Left 4 Dead 2
Last updated: 2025-12-24
- Modding enhances replayability significantly
- Engaging and unique zombie survival gameplay
- Robust multiplayer modes available
- Highly optimized for low-end PCs
- Outdated visuals and design elements
- Rampant hacking and cheating issues
Emotions
Satisfaction16%Frustration12%Nostalgia12%Excitement11%Enthusiasm8%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,005,004
- Positive
- 980,24797.5%
- Negative
- 24,7572.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 73,955,905
- Estimated revenue
- $738,819,491
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2430.25%
- Estimated copies lost
- 17,882
- Estimated revenue lost
- $178,641
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2460.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1,5781.6% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,5012.6% Avg playtime 220.9h | 92,29495.5% Avg playtime 157.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 24.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 233.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 1,578.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,937.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
96,619 total
Organic purchasers81,85084.7%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations14,76915.3%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
96,619 total
First impression0-2h3,3723.49%
Voted up: 91%
Mid game2-10h27,57128.5%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h16,22316.8%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+49,45351.2%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
96.4%
Global baseline 97.2%
248 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,005,004 total.