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Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

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.

Released Nov 17, 2008 Developer Valve Platforms Windows ZombiesCo-opMultiplayerFPSAction
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.

96.3%positive61,894 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 102 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“A high 8 out of 10 in my book. I remember first playing the Original 2008 game on my friend's XBOX 360 back in the day & would always go to his house after school to play it almost every day. Good times. On Steam, I accidentally bought this version of the game alongside Left 4…”

— a player, Steam review · 240 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Greatest co op/multiplayer in the history of video games. I've spent 25k hours of my life on this game on Xbox and now on PC. I never get sick of it.”

— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“no matter which Left 4 Dead i play, i need to shoot my friend and piss him off. Fun game btw.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

501playing at last check
91224-hour peak
2,333all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 1.2k avg · Jul 2012

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.

73achievements
12.5%median completion
2.4%rarest: 20 CAR PILE-UP
62.4% of players 56.8% of players 55.1% of players 52.8% of players 51.1% of players 49.0% of players 45.6% of players 41.9% of players 40.4% of players 39.6% of players 38.4% of players 38.3% of players 38.3% of players 33.7% of players 33.6% of players 33.2% of players 32.0% of players 31.8% of players 26.9% of players 25.0% of players 24.5% of players 24.4% of players 24.2% of players 22.5% of players 21.9% of players 20.9% of players 20.4% of players 16.3% of players 15.6% of players 14.5% of players 14.0% of players 13.8% of players 13.6% of players 13.6% of players 13.3% of players 12.9% of players 12.5% of players 11.4% of players 11.1% of players 11.1% of players 10.2% of players 10.0% of players 9.4% of players 9.4% of players 9.0% of players 8.8% of players 8.8% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 7.6% of players 7.5% of players 7.2% of players 6.5% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 62.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
62.4%DRAG AND DROP — Rescue a Survivor from a Smoker's tongue before he takes damage.
56.8%TONGUE TWISTER — Kill a Smoker who has grabbed you with his tongue.
55.1%TANKBUSTERS — Kill a Tank without it dealing any damage to a Survivor.
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%20 CAR PILE-UP — As A Tank hit 20 Survivors with a car in the Crash Course campaign.
2.5%Sacrifizzle — As a Special Infected, incap someone who is trying to sacrifice themselves.
2.6%TRUCK STOP — Your team wipes all Survivors after the escape vehicle has opened in Crash Course.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 29, 2026
Left 4 Dead - Update

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead. - Fixed custom sprays not displaying for remote clients.

Jun 26, 2026
Left 4 Dead - Update

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead. - Fixed several exploits that could crash servers or remote players.

Aug 22, 2025
Left 4 Dead - Update

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead. - Block clients' ability to pause dedicated servers, unless the server operator has explicitly allowed it.

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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.

GenresAction
Player tagsZombies · Co-op · Multiplayer · FPS · Action · Horror · Shooter · Online Co-Op · Survival · Team-Based · First-Person · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Bulgarian, …
ControllerFull support
Achievements73
Estimated owners5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.l4d.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Supported OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz Memory: 1 GB Graphics: 128 MB, Shader model 2.0, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better Hard Drive: At least 7.5 GB of free space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card