Left 4 Dead
Last updated: 2026-01-29
- High replay value and strong cooperative gameplay.
- Good graphics, sound design, and enhanced mechanics.
- Memorable characters, story, and nostalgic feel.
- Lack of content and variety in gameplay.
- Matchmaking, online issues, and AI problems.
- Gameplay repetitiveness and technical issues.
Emotions
Nostalgia33%Excitement15%Frustration12%Enjoyment10%Joy7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 65,364
- Positive
- 62,99396.4%
- Negative
- 2,3713.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,976,604
- Estimated revenue
- $49,716,274
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1011.51%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,690
- Estimated revenue lost
- $76,823
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1011.5% Avg playtime 0.7h | 6299.4% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 1532.3% Avg playtime 71.4h | 5,81586.8% Avg playtime 62.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 20 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 85.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,446.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,698 total
Organic purchasers6,18092.3%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations5187.73%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,698 total
First impression0-2h1,03715.5%
Voted up: 90%
Mid game2-10h3,41951.0%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h96214.4%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+1,28019.1%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.9%
Global baseline 96.2%
28 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 65,364 total.