Left 4 Dead 2 Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-14
Review summary
  • Fun with friends
  • Overall game is fun
  • Mod support
  • Toxic player community
  • Repetitive and boring gameplay
  • Cheaters and matchmaking issues
Left 4 Dead 2 header

Categories

First-Person ShooterCooperative MultiplayerAction HorrorHorde ShooterDynamic Difficulty ScalingMod Support

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
1,037,795
Positive
1,012,14497.5%
Negative
25,6512.5%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
51,087,134
Estimated revenue
$510,360,469
Game price
$10
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
2010.23%
Estimated copies lost
9,895
Estimated revenue lost
$98,851
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
2020.2%
Avg playtime 0.9h
1,1731.4%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
2,3072.7%
Avg playtime 242.4h
82,83495.7%
Avg playtime 166.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day21.1 rev/day
Last 30d231.2 rev/day
Quarterly1,222.5 rev/qtr
Days covered4,109.9 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
86,516 total
Organic purchasers73,53085.0%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations12,98615.0%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
86,516 total
First impression0-2h2,5602.96%
Voted up: 90%
Mid game2-10h23,52227.2%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h14,45016.7%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+45,98453.2%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.31% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
97.0%
Global baseline 97.1%
268 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,037,795 total.