Left 4 Dead 2

Co-op zombie FPS where unpredictable hordes demand teamwork

Valve · Released Nov 16, 2009

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 1.1M
Recent reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 97% of 5,221 in 30 days
Playing now: 11K; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 2 months ago; Jun 30, 2026

What is Left 4 Dead 2?

A first-person co-op action horror shooter set during a zombie apocalypse in the American South. Four survivors fight hordes and special infected with guns and melee weapons across five campaigns from Savannah to New Orleans; competitive Versus and Survival modes are also included.

For you if...

+you want fast, team-based shooting against unpredictable zombie hordes
+you prefer replayable campaigns with changing enemies and routes
+you enjoy both cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes

Not for you if...

−you dislike gore, horror, or constant zombie combat
−you prefer solo-focused shooters over coordinated co-op play

What players say

98% of 1,059,098 reviews are positive · 97% of 5,221 in the last 30 days

Players praise the fast co-op, teamwork, and AI Director for creating unpredictable runs. The most common complaint is that matchmaking often funnels players into distant, heavily modified servers, making standard public games difficult to find.

Screenshots and trailer

Left 4 Dead 2 system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Graphics: Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 13 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Achievements: 101
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

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