Games like Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2
Looking for games like both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 share Action roots, making the overlapping player base a strong signal for what to play next. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.
Best matches for fans of both games
Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.
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Left 4 Dead
Top pick for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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Half-Life: Alyx
Second pick for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
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Half-Life
Third pick for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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Black Mesa
Ranked #4 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Relive Half-Life.
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Killing Floor 2
Ranked #5 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #6 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
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Contagion
Ranked #7 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Ranked #8 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
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DOOM 3
Ranked #9 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Ranked #10 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.
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Dying Light
Ranked #11 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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GTFO
Ranked #12 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
Ranked #13 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
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Resident Evil Requiem
Ranked #14 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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After the Fall®
Ranked #15 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
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Dead Effect 2
Ranked #16 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Ranked #17 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
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Quake
Ranked #18 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Counter-Strike: Source
Ranked #19 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Ranked #20 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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F.E.A.R. 3
Ranked #21 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.
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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Ranked #22 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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Killing Floor
Ranked #23 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
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Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare
Ranked #24 for fans of both Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Infinite Warfare delivers three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies.