Back 4 Blood
Skip · Roguelike · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 24, under the fair line, at $59.99.
- Cost per hour
- $4.96/hr
- Reviews▼
- 69% of 73,680
- Critics
- 77 players 8 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 81% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 12.1h
- To 100%
- 97.5h 8.1x the story
- Achievements
- 93
Price and sales
- Sales
- 37 on record
- Typical cut
- 90% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 December 2024
- Sale every
- 41d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 517 now
- Recent reviews
- 72% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 15% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
93% start to 2% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 37 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Arizona Sunshine® VR Legacy ($14.99, scores 44) beats it on value, while it beats Earthfall ($19.99, scores 16).
More about Back 4 Blood
77 on Metacritic, 69 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 4,428 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 12.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 98, 8.1 times as much.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 15 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Great game! Back in the day, I first became interested in it because it was essentially L4D's spiritual successor. B4B scratched that itch for a third instalment, but it also improved upon it by having more replayability thanks to the cards system. Very fun solo or with friends.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Sleep well, sweet Prince. I LOVED this game until it was decided that there wasnt going to be any new content... :( I both recommend and dont recommend this game.
Mainstream AAA trash full of bots. It's a good place to get your ear drums blown out by small children. Comes with bonus EAC kernel level anti cheat. Pass.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OR AMD Radeon RX 570, 40 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Back 4 Blood scores 24/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/924970/back-4-bloodReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.