Back 4 Blood
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. You are at the center of a war against the Ridden. These once-human hosts of a…
Back 4 Blood is a shooter developed by Turtle Rock Studios, released 12 October 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $5.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 25 hrs to finish.
What Back 4 Blood is
Back 4 Blood is a shooter game developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in 2021. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Fight your way through a dynamic, perilous world in a 4-player co-op story campaign where you must work together to survive increasingly challenging missions. Play with up to 3 of your friends online or go solo and lead your team in battle. Choose from 8 customizable Cleaners, one of the immune survivors, and a range of lethal weapons and items. Strategise against an ever-evolving enemy bent on your total destruction. Play with or against friends in PVP. Switch between playing as a Cleaner with special perks and the horrific Ridden. Both sides come with unique weapons, abilities, and specialties. A new "rogue-lite" Card System creates different experiences each and every time, putting you…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 93 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Back 4 Blood holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 67% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Players rate it 73, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 25 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 42.5 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $5.99, that works out to about $0.24 per hour of the main story, or $0.14 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3 GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4 GHz), 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OR AMD Radeon RX 570. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at Steam, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Back 4 Blood launched on 12 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Unpacking and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Back 4 Blood yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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