Left 4 Dead 2: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Left 4 Dead 2 collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2009 and finished No. 14; the season went to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves with 117. Spike Video Game Awards named Uncharted 2: Among Thieves its Game of the Year.

Left 4 Dead 2 is a 2009 first-person shooter game by Valve. The sequel to Left 4 Dead (2008) and the second game in the Left 4 Dead series, it was released for Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2009, Mac OS X in October 2010, and Linux in July 2013.

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Left 4 Dead 2 finished #14 in the 2009 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2009 season: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (117), Batman: Arkham Asylum (30), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (27) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Left 4 Dead 2 win?

Left 4 Dead 2 won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2009 season — 0.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Left 4 Dead 2 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 14 in 2009, behind Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which collected 117 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Four-player co-op campaign online, two players split screen on console.

Single-playerYes
Co-opYes
Couch co-opYes
Split screenYes
Online co-opYes
Players on one console2
Players online4
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerYes
Released17 November 2009
DeveloperValve Corporation
PublisherValve Corporation

first-person shooter
survival horror
post-apocalyptic video game
horde shooter
Linux
X-BOX 360
Microsoft Windows
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Wired	United States	2009

← Full 2009 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.