‘Left 4 Dead 2’ beat ‘Back 4 Blood’ in player count over the weekend

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Left 4 Dead 2 surpassed Back 4 Blood in its total player count during Steam‘s Halloween weekend sale.Over this past weekend (October 30 – October 31), Back 4 Blood saw a player decline following Steam’s yearly Halloween store sale.

The game went from being in the Steam top 10 most played games in October to dropping 30k players from its peak – as reported by GitHyp.Valve also decided to put its cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2 up for sale as well over the Halloween weekend (from $9.99 to $1.99) resulting in a massive jump in player count and reaching over 38k players – according to the SteamDB.Despite Back 4 Blood releasing in mid-October, this discount made Left 4 Dead 2 surpass the new multiplayer game, even though its predecessor.