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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.
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
70 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Game is fun and all until you try online and run into dudes who take an 18 year old game way to seriously”
“zombie game good better and magnificent then any other zombo gome so nana”
“Played this game for 4 years and it still stands in 2026 as the bread and butter of a good zombie game!”
17 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Left 4 Dead, Sigh......... This Game Takes me way back........... This was the first ever game i Purchased on Steam and it was totally worth it. Back in October 2018 I purchased both the first and second parts and then…”
“Attention new zombie game players, This game is perfect all the way down best Coop zombie game around better then cod zombies today. This game is a must with friends cause its always fun to play 24/7 i give this game a…”
“Left 4 Dead is the best game (for me) which was developed by Valve. :3 Back in the days, i have played it on my x-box 360 a lot. :3 To cooperate with your friends / mates is highly necessary and a very awesome game…”
17 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Played this game for 4 years and it still stands in 2026 as the bread and butter of a good zombie game!”
“I really wish that Valve would revive this game. NO - not franchise but THIS GAME! By adding characters, some new enemies, randomizing zombie appearances, maps (maybe even random or AI generated ones), weapons (like…”
“Left 4 Dead, Sigh......... This Game Takes me way back........... This was the first ever game i Purchased on Steam and it was totally worth it. Back in October 2018 I purchased both the first and second parts and then…”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“L4D Its an essential Steam game The first left 4 dead game is old and it kind of shows the Ai in this game feels significantly worse but it got fixed overtime then the campaign is nice but the characters , they arent…”
“Attention new zombie game players, This game is perfect all the way down best Coop zombie game around better then cod zombies today. This game is a must with friends cause its always fun to play 24/7 i give this game a…”
“Left 4 Dead is a stone-cold classic that has aged like fine wine. Even after all these years, it's still the gold standard for cooperative zombie shooters, and nothing has really come along to dethrone it. The pacing,…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“--- { Graphics } --- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good for a 2009 game ☐ Decent ☐ Will give you nostalgia --- { Gameplay } --- ☑ Peak Zombie Shooter ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Just clicking heads --- { Replayability } --- ☑…”
“I played the game back when it first came out on console and loved it, so I decided to come back and try it again all these years later, this time on PC. It's just as good as I remember it being. The gameplay is fun,…”
“this game is good, it's ambience it's incredible, the interactions with the survivors feel real and natural, and the campaigns are incredible. the mods to give it back its 2007 era style makes it more immersive and…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“this game is good but i prefer buying l4d2 since l4d2 also has l4d1 campaigns and l4d does super cheap sales”
“it's good but there is no reason to play this anymore now that l4d2 has all the maps and content from this one. unless you are going for achievements or one of those people playing this game to nitpick tiny details that…”
“An easy 9/10 game, really good by itself But if youre coming here to play the l4d1 campaign and then l4d2, dont bother. L4d2 has all of the l4d1 campaigns in it already, theres no reason to get this if that's all you…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“L4D Its an essential Steam game The first left 4 dead game is old and it kind of shows the Ai in this game feels significantly worse but it got fixed overtime then the campaign is nice but the characters , they arent…”
“cod zombies is beter”
“I'm going to recommend this as there's nothing wrong with the game itself but I just can't seem to really get into it. Left 4 Dead 2 was the first one I played out of the two and it was just so much better. The maps,…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is fun and all until you try online and run into dudes who take an 18 year old game way to seriously”
“--- { Graphics } --- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good for a 2009 game ☐ Decent ☐ Will give you nostalgia --- { Gameplay } --- ☑ Peak Zombie Shooter ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Just clicking heads --- { Replayability } --- ☑…”
“Ignore my time played, played hundreds of hours before Steam started tracking. This is a classic that at the time was absolutely groundbreaking. Still worth exploring if you can get together a few friends. Would avoid…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I really wish that Valve would revive this game. NO - not franchise but THIS GAME! By adding characters, some new enemies, randomizing zombie appearances, maps (maybe even random or AI generated ones), weapons (like…”
“This game is nostalgic first time i've played this game is in 2011, i'm still hoping for new features of left 4 dead since valve is not interested doing the left 4 dead 3 this is good as hell, F*ck valve”
“I enjoyed the game but why after all these years theres no local co-op inherently built in for the PC version. come on valve its your fekkin game so why did you even disable couch co-op on PC in the first place and why…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm going to recommend this as there's nothing wrong with the game itself but I just can't seem to really get into it. Left 4 Dead 2 was the first one I played out of the two and it was just so much better. The maps,…”
“I enjoyed the game but why after all these years theres no local co-op inherently built in for the PC version. come on valve its your fekkin game so why did you even disable couch co-op on PC in the first place and why…”
“Good game, just not for me...its a coop only kind of game I prefer solo mostly.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“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“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“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 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
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Left 4 Dead - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead. - Fixed custom sprays not displaying for remote clients.
Left 4 Dead - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead. - Fixed several exploits that could crash servers or remote players.
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.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Zombies · Co-op · Multiplayer · FPS · Action · Horror · Shooter · Online Co-Op · Survival · Team-Based · First-Person · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Bulgarian, … |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 73 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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