Games like Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2
Looking for games like both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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 Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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 Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Counter-Strike
Second pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Team Fortress 2
Third pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Counter-Strike 2
Ranked #4 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #5 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Natural Selection 2
Ranked #6 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
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Overwatch®
Ranked #7 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
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Battlerite
Ranked #8 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
BATTLERITE is an action-packed team arena brawler. Experience the unique combination of top-down shooter meets fast-paced fighting game and challenge friends and foes in a battle of reaction. The Arena awaits!
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Killing Floor 2
Ranked #9 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Half-Life 2
Ranked #10 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Ranked #11 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
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GTFO
Ranked #12 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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PAYDAY 2
Ranked #13 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
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Deep Rock Galactic
Ranked #14 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Risk of Rain 2
Ranked #15 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Dying Light
Ranked #16 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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SMITE 2
Ranked #17 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Become a god and wage war in SMITE 2, the free-to-play Unreal Engine 5-powered sequel to the legendary third-person action MOBA. If you love challenging competition, intense action, ability-driven combat, rewarding teamwork, or godly mythology, you’ll see why 40+ million players love SMITE.
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Killing Floor
Ranked #18 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Borderlands 2
Ranked #20 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
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SMITE®
Ranked #21 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Join 40+ million players in SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods! Wield Thor’s hammer, turn your foes to stone as Medusa, or flex your divine power as one of 100+ other mythological icons. Become a God and play FREE today!
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Titanfall® 2
Ranked #22 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Half-Life
Ranked #23 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 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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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Ranked #24 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dota 2. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.