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Left 4 Dead 2

Valve · released Nov 17, 2009

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

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Follow Data updated 18h ago · YouTube searched 3d ago
Price
$9.99
US store
Reviews
97%
825,847 · Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing now
21,258
sampled 5m ago
24h peak
31,878
all-time seen 31,878
Followers
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1d ago
Owners (est.)
~24.8M
12.4M – 39.6M
Revenue (est.)
~$136M
gross, lifetime · how
YouTube activity
12
videos · 30 d
57
creators
10.5M
views · 1 y
Twitch activity 482 watching · 38 live
221
avg viewers · 30 d
19.8K
hours watched · 30 d
1,098
streamers · 30 d

Product info

from Steam's PICS · read 1d ago
Change number
40,848,468 · seen 1d ago
Public build
23,990,068 · Jun 30, 2026 (4mo ago)
Operating systems
windows, macos, linux
Architecture
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Install size
27 GB · 18 GB download
Install folder
Left 4 Dead 2
Controller support
Full
Metacritic
89
Homepage
www.l4d.com
Release state
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Community
hub · Workshop · stats

Steam Deck

Verified

Tested Feb 19, 2022 on build 8,201,157

  • ✓Default controller config fully functional
  • ✓Controller glyphs match deck device
  • ✓Interface text is legible
  • ✓Default configuration is performant

Branches · 1

every build Steam serves for this app
BranchBuildUpdatedDescription
public 23,990,068Jun 30, 2026 · 4mo ago

Build history

every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)
BuildBranchReleasedFirst seen
23,990,068public Jun 30, 2026 20:573d ago

Depots · 9

content of the public branch
DepotNameOSLanguageDLC / sharedSizeDownloadManifest
551 all 11 GB5.2 GB 314878501352141828
552 all 3.6 GB3.3 GB 8555994540167139077
553 macos 573 MB488 MB 3778609098660866963
554 linux 539 MB441 MB 5345999843001972789
555 all 767 MB742 MB 2234565508087190544
556 all french 2.1 GB1.9 GB 600438406960901575
557 all german 2.1 GB1.9 GB 1340205998014749215
558 all spanish 2.1 GB1.8 GB 4218948412924209416
559 all russian 3.7 GB2.5 GB 1496422773544297255

Launch options · 3

ExecutableOSDescription
left4dead2.exe
-steam
windows Launch
hl2.sh
-game left4dead2 -steam
macos Launch
./hl2.sh
-game left4dead2 -steam
linux

Languages · 28

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Thai ✓—✓
Czech ✓—✓
Dutch ✓—✓
Greek ✓—✓
Spanish - Latin America ✓—✓
Danish ✓—✓
French ✓✓✓
German ✓✓✓
Polish ✓—✓
English ✓✓✓
Finnish ✓—✓
Italian ✓—✓
Korean ✓—✓
Russian ✓✓✓
Spanish ✓✓✓
Swedish ✓—✓
Turkish ✓—✓
Japanese ✓—✓
Romanian ✓—✓
Simplified Chinese ✓—✓
Traditional Chinese ✓—✓
Portuguese - Brazil ✓—✓
Bulgarian ✓—✓
Hungarian ✓—✓
Norwegian ✓—✓
Ukrainian ✓—✓
Portuguese ✓—✓
Vietnamese ✓—✓

Packages · 1

all packages
SubNameBillingPrice
2481Left 4 Dead 2 Store $9.99

Bundles · 2

all bundles
BundleGamesBundle discountPrice
Valve Complete Pack20 -10%$116.84
Left 4 Dead Bundle2 -25%$14.98

DLC in product info · 3

includes DLC not sold separately

Change numbers

all changes
#40,848,468 · 1d ago#40,808,803 · 2d ago

Updates · patch notes

Steam announcements tagged as patch notes, linked to the public build they followed
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WhenNoteBuildUpdate size
Jun 30, 2026 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Revised fix for Linux build including latest security patches.
23,990,068 25.1 GB total
Jun 26, 2026 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several crashes and exploits reported via HackerOne.
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Feb 5, 2025 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed a compatibility issue that was causing a crash on Linux clients.
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Jan 17, 2025 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed exploits used to crash remote servers.
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Dec 2, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed some exploits used to crash remote servers.
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Oct 24, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several crash and remote code execution exploits. - Fixed a crash on some NVIDIA graphics cards when shader detail is set to High.
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Jul 26, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Player connect message is no longer networked to clients, to prevent exposing player IP addresses.
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Jun 26, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a regression that blocked taking screenshots.
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Jun 25, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a memory leak exploit in lobby chat. - Prevent running arbitrary script code on a remote server. - Prevent a network exploit that gave the client access to server settings. - Implementation example for a new beta feature in Steam.
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Jun 4, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed an exploit that could block a player from connecting to any game, whether online or local. - Fixed two exploits that used invalid content to crash the game or prevent it from loading. - Fixed a memory leak when rejecting invalid content.
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May 26, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a bug that prevented the community server list from appearing.
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May 14, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed two exploits that could remotely crash servers. - Fixed music not playing at the main menu on Linux.
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Apr 23, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed another exploit where malicious network packets could severely degrade server performance. - Fixed a client exploit that could cause long server stalls. - Fixed a potential crash if a Charger failed to return to valid nav for an extended period of time. - Fixed a rare hang from ray traces encountering NaN values.
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Apr 12, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Blocked an exploit that could forcibly disconnect a player from any server, even when playing a local game.
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Mar 26, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed two exploits that could crash remote servers. - Fixed missing lobby state messages. - Fixed community server searches not always returning the full set of lowest-ping results.
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Mar 13, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Improved the reliability of "mm_dedicated_force_official_servers" to find the lowest ping server across the supplied IPs.
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Mar 11, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed several matchmaking lobby exploits. - The cvar "mm_dedicated_force_servers" now only applies to lobbies with the "Best Available Dedicated" server type as originally intended - for all other lobby types the cvar is ignored. Lobby leaders who wish to force official dedicated server selection due to location or network issues should use the new
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Feb 29, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed an exploit where reliable network fragments could stall out a server indefinitely. - Re-enabled uploads by default so sprays will work again.
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Feb 22, 2024 Left 4 Dead 2 - Update
An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a degenerate case where malformed network packets could delay processing the remainder of the stream, severely impacting server performance.
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