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

58,204

56,076 positive / 2,128 negative

Top 55%

Positive %

96.3%

Top 16%

30-Day Trend

↓-1.2%

Dev Response Rate

0%

Top 100%

Monthly Velocity

360

reviews/month

Top 51%

Early Access Ratio

0.0%

of reviews from early access

Developer Activity

moderateLast update: 3 months ago

Update Frequency

Averages one update every 35 days

Recent Updates

2 updates in the last 90 days

Review Themes

updates35 mentions
multiplayer18 mentions
graphics10 mentions
community10 mentions
value10 mentions
bugs9 mentions
content9 mentions
difficulty9 mentions
story7 mentions
crashes5 mentions
PositiveNegative

Extracted from 500 reviews using keyword analysis

Score based on all 58,204 reviews. Theme analysis based on 500 recent reviews.

How Left 4 Dead Compares

GameScoreDev ResponseMonthly Reviews
Left 4 Dead96.3%0%360
Killing Floor95.9%0%84
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl94.7%0%87
No More Room in Hell83.7%0%0
Killing Floor 288.9%0%226
Back 4 Blood69.1%0%130

Verdict

With 58.2K 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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