Left 4 Dead 2

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• post-apocalyptic video game

• horde shooter
• first-person shooter

• survival horror

• horror game^*

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  8^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Left 4 Dead

Engines

• Source

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• PvP^*
• Online PvP^*
• Co-op^*
• Online Co-op^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Captions available^*
• Steam Workshop^*
• Camera Comfort^*
• Color Alternatives^*
• Custom Volume Controls^*
• Adjustable Difficulty^*
• Playable without Timed Input^*
• Stereo Sound^*
• Surround Sound^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Valve Anti-Cheat enabled^*
• Stats^*
• Includes Source SDK^*
• Commentary available^*
• Remote Play on Phone^*
• Remote Play on Tablet^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Remote Play Together^*
• Family Sharing^*
• Steam Timeline^*

Interface languages

• Danish^*
• Dutch^*
• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Finnish^*
• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*
• Japanese^*
• Korean^*
• Norwegian^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Portugal^*
• Russian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Simplified Chinese^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Swedish^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Hungarian^*
• Turkish^*
• Bulgarian^*
• Czech^*
• Greek^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Romanian^*
• Spanish - Latin America^*
• Thai^*
• Ukrainian^*
• Vietnamese^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• German^*
• Russian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Vietnamese^*

Community tags · historical

• Zombies^*

  Votes · historical

  21,321^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  11,476^*

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  10,103^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  9,521^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  7,133^*

• Online Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  6,849^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  6,709^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  5,795^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  5,581^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  4,609^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  4,335^*

• Team-Based^*

  Votes · historical

  3,639^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  3,152^*

• Survival Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  3,053^*

• Post-apocalyptic^*

  Votes · historical

  2,941^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  2,507^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  2,227^*

• Local Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  2,195^*

• Replay Value^*

  Votes · historical

  2,126^*

• Tactical^*

  Votes · historical

  2,042^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  MacOS 10.7^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual core Intel processor, 2GHz or better^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000^*

  Storage

  13 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  Not supported: OS X 10.5.x, ATI X1600 or X1900 graphics, NVIDIA GeForce 7 graphics or Intel graphics less than Intel HD 3000.^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 12.04^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1^*

  Storage

  13 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  OpenAL Compatible Sound Card^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP^*

  Processor alternatives

  Pentium 4 3.0GHz^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Storage

  13 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Video Card Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  404^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

Developers

• Valve Corporation
• Valve^*

Publishers

• Valve Corporation
• Valve^*

• 2009-11-17

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows

  Market

  North America

• 2009-11-19

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Japan

• 2009-11-20

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  European Union

• 2010-09-05

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  macOS

• 2013-07-02

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Linux

• 2009-11-17 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2009-11-17^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Nov 16, 2009^*

Detailed specifications