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Left 4 Dead 2 vs Unturned
Left 4 Dead 2 is the more played game right now: 49,748 players on Steam against 11,334 for Unturned, about 4× more players. Left 4 Dead 2 has been ahead for 157 days straight.
Left 4 Dead 2 also has the better Steam reviews: 98% positive vs 91%. Unturned is free to play, while Left 4 Dead 2 costs $9.99. Across all tracked metrics, Left 4 Dead 2 leads 9 of 9.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Left 4 Dead 2 is read every 5 minutes, Unturned every 10 minutes. Both are Action games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 118h in Left 4 Dead 2 and 25.3h in Unturned. 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
118h
average of 214 members
Unturned
25.3h
average of 159 members
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Left 4 Dead 2
36,402Unturned
12,235Daily averages · latest day · Left 4 Dead 2, 3.0× the players of Unturned
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Left 4 Dead 2 is read every 5 minutes, Unturned every 10 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 157 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Left 4 Dead 2 led 157 daysUnturned led 0 days
- Days tracked
- 157
- Current streak
- 157 days
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Lead changes
- 0
- Closest gap
- 27%
- Sep 3, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 157 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 | Unturned |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 49,748 | 11,334 |
| 24-hour peak | 53,530 | 14,920 |
| 7-day average | 34,522 | 12,034 |
| 30-day average | 27,816 | 12,722 |
| 30-day trend | +9% | −10% |
| Peak (tracked) | 53,530 | 23,394 |
| Steam reviews | 98% positive | 91% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 97% positive | 86% positive |
| Total reviews | 1,063,454 | 564,837 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~50,000,000 | ~50,000,000 |
| Release date | Nov 16, 2009 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Price | $9.99 | Free to play |
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 | Unturned | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 27,856 | 35,260 | 10,905 | 10,905 |
| May 2026 | 29,374 | 41,078 | 14,551 | 23,394 |
| Jun 2026 | 24,185 | 43,172 | 13,057 | 18,304 |
| Jul 2026 | 28,131 | 45,305 | 13,058 | 17,141 |
| Aug 2026 | 25,860 | 41,038 | 14,521 | 21,722 |
| Sep 2026 | 22,663 | 40,106 | 13,165 | 17,952 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 32,801 | 53,530 | 11,850 | 16,875 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Left 4 Dead 2 or Unturned?
Left 4 Dead 2 currently has more players: 49,748 concurrent players on Steam vs 11,334 for Unturned, about 4× more players.
Is Left 4 Dead 2 bigger than Unturned on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Left 4 Dead 2 averaged 27,816 concurrent players and Unturned averaged 12,722. By that measure Left 4 Dead 2 is currently the bigger game.
Has Unturned 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 157 days both games have been tracked.
Is Left 4 Dead 2 better than Unturned?
By Steam review score, Left 4 Dead 2 rates higher: 98% positive across 1,063,454 reviews vs 91% across 564,837 for Unturned. Left 4 Dead 2 has the larger player base right now (49,748 vs 11,334 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 27,816 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 9% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 53,530.
Is Unturned growing or declining on Steam?
Unturned averaged 12,722 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 10% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 23,394.
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