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Left 4 Dead

📅 Nov 17, 2008
Valve
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.
96.4Rating
0Content
73Achievements

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User Reviews

96.4
Overall Score / 100
9.6/10
Steam

About This Game

Left 4 Dead is a action game with both single-player and multiplayer modes, developed by Valve and released in 2008. With an estimated 2.3 million copies sold, it is considered a major commercial success on Steam. With 65.8k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 96.4/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 6.86 hours, with side content bringing that to 19.32 hours, and a completionist run can reach 58.04 hours. Players commonly describe it as Zombies, Co-op, Multiplayer, FPS and Action.

Playtime Estimates

6.86h
🎯 Main Story
19.32h
⭐ Main + Sides
58.04h
💯 Completionist
Based on 24 player submissions

Game Information

Release Date
November 17, 2008
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Platforms
Windows
Controller
Full Support
Price
$9.99

Analytics & Metrics

Copies Sold (VISE)
2.3M
(1.8M 2.7M)
VRI ScoreLearning
93.0
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Genres & Categories

Genres
Action
Categories
Single-player
Multi-player
Co-op
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Captions available
Camera Comfort
Color Alternatives
Custom Volume Controls
Adjustable Difficulty
Stereo Sound
Surround Sound
Steam Cloud
Valve Anti-Cheat enabled
Stats
Steam Leaderboards
Includes Source SDK
Commentary available
Remote Play on TV
Family Sharing
Tags
Zombies
Co-op
Multiplayer
FPS
Action
Horror
Shooter
Online Co-Op
Survival
Team-Based
First-Person
Post-apocalyptic
Singleplayer
Atmospheric
Moddable
Adventure
Tactical
Replay Value
Competitive
Female Protagonist

Supported Languages

With Full Audio
English
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Russian
Text Only
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Italian
Japanese
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese - Portugal
Simplified Chinese
Swedish
Traditional Chinese
Korean
Bulgarian
Czech
Greek
Hungarian
Portuguese - Brazil
Romanian
Spanish - Latin America
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

System Requirements

🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
Minimum
Recommended
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
Recommended:
  • Supported OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
  • Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB
  • Graphics: Shader model 3.0, NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
  • OS: MacOS X 10.6.4 or higher (Snow Leopard Graphics Update required)
  • Processor: Dual core Intel processor, 2GHz or better
  • Video Card: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000
  • Not supported: OS X 10.5.x, ATI X1600 or X1900 graphics, NVIDIA GeForce 7 graphics or Intel graphics less than Intel HD 3000.