A fan-built Android port of Valve's co-op zombie shooter. Four survivors, five campaigns, and the whole Southern apocalypse from Savannah to New Orleans, repacked to run on phones and tablets.
What this port is
Left 4 Dead 2 started out as a Valve PC shooter, and Valve never put out an official Android version. This is a fan port. A community developer, Jersson Gomez, rebuilt the game so it runs on phones and tablets. It is not on Google Play and it is not published or backed by Valve, so think of it as a hobbyist project, not a finished store app.
The hook is the same one that made the original a co-op favorite. You play one of four survivors clawing through a zombie outbreak across five campaigns, from the Savannah rooftops down through swamps and graveyards to New Orleans. Special infected keep breaking up the horde, and the game cranks the pressure up or down based on how your group is holding together.
There is no Play Store listing, so the install needs an APK plus an OBB data package that you drop into place yourself. What you get for the trouble is a touch-controlled take on a full console-grade shooter that most Android players cannot get any other way.
Game info
- Author
- Jersson Gomez (fan port)
- Based on
- Valve's Left 4 Dead 2
- Package ID
com.JerssonGomez.L4D2- Version
- 2.0
- APK size
- ~54 MB (plus ~177 MB OBB data)
- Android floor
- Android 5.0 and above
- Genre
- Co-op survival shooter
What you get
The port tries to carry the desktop feature set over instead of stripping it down for mobile. Here is what makes the jump from the original game.
- Five full campaigns.
The full Southern run, from Dead Center in Savannah to The Parish in New Orleans, with the connected map sequences left intact.
- The full weapon arsenal.
Shotguns, assault rifles, melee gear, throwables, and the medkits and pills that keep a team standing between safe rooms.
- Special infected.
Boomer, Smoker, Hunter, Charger, and the rest turn up to scatter your formation and force everyone to cover each other.
- Co-op survival pacing.
The game pushes the horde harder or eases off depending on your group's health and ammo. It is the dynamic difficulty that defined the series.
- Touch controls.
Move, aim, fire, and switch weapons through on-screen controls laid out for a phone or tablet.
- No store account needed.
Sideloaded straight onto the device, so it runs in places where the PC game was never an option.
How to install
This build comes as an APK plus a separate OBB data file, so the install has one more step than a plain sideload. Clear out roughly 250 MB of free space before you begin.
- Download the APK and OBB
Tap the download button on this page to grab the package. It lands in your default Downloads folder.
- Allow installs from this source
Open Settings, search for
Install unknown apps, pick your file manager or browser, and switch the permission on. - Place the OBB data
Unzip the OBB and move the folder to
Android/obb/com.JerssonGomez.L4D2so the game can find its assets. - Install the APK
Tap the APK file in Downloads, confirm the install, and let the package installer finish.
- Launch and load in
Open the game, let it check the data package on first launch, then pick a campaign and difficulty and jump in.
Port vs the PC original
| Android fan port | PC original | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Android phone or tablet | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Publisher | Fan developer (Jersson Gomez) | Valve |
| Install | APK plus OBB sideload | Steam store purchase |
| Controls | On-screen touch controls | Mouse and keyboard or gamepad |
| Updates | Manual, when the porter ships them | Automatic through Steam |
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