Left 4 Dead 2

by Valve

Steam · Overwhelmingly Positive

Steam Facts

Data current as of Apr 25, 2026. We re-crawl reviews and metadata every 14 days.

Steam Sentiment97

Overwhelmingly Positive

Fewer than 5% of Steam games with 1,000+ reviews achieve this.

Quick Stats

Reviews

311,714en

1,029,970 total (all languages)

Current as of Apr 25, 2026

Released

Nov 16, 2009

Price

$9.99

Velocity

49.8/day

Slowing

Metadata current as of May 2, 2026 · Source: Steam

Market Reach

Estimated owners±40%

≈22M

Estimated gross revenue±40%

≈$220.0M

Based on 1,029,970 reviews (all languages)

boxleiter_v2

Based on review count × genre/age/price-adjusted Boxleiter ratio. Gross revenue before Steam’s 30% cut, refunds, and regional pricing.

About

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.

Sentiment History

Sentiment over time

Playtime Sentiment

Sentiment by time invested

· 11,050 post-launch reviews

88%190 rev

<2h

92%210 rev

2-10h

98%3,358 rev

10-50h

98%3,998 rev

50-200h

98%2,159 rev

200h+

96%1,135 rev

Sentiment is consistent across all playtime ranges — players feel the same way whether they've played 2 hours or 200.

Competitive Benchmark

Compared to 44 similar games in the Action genre released in 2009.

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