#67 on SteamSteady crowd

Left 4 Dead 2

Released Nov 17, 2009 · Steam app 550

Prices from €7.23

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 16:40 UTC

Playing now

21,739

at 16:40 UTC

24-hour peak

32,116

All-time peak

161,590

monthly peak, Dec 2013

24h change

+0.9%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

138

live on Twitch

Best price

€7.23

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Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 21,739 players
Peak · 48h: 32,116 players
Average · 48h: 22,432 players
Lowest · 48h: 13,642 players

Oct 28, 2026, 4:40 PM: 21,739 players

What stands out

+16%Players since 18:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
#67Most played on Steam right now, by live players.
1Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.

All-time peak

161,590

Highest monthly peak on record, in Dec 2013. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 32,116.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026	22,705	+1.5%+324	32,116
September	22,381	-13%-3,220	39,880
August	25,601	-8.7%-2,433	40,661
July	28,034	+16%+3,892	45,681
June	24,142	+4%+932	43,087
May	23,210	+13%+2,707	42,053
April	20,503	-5.2%-1,118	37,310
March	21,621	-0.1%-12	41,540
February	21,633	-10%-2,513	33,388
January	24,146	+9.1%+2,014	39,758
2025
December	22,132	+3.7%+783	40,844
November	21,349	-5.2%-1,160	42,359

Show all 172 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	22,509	+17%+3,322	40,610
September	19,187	-15%-3,295	37,711
August	22,482	-14%-3,727	36,645
July	26,209	-1.7%-443	41,687
June	26,652	+20%+4,458	52,111
May	22,194	+6.3%+1,309	50,899
April	20,885	-15%-3,628	36,296
March	24,513	-13%-3,608	43,139
February	28,121	+5.8%+1,538	51,703
January	26,583	-2.8%-772	41,486
2024
December	27,355	-9.9%-3,017	46,966
November	30,372	+46%+9,583	71,531
October	20,789	+4.3%+850	64,414
September	19,939	-12%-2,745	35,710
August	22,684	-17%-4,678	34,348
July	27,362	+32%+6,643	48,914
June	20,719	+13%+2,357	49,622
May	18,362	-2.2%-412	32,792
April	18,774	-23%-5,650	35,358
March	24,424	+6.7%+1,523	58,546
February	22,901	-22%-6,445	35,794
January	29,346	+14%+3,523	58,686
2023
December	25,823	+15%+3,314	56,599
November	22,509	+2%+439	71,345
October	22,070	-17%-4,380	45,432
September	26,450	+8.5%+2,076	78,384
August	24,374	-30%-10,425	37,223
Julybest month	34,799	+67%+13,952	65,990
June	20,847	+3.4%+690	52,262
May	20,157	-9.9%-2,224	37,915
April	22,381	-17%-4,593	52,255
March	26,974	+14%+3,275	85,147
February	23,699	-25%-7,904	41,119
January	31,603	+17%+4,597	58,545
2022
December	27,006	+32%+6,575	64,886
November	20,431	+32%+4,949	84,991
October	15,482	-2.6%-413	26,901
September	15,895	-16%-3,045	27,982
August	18,940	-18%-4,258	28,640
July	23,198	+44%+7,109	48,800
June	16,089	+9%+1,332	31,533
May	14,757	-5.6%-873	24,981
April	15,630	-0.3%-39	26,434
March	15,669	-19%-3,583	27,129
February	19,252	-10%-2,241	34,758
January	21,493	+27%+4,559	34,605
2021
December	16,934	+1.5%+255	30,845
November	16,679	+6.4%+1,003	34,769
October	15,676	-8.4%-1,445	38,013
September	17,121	-14%-2,817	34,682
August	19,938	-0.5%-91	49,003
July	20,029	+20%+3,370	37,870
June	16,659	-11%-2,038	33,686
May	18,697	+21%+3,279	40,653
April	15,418	-0.9%-142	29,097
March	15,560	-6.6%-1,100	36,938
February	16,660	-15%-2,925	23,915
January	19,585	+6.9%+1,255	34,475
2020
December	18,330	-0.3%-51	33,893
November	18,381	-14%-3,074	39,300
October	21,455	+2.1%+441	47,697
September	21,014	+66%+8,385	100,965
August	12,629	-14%-2,039	18,679
July	14,668	+30%+3,373	25,107
June	11,295	-5.5%-657	23,371
May	11,952	-18%-2,601	18,881
April	14,553	+10%+1,357	42,699
March	13,196	+3.1%+401	21,184
February	12,795	+5.5%+661	25,124
January	12,134	+8.2%+920	22,868
2019
December	11,214	+18%+1,677	23,710
November	9,537	+16%+1,284	22,226
October	8,253	+9.1%+689	22,339
September	7,564	-16%-1,479	14,519
August	9,043	-20%-2,206	14,930
July	11,249	+12%+1,173	22,293
June	10,076	-1%-100	21,723
May	10,176	+29%+2,279	26,978
April	7,897	-4.8%-401	15,029
March	8,298	-13%-1,203	15,316
February	9,501	-10%-1,067	18,087
January	10,568	+6.6%+655	20,122
2018
December	9,913	+1.9%+188	20,702
November	9,725	+24%+1,881	25,246
October	7,844	+0.1%+9	23,062
September	7,835	-14%-1,320	14,538
August	9,155	-27%-3,378	15,285
July	12,533	+24%+2,431	25,777
June	10,102	+32%+2,445	27,239
May	7,657	-1.9%-145	18,821
April	7,802	-19%-1,791	13,680
March	9,593	-20%-2,324	18,384
February	11,917	-12%-1,700	24,918
January	13,617	+7%+892	28,171
2017
December	12,725	+24%+2,450	29,351
November	10,275	+37%+2,776	32,064
October	7,499	-9.6%-797	14,657
September	8,296	-23%-2,506	16,800
August	10,802	-34%-5,544	19,287
July	16,346	+43%+4,890	42,773
June	11,456	+54%+4,034	42,217
May	7,422	-12%-1,040	14,534
April	8,462	-18%-1,859	16,743
March	10,321	+8.2%+783	27,825
February	9,538	-22%-2,729	17,223
January	12,267	+14%+1,467	25,699
2016
December	10,800	+12%+1,180	25,743
November	9,620	+29%+2,149	23,367
October	7,471	+3.1%+225	17,778
September	7,246	-17%-1,489	13,374
August	8,735	-24%-2,743	14,040
July	11,478	+26%+2,404	22,622
June	9,074	+6.9%+582	20,215
May	8,492	+4%+329	18,322
April	8,163	-15%-1,408	16,524
March	9,571	-19%-2,200	19,083
February	11,771	-5.1%-634	25,228
January	12,405	+14%+1,500	25,363
2015
December	10,905	+21%+1,890	22,646
November	9,015	+25%+1,794	19,403
October	7,221	+0.4%+26	17,636
September	7,195	-30%-3,120	13,055
August	10,315	+15%+1,332	22,453
July	8,983	-15%-1,557	14,321
June	10,540	+65%+4,171	23,097
May	6,369	-2.5%-161	10,543
April	6,530	-10%-727	11,863
March	7,257	-14%-1,160	13,014
February	8,417	-13%-1,249	13,285
January	9,666	+6.5%+592	17,156
2014
December	9,074	+3.5%+309	17,356
November	8,765	+12%+918	18,037
October	7,847	-7%-587	15,176
September	8,434	+0.2%+14	18,732
August	8,420	-14%-1,414	12,255
July	9,834	+8%+724	16,811
June	9,110	+7.7%+650	18,392
May	8,460	-8.6%-791	14,600
April	9,251	-16%-1,768	16,210
March	11,019	-15%-1,967	22,266
February	12,986	-44%-10,124	24,471
January	23,110	+10%+2,121	61,325
2013
December	20,989	+205%+14,105	161,590
November	6,884	+22%+1,219	16,177
October	5,665	-7.1%-431	10,267
September	6,096	-22%-1,749	10,982
August	7,845	-37%-4,539	13,284
July	12,384	+73%+5,209	39,026
June	7,175	+3.4%+237	12,810
May	6,938	-5.2%-383	12,116
April	7,321	-22%-2,016	14,109
March	9,337	+15%+1,229	21,574
February	8,108	-14%-1,309	14,424
January	9,417	+0.1%+13	17,873
2012
December	9,404	-0.1%-13	19,518
November	9,417	+5.3%+470	21,298
October	8,947	+41%+2,596	48,599
September	6,351	-23%-1,877	11,229
August	8,228	-33%-4,000	14,848
July	12,228	—	21,811

Players since 2012

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 34,799 players on average; July 2023
All-time peak: 161,590 players at once; December 2013
Last 12 months: -6.1%; 23,105 players on average, against 24,612 the year before

September 2026: 22,381 players on average, peak 39,880 · Point at a bar for its numbers.