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Left 4 Dead 2
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.
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
56 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It’s still an absolute blast, especially with friends. The co-op gameplay is as fun and chaotic as ever, and the huge variety of mods keeps every session feeling fresh. One of the best co-op experiences you can still…”
“Great gameplay, huge modding scene, good performance and funny characters. What else to say? Let's go! I've got a pistol!”
“Timeless classic, even after so many years I still struggle and love to grind for the many achievements this game has to offer, I feel some of them are a bit over the top, though, as for the Good Guy nick,”
30 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“eating plain crackers is the food equivalent to playing this game without mods 10/10 would recommend”
“It’s still an absolute blast, especially with friends. The co-op gameplay is as fun and chaotic as ever, and the huge variety of mods keeps every session feeling fresh. One of the best co-op experiences you can still…”
“A Valve classic. Wonderful story, the ability for endless community modification, nearly never gets boring, perfect friends game... and full of toxicity. I recommend this game in itself if you're looking for a fun,…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A classic zombie shooter where you blow off heads, kill hordes of zombies, and simply have a great time. The multiplayer mode is especially fun and can easily keep you and your friends entertained for dozens of hours.…”
“This game is a masterpiece. Absolute masterpiece. This game is multiplayer focused but you can play solo and the game is peak regardless.”
“a fun game to play with friends, perfect for teaming up...or shooting the friend you hate”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A Valve classic. Wonderful story, the ability for endless community modification, nearly never gets boring, perfect friends game... and full of toxicity. I recommend this game in itself if you're looking for a fun,…”
“Great gameplay, huge modding scene, good performance and funny characters. What else to say? Let's go! I've got a pistol!”
“All these years later and it's still a blast to play. Super atmospheric and immersive, cool characters, great levels and an amazing game to play in coop with friends.”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Best friendly fire game. Mostly mandatory to play with silly goober friends (multiplayer is kind of a hit or miss as you tend to have people join to kill off a character/grief). Multiple replayability especially if…”
“Maybe I'm just autistic or something but this game is just so much fun to play over and over again, the modding community is just.... Absolutely peak *chefs kiss*”
“Bought the game on sale for 1$ and still have over 100 hrs of gameplay in it. Amazing mod support and amazing community. No reason not to buy the game.”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“A Valve classic. Wonderful story, the ability for endless community modification, nearly never gets boring, perfect friends game... and full of toxicity. I recommend this game in itself if you're looking for a fun,…”
“even though you get kicked from a versus lobby because you ask for help i still Love this masterpiece of a steam game”
“Amazing game, only one problem about the game. This problem is about the community and not the game itself, the community is very unforgiving in versus mode. Make sure you have prior knowledge on versus before playing…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Timeless classic, even after so many years I still struggle and love to grind for the many achievements this game has to offer, I feel some of them are a bit over the top, though, as for the Good Guy nick,”
“L4D2 Its an essential Steam game The game is fun especially with friends the campaign is fun and its timeless the playerbase keeps this game up and everything i have one issue with this game and its the special infected…”
“Was half a minute from getting gold medal before getting humped off the platform. Great game, The Jockey can go ♥♥♥♥ himself.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I dis like owning a server and when I start a lobby I get " NO STEAM LOGON" it is a steam issue and you do nothing about it but push the blame in other directions! ! ! ! reset the game to what it was 1.5 years ago! !”
“the game is very fun and its pretty good graphics but what i wish you added is new campaigns and more zombies and what i kinda dont really like is some error bugs”
“th9is game is goood but i keep having a glitch where it says remove-insecure but i have nothing of that in the launch options so i cant play online games someone help”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“A Valve classic. Wonderful story, the ability for endless community modification, nearly never gets boring, perfect friends game... and full of toxicity. I recommend this game in itself if you're looking for a fun,…”
“you either get kicked for a petty reason or no reason at all, even in campaign. one mistake is all it takes. i recommend playing this with friends if you ever want to play online”
“it is good just versus is filled with cheaters and toxic people”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I could go for a.. barbecue bacon burgah.. a large order of fries an orange soda with no ice and a piece of hot apple pah!.. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I miss burger tank!”
— a player, Steam review · 3,056 hrs played“Oh this game is sooooo good and im soooooo bloated like the bloater, I could puke and fart for days... Im sooooo gassy, and ellis is such a cutie!”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“Absolutely untimely and fantastic. There's basically nothing that can be said about it that hasn't already. It's just the BEST co-op zombie shooter. There's no competition. There's very much a reason why this game's community is still VERY MUCH ACTIVE to this day, the game is…”
— a player, Steam review · 152 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Revised fix for Linux build including latest security patches.
Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several crashes and exploits reported via HackerOne.
Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed a compatibility issue that was causing a crash on Linux clients.
Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed exploits used to crash remote servers.
Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed some exploits used to crash remote servers.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Zombies · Co-op · FPS · Multiplayer · Shooter · Online Co-Op · Action · Survival · Horror · First-Person · Gore · Team-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | Danish, Dutch, English * , Finnish, French * , German * , Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian * , Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain * , Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Hungarian, … |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 101 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.l4d.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 13 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card