Left 4 Dead — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$37.36Mest

grossAtFullPrice $37.36M · promo blend

Net to developer

$24.06Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

3,739,362▼ 100.0%

0 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$00% of LTD

0 units · $0.00 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 56,657 reviews collected over 17.5 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

00.0%

Tail · units

3.7M

3,739,362100.0%

Launch · gross

$00.0%

Tail · gross

$37.36M

$37.36M100.0%

Net to dev

$24.06M

$24.06M64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier B · ▲ 2 7d

DCB ●AS

Inbound

152

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

79%

→ 173

Score history · 30d retention

94 (14d ago)173 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Left 4 Dead · 152 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 173

Left 4 Dead 2791K reviews · 97% pos · Valve · 2009

+5.7

Blood™ Fresh Supply7.7K reviews · 93% pos · Nightdive Studios · 2019

+3.6

Yet Another Zombie Defense12K reviews · 86% pos · Awesome Games Studio · 2014

+3.5

Dead Island 219K reviews · 76% pos · Dambuster Studios · 2024

+3.3

PIGFACE1.9K reviews · 97% pos · titolovesyou · 2025

+3.2

Murder Miners4.0K reviews · 87% pos · JForce Games · 2014

+3.1

Hide and Shriek5.3K reviews · 82% pos · Funcom · 2017

+3.1

Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball2.2K reviews · 91% pos · Erik Asmussen · 2015

+3.0

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home3.0K reviews · 83% pos · TeamKRAMA · 2021

+2.9

Shooters, Ready!714 reviews · 99% pos · おこめたべたべず · 2025

+2.8

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+26.8

03 Left 4 Dead’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

#4Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7

38%3.7K

#5Counter-Strike 2

86%9.6M

#6Hunt: Showdown 1896

74%208K

#7PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

60%2.7M

#8Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

88%152K

Review score

9/ 9

Overwhelmingly Positive

% positive

96.5%cohort 71%

54,702 pos · 1,991 neg

Total reviews

57Ktracked

56,693 crawled

Velocity · 30d

15 / dayest

458 this month

Steam-purchase rate

85.5%flat

14.5% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

29 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

33.3%18,85296%

RURussian

20.3%11,48897%

ESSpanish

16.4%9,27498%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

8.4%4,73599%

ZHSimplified Chinese

7.5%4,26796%

TRTurkish

3.5%1,96394%

ESLatin American Spanish

2.7%1,52397%

PLPolish

1.5%87396%

DEGerman

1.1%60794%

FRFrench

1.0%56594%

KOKorean

0.8%43990%

UKUkrainian

0.7%39295%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 5,256

90%positive

9.3% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 31,065

97%positive

54.8% of reviews

10-100h 16,387

97%positive

28.9% of reviews

100h+ 3,985

97%positive

7.0% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 54,702Negative 1,991

1.2k8915942970

16·1118·0219·0520·0821·1123·0224·0525·0826·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

56,693 reviews

Free product

2,368/ 56,693

4.2% of total97% positive

Early access

0/ 56,693

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

5,874/ 56,693

10.4% of total96% positive

Steam Deck

67/ 56,693

0.1% of total94% positive

Steam purchase

48,451/ 56,693

85.5% of total96% positive

Recommended

54,702/ 56,693

96.5% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

1,991/ 56,693

3.5% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

56,693/ 56,693

100.0% of total96% positive

56,657 reviews · 96% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.