Left 4 Dead on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Left 4 Dead is a zombies, co-op and multiplayer game developed and published by Valve.
Released on November 17th 2008 is available only on Windows in 28 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, 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 and Vietnamese.

It has received 60,896 reviews of which 58,649 were positive and 2,247 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. ๐Ÿ˜

The game is currently priced at 9.75โ‚ฌ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
Minimum:
  • Supported OS: Windowsยฎ 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

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2024
Starring Bill, Francis, Loius and Zoey *Left 4 Dead* is a cooperative first-person shooter set in a zombie apocalypse, emphasizing teamwork and survival. Players choose one of four survivors, each with distinct personalities, and face relentless zombie hordes across various campaigns. The AI Director adjusts enemy spawns, ensuring each playthrough feels fresh and challenging. Weapons and health supplies are scattered throughout, but teamwork is key to survival, as straying can be fatal. The game's intense pacing, combined with well-designed maps and a variety of zombie types, makes it both thrilling and unpredictable, offering an exhilarating experience that rewards coordination and quick reflexes. The achievements are very funky and interesting too. https://youtu.be/6vdCS8gztrI
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Oct. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- โ˜ You forget what reality is โ˜ Beautiful โ˜‘ Good โ˜ Decent โ˜ Bad โ˜ Donโ€˜t look too long at it โ˜ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- โ˜‘ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ It's just gameplay โ˜ Mehh โ˜ Watch paint dry instead โ˜ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- โ˜ Eargasm โ˜ Very good โ˜‘ Good โ˜ Not too bad โ˜ Bad โ˜ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- โ˜ Kids โ˜‘ Teens โ˜‘ Adults โ˜‘ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- โ˜ Check if you can run paint โ˜‘ Potato โ˜ Decent โ˜ Fast โ˜ Rich boi โ˜ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- โ˜ Just press 'W' โ˜ Easy โ˜ Easy to learn / Hard to master โ˜ Significant brain usage โ˜‘ Difficult โ˜ Dark Souls ---{ Story }--- โ˜ No Story โ˜‘ Some lore โ˜ Average โ˜ Good โ˜ Lovely โ˜ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- โ˜ Long enough for a cup of coffee โ˜ Short โ˜ Average โ˜‘ Long โ˜ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- โ˜ It's free! โ˜‘ Worth the price โ˜ If it's on sale โ˜ If u have some spare money left โ˜ Not recommended โ˜ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- โ˜ Never heard of โ˜‘ Minor bugs โ˜ Can get annoying โ˜ ARK: Survival Evolved โ˜ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- โ˜ 1 โ˜ 2 โ˜ 3 โ˜ 4 โ˜ 5 โ˜ 6 โ˜ 7 โ˜ 8 โ˜ 8.5 โ˜‘ 9 โ˜ 10
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Sept. 2024
Great game but you should really buy L4D2 instead. It comes with all of L4D's content + a ton more.
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May 2024
two things, number 1. buy the second game, it does everything this game does but better. number 2. Buy THIS game, because its cool
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May 2024
Regular crowds of zombies that make shrill noises and rush suddenly in order to tear or drag away. Entering a small room, you can get attacked by two hundred zombies against four. If you walk through one of these areas and don't find a single shooter per square meter, the game will become even more epic: three bullets fall twice a day! The Source, it turns out, can cover all the cliches and situations that are found in films about the living dead! The main thing is, in the end, gifted players joined teams and acted differently in the game in order to survive. โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–„โ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–„โ–„โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–€โ–€โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–€โ–€โ–€โ–€โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–„โ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–€โ–‘โ–€โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆ โ–‘โ–„โ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆ โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘ โ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–„โ–ˆโ–„โ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–ˆโ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–‘ โ–„โ–ˆโ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–€โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–€โ–ˆโ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–€โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–„โ–„โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–€โ–€โ–€โ–€โ–€โ–‘ โ–€โ–€โ–€โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘
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Left 4 Dead
9.5
58,649
2,247
Online players
540
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release 17 Nov 2008
Platforms