Left 4 Dead
AppID 500 · game
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.
Download for SteamTools
ReadyThe package contains the Lua script, key.vdf, and a short README.
Download ZIP
One ZIP containing the Lua, key.vdf, and a short README.
Lua script
500_public.luakey.vdf
key.vdfPackage contents
Files you get when this App ID is available in our download archive.
Included when the App is in ManifestHub
- ZIP archive
appmanifest_500_public.zip - SteamTools Lua script
500_public.lua - Depot key file
key.vdf - Install notes
README.txt
Release & page info
- Steam release date
- Nov 17, 2008
- Page data checked
- ManifestHub status
- Available for download
Install in SteamTools
- 1. Download the ZIP (or the Lua + key.vdf files individually).
- 2. Copy 500_public.lua and key.vdf into your SteamTools install folder (same directory as the executable).
- 3. Restart SteamTools — Left 4 Dead should appear in your library.
About this game
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Valve
- Released
- Nov 17, 2008
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Action
- Metacritic
- 89/100
- Steam page
- store.steampowered.com/app/500
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Troubleshooting this game
- • Read the complete SteamTools guide (recommended for first-time users)
- • "App not found in the Steam store" — the AppID may be a package, depot, or build ID
- • "429 rate limit" — the per-IP backoff, and how to script around it
- • What is in the ZIP, and where the Lua + key.vdf files go
- • The four-step flow for getting Left 4 Dead into SteamTools
- • Still stuck? Open a thread in the Discord and include AppID 500