Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008. This 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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Very Positive (2,494 reviews) - 94% of the 2,494 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Overwhelmingly Positive (139,331 reviews) - 96% of the 139,331 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 16 Nov, 2009

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"A 4 Player Co-Op Zombie Survival game, don't leave the group or a hunter or charger might get you. This game also has Steam Workshop and mods. Get it."

About This Game

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008.
This 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.
You'll play as one of four new survivors armed with a wide and devastating array of classic and upgraded weapons. In addition to firearms, you'll also get a chance to take out some aggression on infected with a variety of carnage-creating melee weapons, from chainsaws to axes and even the deadly frying pan.
You'll be putting these weapons to the test against (or playing as in Versus) three horrific and formidable new Special Infected. You'll also encounter five new “uncommon” common infected, including the terrifying Mudmen.
Helping to take L4D's frantic, action-packed gameplay to the next level is AI Director 2.0. This improved Director has the ability to procedurally change the weather you'll fight through and the pathways you'll take, in addition to tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match your performance. L4D2 promises a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience every time the game is played, custom-fitted to your style of play.
  • Next generation co-op action gaming from the makers of Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike.
  • Over 20 new weapons & items headlined by over 10 melee weapons – axe, chainsaw, frying pan, baseball bat – allow you to get up close with the zombies
  • New survivors. New Story. New dialogue.
  • Five expansive campaigns for co-operative, Versus and Survival game modes.
  • An all new multiplayer mode.
  • Uncommon common infected. Each of the five new campaigns contains at least one new “uncommon common” zombies which are exclusive to that campaign.
  • AI Director 2.0: Advanced technology dubbed “The AI Director” drove L4D's unique gameplay – customizing enemy population, effects, and music, based upon the players’ performance. L4D 2 features “The AI Director 2.0” which expands the Director’s ability to customize level layout, world objects, weather, and lighting to reflect different times of day.
  • Stats, rankings, and awards system drives collaborative play

System Requirements

Windows
Mac OS X
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
    • Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
    • Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Video Card Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
    Minimum:
    • OS: MacOS 10.7
    • Processor: Dual core Intel processor, 2GHz or better
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Not supported: OS X 10.5.x, ATI X1600 or X1900 graphics, NVIDIA GeForce 7 graphics or Intel graphics less than Intel HD 3000.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04
    • Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
    • Storage: 13 GB available space
    • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
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P3qu3n0
13.8 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
Nice Game to play with your friends! Very funny and spooker!
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DrSpray
68.9 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
a classic
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YobsTreat45
78.3 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
A good game if u want to play with friends.
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Simber'Layek
21.7 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
An oldie but goodie... If you like teamwork and fast pased gorey zombie killin, this game will give you both. The AI is nothing to die for, but the story is fun and the game still mixes up the weather and spawns to keep you on your toes! Plenty of things wrong with this old game, but plenty of things right! I would give it a 7/10, especially if you have 3 friends with headsets to play with <3
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Kenny
4,181.6 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
L4D2 is my favorite steam game. I played #1 as a kid so it brought me back to my childhood. It's a very good game. I enjoy the dynamics. Fast paced zombie games are always fun, throw in multiplayer co-op and "survive for as long as possible @.@" hardcore game modes and you got an awesome game.

I had to make a review for an achievement.
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MarcusBesso
189.5 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
Install mod that reskins normal zombies as teletubbies.

Install mod that reskins tank as macho man, hunter as hitler, and witch as Osama Bin Laden.

Start game.

Team gets mobbed by massive amounts of teletubbies, but we manage to slaughter our way through. Until...

we hear crying.

Crap! It's Osama bin Laden! No, don't shine your light on it!

Crap, it's killed coach,

Now it's mauling Rochelle!

Ellis just got downed by a swarm of teletubbies!

No! Hitler's violating me!

10/10, would get violated by Hitler again.
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Al Capone
6.7 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
Best cooperative game
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Seppuku | BUILD A WALL
1.5 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
The dead returns.
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
61 of 66 people (92%) found this review helpful
72 people found this review funny
Recommended
3.3 hrs on record
Posted: 20 July
I forgot I had mods on, so when I joined a game I was extremely confused when I was attacked by cheeseburgers... 10/10
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28 of 30 people (93%) found this review helpful
5 people found this review funny
26 of 28 people (93%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
65.8 hrs on record
Posted: 25 July
If you need a good game to play with your friends , this is it

Good :
✓ One of the best co op game.
✓ Multiplayer is fun , playing as zombies is fun.
✓ Can play in steam group servers where you will have 10+ survivers with you.
✓ Several games modes such as Survival , Scavenge , Versus and Co op ..
✓ Steam Workshop have fan made maps , guns and character models. Which is really good.
✓ Can play for a long time.
✓ VAC protected.
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22 of 24 people (92%) found this review helpful
3 people found this review funny
Recommended
579.6 hrs on record
Posted: 8 August
Left 4 Dead 2 is a pretty fun game, but i hate the fact that sometimes i join a game and i get killed by griefers. I usually make my own servers to have fun with and kick/ban players that dare to ruin the game.

Just beware of those types of people. :]
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24 of 29 people (83%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
133.7 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August
Fantastic game,more fantastic with mods
Terrible community
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38 of 57 people (67%) found this review helpful
21 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
293.0 hrs on record
Posted: 2 August
Kick simulator 2009:

  • Don't have more than 100 hours in-game? Vote kicked.

  • Accidentally miss a charge? Vote kicked.

  • Don't help a pounced survivore within two seconds? Vote kicked.

  • Only incapacitate one survivore as a tank? Vote kicked.

  • Don't share your pills? Vote kicked.

  • Steal somebody's kill? Vote kicked.

  • Walk fifteen meters ahead of your team? Vote kicked.

  • Your team dies but you make it to the safe room? Vote kicked.

  • Didn't attack the survivors the nanosecond your team did? Vote kicked.

  • Accidentally shoot a team mate? Vote kicked.

  • Don't speak Russian? Vote kicked.

    Don't get me wrong, this is an absolutely amazing game, if there was a "neutral" button, I'd totally click that, but if you really want to have a good time, play with your friends. Otherwise finding a server with decent people on is very hard.
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12 of 12 people (100%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
55.3 hrs on record
Posted: 30 July
Product received for free
I love This Game So Much , It was so nice and amusing
worth to play and everything
i would like to say thanks to all credits of this game ^_^
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13 of 14 people (93%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
7.0 hrs on record
Posted: 3 August
Convinced my mom to get me a Steam card for my birthday which I used to purchase L4D2. I had played a bit of L4D1 before, but it doesn't compare to this one. Every Valve game I've played has been fantastic, which includes Portal 1, 2 and L4D. The Physics are hyper-realistic, the textures are flawless, and on top of all that beauty lies the fact that it runs very smoothly on my computer. Not a whole lot of guns, but the realism and amazingness makes up for it. Valve is doing fantastic work, now all we need is Left 4 Dead 3!
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10 of 11 people (91%) found this review helpful
4 people found this review funny
Recommended
643.6 hrs on record
Posted: 6 August
Product received for free
Left4Dead2 is Left4Dead2!

One of the best. bloodiest and funniest zombie-shooter.
Unlike the previous part, now you have a variety of choices how and with what you're going to kill hordes of zombies. New special infected, new weapons (melee, shotguns, sniper, rifles and grenades), new medicine and of course new characters and new game modes. Also the large workshop with new campaigns, skins, sounds and a lot of useful stuff for any taste.

It is also great that there is an ability to play the campaigns from the first Left4Dead and there is a connection between the characters from both parts.

If you like zombie apocalypse theme, then this is the game you must play! Grab your friends and lets kill these undead ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s!

10 burning tanks of 10.
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7 of 7 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
1,653.0 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August
Product received for free
As far as zombie games go, Left 4 Dead 2 has no substitute. Most definitely one of the best games ever made.
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