pageviews2026-06-13 — 465 pageviews2026-06-16 — 424 pageviews2026-06-19 — 410 pageviews2026-06-22 — 438 pageviews2026-06-25 — 465 pageviews2026-06-28 — 545 pageviews2026-07-01 — 595 pageviews2026-07-04 — 499 pageviews2026-07-07 — 462 pageviews2026-07-10 — 482 pageviews2026-07-13 — 524 pageviews2026-07-16 — 408 pageviews2026-07-19 — 442 pageviews2026-07-22 — 461 pageviews2026-07-25 — 437 pageviews2026-07-28 — 501 pageviews2026-07-31 — 456 pageviews2026-08-03 — 431 pageviews2026-08-06 — 420 pageviews2026-08-09 — 439 pageviews2026-08-12 — 430 pageviews2026-08-15 — 482 pageviews2026-08-18 — 456 pageviews2026-08-21 — 432 pageviews2026-08-24 — 494 pageviews2026-08-25 — 498 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

12k252026-08-18 04:12 — 8,533 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 95 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 104 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 284 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 459 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 98 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 240 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 257 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 587 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 668 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 113 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 291 viewers2026-08-28 17:12 — 4,060 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 188 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 239 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 372 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 489 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 206 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 277 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 148 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 307 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 11,963 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 407 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 500 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 423 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 105 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 80 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 987 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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