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Left 4 Dead 2 vs SCUM
Left 4 Dead 2 is the more played game right now: 44,854 players on Steam against 6,055 for SCUM, about 7× more players. Left 4 Dead 2 has been ahead for 93 days straight.
Left 4 Dead 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 74%. SCUM is currently 60% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Left 4 Dead 2 leads 10 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Left 4 Dead 2 is read every 5 minutes, SCUM every 30 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 115h in Left 4 Dead 2 and 51.8h in SCUM. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Left 4 Dead 2
115h
average of 221 members
SCUM
51.8h
average of 12 members
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Left 4 Dead 2
27,829SCUM
7,548Daily averages · latest day · Left 4 Dead 2, 3.7× the players of SCUM
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Left 4 Dead 2 is read every 5 minutes, SCUM every 30 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Left 4 Dead 2 has had the higher daily player count for the last 93 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Left 4 Dead 2 led 93 daysSCUM led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 93
- Current streak
- 93 days
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 61%
- Sep 2, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 93 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Left 4 Dead 2 | SCUM |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 44,854 | 6,055 |
| 24-hour peak | 44,854 | 12,280 |
| 7-day average | 30,732 | 8,000 |
| 30-day average | 28,737 | 7,280 |
| 30-day trend | +15% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 53,530 | 16,947 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 74% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 66% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,063,454 | 127,441 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~5,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 16, 2009 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Price | $9.99 | $17.99 (−60%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Left 4 Dead 2 | SCUM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 27,856 | 35,260 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 29,374 | 41,078 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 24,185 | 43,172 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 28,131 | 45,305 | 9,230 | 16,947 |
| Aug 2026 | 25,860 | 41,038 | 8,418 | 15,862 |
| Sep 2026 | 22,654 | 40,106 | 7,549 | 15,731 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 31,081 | 53,530 | 7,529 | 15,296 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Left 4 Dead 2 or SCUM?
Left 4 Dead 2 currently has more players: 44,854 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,055 for SCUM, about 7× more players.
Is Left 4 Dead 2 bigger than SCUM on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Left 4 Dead 2 averaged 28,737 concurrent players and SCUM averaged 7,280. By that measure Left 4 Dead 2 is currently the bigger game.
Has SCUM ever had more players than Left 4 Dead 2?
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Left 4 Dead 2 has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 93 days both games have been tracked.
Is Left 4 Dead 2 better than SCUM?
By Steam review score, Left 4 Dead 2 rates higher: 98% positive across 1,063,454 reviews vs 74% across 127,441 for SCUM. Left 4 Dead 2 has the larger player base right now (44,854 vs 6,055 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Left 4 Dead 2 growing or declining on Steam?
Left 4 Dead 2 averaged 28,737 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 15% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 53,530.
Is SCUM growing or declining on Steam?
SCUM averaged 7,280 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 16,947.
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