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Left 4 Dead

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.
Review96.29%  53897  2079
GenresAction
DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
DemoNot available
Category
  • Single-player
  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Steam Achievements
  • Full controller support
  • Captions available
  • Steam Cloud
  • Valve Anti-Cheat enabled
  • Stats
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Includes Source SDK
  • Commentary available
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play Together
  • Family Sharing
Release dateNov 17, 2008
Supported OSWindows
Steam Deck Compatibility
Playable

Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration

This game shows Steam Deck controller icons

In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck

This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck

This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu

LanguagesEnglish*, French*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Russian*, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
*languages with full audio support
Required age

0

Content warning
  • Frequent Violence or Gore
  • General Mature Content

Includes realistic violence, blood and gore involving zombie-like creatures.

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Game tags
Zombies2151Co-op1379Multiplayer1228FPS1179Action1019Horror875Shooter819Online Co-Op805Survival664Team-Based647First-Person612Post-apocalyptic545Singleplayer433Atmospheric329Moddable312Adventure312Tactical287Replay Value266Competitive261Female Protagonist232

Last update: 2024-06-23 (General data), 2024-06-23 (Steam Deck compat.), 2024-06-28 (Review data)

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