Games like Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2
Looking for games like both Half-Life 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 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 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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Half-Life 2
Top pick for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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Left 4 Dead
Second pick for fans of both Half-Life 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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Black Mesa
Third pick for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Relive Half-Life.
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Half-Life: Alyx
Ranked #4 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
Ranked #5 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #6 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Killing Floor 2
Ranked #7 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Quake
Ranked #8 for fans of both Half-Life 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
Ranked #9 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Ranked #10 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
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DOOM Eternal
Ranked #11 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Ranked #12 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Serious Sam II
Ranked #13 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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GTFO
Ranked #14 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Killing Floor
Ranked #15 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Titanfall® 2
Ranked #16 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
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Deep Rock Galactic
Ranked #17 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
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Team Fortress 2
Ranked #18 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Ranked #19 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Crysis® 3
Ranked #20 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
The fate of the world is in your hands. New and old enemies threaten the peace you worked so hard to achieve 24 years ago. Your search for the Alpha Ceph continues, but this time you'll also need to expose the truth behind the C.E.L.L. corporation.
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Counter-Strike: Source
Ranked #21 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Ranked #22 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
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Dying Light
Ranked #23 for fans of both Half-Life 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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Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Ranked #24 for fans of both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead 2. Shares Action with both games.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.