96.3%Overwhelmingly Positive

Left 4 Dead

by ValveNov 17, 2008$9.99

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.

Zombies, Co-op, Multiplayer games average 86% Left 4 Dead scores 10 points above average

Total Reviews

57,834

55,721 positive / 2,113 negative

Top 62%

Positive %

96.3%

Top 16%

30-Day Trend

+0%

Dev Response Rate

0%

Top 100%

Monthly Velocity

299

reviews/month

Top 60%

Early Access Ratio

0.0%

of reviews from early access

Developer Activity

moderateLast update: 1 month ago

Update Frequency

Averages one update every 35 days

Recent Updates

2 updates in the last 90 days

Review Themes

updates26 mentions
multiplayer8 mentions
performance4 mentions
content3 mentions
story3 mentions
community3 mentions
bugs2 mentions
difficulty2 mentions
graphics1 mention
audio1 mention
PositiveNegative

Extracted from 299 reviews using keyword analysis

Score based on all 57,834 reviews. Theme analysis based on 299 recent reviews.

How Left 4 Dead Compares

GameScoreDev ResponseMonthly Reviews
Left 4 Dead96.3%0%299
Left 4 Dead 297.6%0%500
Killing Floor95.9%0%84
No More Room in Hell83.7%0%0
Killing Floor 289%0%176
Back 4 Blood69.1%0%196

Verdict

With 57.8K reviews and a 96.3% positive score, Left 4 Dead is Overwhelmingly Positive. The absence of developer responses represents a missed opportunity to deepen player loyalty. Sentiment has been consistent over the past month with no significant shifts.

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