Left 4 Dead Successor Officially One of the Most Popular New Games

There is a new Left 4 Dead successor that is officially one of the most popular games right now. While Valve may never make Left 4 Dead 3, others have stepped in over the years in an attempt to fill the void and satiate the demand for co-op zombie shooters the market still has all these years later. To this end, a new Left 4 Dead-inspired game was recently released, and it instantly became one of the best-selling games of the moment.

The #2 best-selling game on the United States Xbox Store right now, the #22 best-selling game on the US PlayStation Store right now, and the #20 best-selling game on Steam currently is Torn Banner Studios’ No More Room in Hell 2. The Canadian studio is best known for the Chivarly series, but No More Room in Hell 2 is its newest game. This is a sequel to 2014’s No More Room in Hell — which began life as a mod of Half-Life 2 — made by Lever Games. In 2024, Lever Games was acquired by Torn Banner Studios, which is how the sequel is being released under the latter. So, we have a sequel to a 2014 game that was spun into a full project after initially being a Left 4 Dead 2 mod from the original developer under a new name because said team was acquired. Unfortunately, the reception to the sequel so far has been a little mixed.

8-Player Zombie Shooter

While No More Room in Hell 2 is selling well, its reception could be better. To this end, the sequel currently has a 69% approval rating across 7,244 user reviews. This isn’t terrible, but it is down from the first game, which has an 89% approval rating across 30,495 lifetime reviews. In particular, many of the negative reviews for the sequel highlight post-launch support, balance support especially, that they have not liked. On the PlayStation Store, it has a much better score of 4.14 out of 5 stars after more than 2,200 user reviews. On the Xbox Store, it has 4/5 stars after 586 user reviews. So, console players are enjoying it more than PC users, so far at least.

As for the game itself, it is an 8-player zombie shooter where you play as an emergency responder in zombie-infested locations. Joining up with others, you must run vital missions to aid humanity’s survival. You have to avoid infection yourself, though, and even permadeath for your character. Matchmaking is online and supports proximity chat, which is important to use because it’s how you find teammates across the map.

Those interested in checking out the new Left 4 Dead successor will need to fork over $29.99 for the game on console, but on Steam, until August 25, it has a launch discount that makes it $19.49.

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