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Left 4 Dead

Valve · 2008-11-17

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

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

Releases: Nov 17, 2008 (Mac), Nov 17, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 18, 2008 (Xbox 360)

From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

Left 4 Dead is an Action game released in 2008, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 68155 reviews).

598
playing now
96%
positive of 69k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (760 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (6.0k downloads)
32h
to beat · rushed 16h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

598 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Left 4 Dead is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Valve South and published by Valve. It was originally released for Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2008 and for Mac OS X in October 2010, and is the first title in the Left 4 Dead series. Set during the aftermath of a zombie outbreak on the East Coast of the United States, the game pits its four protagonists, dubbed the "Survivors", against hordes of the infected.

Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 598 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,562 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~445/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 2.7M–5.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 68,512 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 (2019-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 842 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 821 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 893 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 795 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2212026-09-15 11:00 — 270 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 519 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 388 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 352 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 620 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 467 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 221 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 452 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 504 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 348 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 446 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 411 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 318 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 811 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 1,091 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 682 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 808 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 873 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 703 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 600 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 905 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 598 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 326 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 598 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k294Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,197 · peak 2,117Dec 2012 — avg 864 · peak 2,333May 2013 — avg 527 · peak 978Oct 2013 — avg 453 · peak 1,085Mar 2014 — avg 454 · peak 1,214Aug 2014 — avg 392 · peak 692Jan 2015 — avg 457 · peak 956Jun 2015 — avg 494 · peak 1,102Nov 2015 — avg 440 · peak 1,160Apr 2016 — avg 344 · peak 711Sep 2016 — avg 320 · peak 657Feb 2017 — avg 386 · peak 725Jul 2017 — avg 605 · peak 1,542Dec 2017 — avg 569 · peak 1,427May 2018 — avg 306 · peak 578Oct 2018 — avg 338 · peak 1,025Mar 2019 — avg 340 · peak 637Aug 2019 — avg 353 · peak 616Jan 2020 — avg 480 · peak 1,126Jun 2020 — avg 475 · peak 1,096Nov 2020 — avg 537 · peak 1,130Apr 2021 — avg 473 · peak 907Sep 2021 — avg 500 · peak 929Feb 2022 — avg 555 · peak 1,020Jul 2022 — avg 666 · peak 1,476Dec 2022 — avg 754 · peak 1,481May 2023 — avg 430 · peak 715Oct 2023 — avg 464 · peak 841Mar 2024 — avg 634 · peak 1,593Aug 2024 — avg 458 · peak 733Jan 2025 — avg 550 · peak 1,074Jun 2025 — avg 713 · peak 2,213Nov 2025 — avg 504 · peak 1,082Apr 2026 — avg 448 · peak 778Aug 2026 — avg 473 · peak 748
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
26262026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 13 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 20 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 16 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 25 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 26 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $3.992015-07-21 — best price $4.992015-10-26 — best price $3.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-04-01 — best price $19.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-10-24 — 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 $1.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-03-25 — best price $1.992021-08-26 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-01-08 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-09-19 — best price $9.992024-01-11 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $1.992026-10-07 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6143592026-05-31 — 440 pageviews2026-06-04 — 441 pageviews2026-06-08 — 614 pageviews2026-06-12 — 394 pageviews2026-06-16 — 374 pageviews2026-06-20 — 386 pageviews2026-06-24 — 438 pageviews2026-06-28 — 498 pageviews2026-07-02 — 477 pageviews2026-07-06 — 487 pageviews2026-07-10 — 457 pageviews2026-07-14 — 473 pageviews2026-07-18 — 489 pageviews2026-07-22 — 433 pageviews2026-07-26 — 511 pageviews2026-07-30 — 446 pageviews2026-08-03 — 425 pageviews2026-08-07 — 421 pageviews2026-08-11 — 466 pageviews2026-08-15 — 421 pageviews2026-08-19 — 450 pageviews2026-08-23 — 480 pageviews2026-08-27 — 402 pageviews2026-08-31 — 614 pageviews2026-09-04 — 536 pageviews2026-09-08 — 456 pageviews2026-09-12 — 436 pageviews2026-09-16 — 451 pageviews2026-09-20 — 543 pageviews2026-09-24 — 513 pageviews2026-09-28 — 547 pageviews2026-10-02 — 512 pageviews2026-10-06 — 474 pageviews2026-10-09 — 455 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19802026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 22 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
62.3%
earned "DRAG AND DROP"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty

27 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)127,8482%65
Steam (Steam)105,0214%73

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

FPSCo-opActionHorrorShooterZombiesModdableSurvivalTeam-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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