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

56,510

54,443 positive / 2,067 negative

Top 63%

Positive %

96.3%

Top 17%

30-Day Trend

+0%

Dev Response Rate

0%

Top 100%

Monthly Velocity

99

reviews/month

Top 81%

Early Access Ratio

0.0%

of reviews from early access

Developer Activity

moderateLast update: 1 month ago

Update Frequency

Averages one update every 57 days

Recent Updates

1 updates in the last 90 days

Review Themes

updates13 mentions
multiplayer7 mentions
content3 mentions
story3 mentions
community3 mentions
value3 mentions
crashes2 mentions
pricing2 mentions
matchmaking1 mention
difficulty1 mention
PositiveNegative

Extracted from 99 reviews using keyword analysis

Score based on all 56,510 reviews. Theme analysis based on 99 recent reviews.

How Left 4 Dead Compares

GameScoreDev ResponseMonthly Reviews
Left 4 Dead96.3%0%99
Left 4 Dead 297.6%0%500
Killing Floor95.9%0%84
No More Room in Hell83.7%0%0
Killing Floor 289%0%234
Back 4 Blood69.1%0%294

Verdict

With 56.5K 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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