Left 4 Dead

    Up to four players fight through zombie hordes and mutant monsters together.

    Valve, Turtle Rock Studios · published by Valve, Electronic Arts

    Playing together

    Online co-op
    1 source
    Players in online co-op
    1 source
    Crossplay
    1 source
    Free to play
    1 source
    Not known yet
    Online versus, Online multiplayer, Players online, Best with, How co-op works, Local co-op, Multiplayer through mods, One copy is enough, Plays in browser, Demo, Playtest, Early access

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    How you talk

    Not known yet
    Plays without voice or typing, Wordless tools, Public matchmaking, Friendly with strangers

    About the game

    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.
    From Steam

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    Why we rate it this way

    • 96% positive from 68,695 Steam reviews.
    • Critics rate it 85/100 from 7 reviews.
    Steam, checked 1 Nov 2026Num reviews: 1Review score: 9Review score desc: Overwhelmingly PositiveTotal positive: 66209Total negative: 2486Total reviews: 68695{"num_reviews":1,"review_score":9,"review_score_desc":"Overwhelmingly Positive","total_positive":66209,"total_negative":2486,"total_reviews":68695}IGDB, checked 1 Nov 2026Id: 122Name: Left 4 DeadUrl: https://www.igdb.com/games/left-4-deadCreated at: 1300109613First release date: 1226880000Total rating: 82.47981450359477Total rating count: 777Aggregated rating: 84.85714285714286Aggregated rating count: 7Release dates: [{"id":334059,"date":1226880000,"human":"Nov 17, 2008"},{"id":334058,"date":1226880000,"human":"Nov 17, 2008"},{"id":6679,"date":1226966400,"human":"Nov 18, 2008"},{"id":46,"date":1226966400,"human":"Nov 18, 2008"},{"id":6680,"date":1288137600,"human":"Oct 27, 2010"}]Game type: {"id":0,"type":"Main Game"}Involved companies: [{"company":{"id":56,"name":"Valve"},"developer":true,"publisher":true},{"company":{"id":55,"name":"Turtle Rock Studios"},"developer":true,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":57,"name":"Certain Affinity"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":1,"name":"Electronic Arts"},"developer":false,"publisher":true}]{"id":122,"name":"Left 4 Dead","url":"https://www.igdb.com/games/left-4-dead","created_at":1300109613,"first_release_date":1226880000,"total_rating":82.47981450359477,"total_rating_count":777,"aggregated_rating":84.85714285714286,"aggregated_rating_count":7,"release_dates":[{"id":334059,"date":1226880000,"human":"Nov 17, 2008"},{"id":334058,"date":1226880000,"human":"Nov 17, 2008"},{"id":6679,"date":1226966400,"human":"Nov 18, 2008"},{"id":46,"date":1226966400,"human":"Nov 18, 2008"},{"id":6680,"date":1288137600,"human":"Oct 27, 2010"}],"game_type":{"id":0,"type":"Main Game"},"involved_companies":[{"company":{"id":56,"name":"Valve"},"developer":true,"publisher":true},{"company":{"id":55,"name":"Turtle Rock Studios"},"developer":true,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":57,"name":"Certain Affinity"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":1,"name":"Electronic Arts"},"developer":false,"publisher":true}]}

    Sources

    First listed 1 Nov 2026. Updated 2 Nov 2026.