Days Gone
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ActionAdventureOpen WorldZombiesSingleplayerSurvivalPost-apocalyptic

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Game description

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Basic info

DeveloperBend Studio
PublisherPlayStation Publishing LLC
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateMay 17, 2021
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64-bits
ProcessorIntel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected]
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4 GB)
Storage70 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 448 reviews from the past 1 year

89.0/ 100
Top 20%

Steam rating: Very Positive (93%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 21, 2026)

A biker's survival story set in a post-apocalyptic Oregon, Days Gone scores 89.0, top 20% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

140 reviews praise the story, and some single out the moving friendship at its core and a satisfying ending. Story & World ranks 262nd of 1096 and comes up in 82% of analyzed reviews. 85 say they loved playing it and found it hard to put down, and some enjoyed the hordes, bike upgrades and new game plus. 80 admire the world and its tense, mournful atmosphere, and some describe the scenery and the scary nights as unforgettable. Visuals & Sound ranks 385th of 1249.

👎 Where it falls short

61 reviews find the loop repetitive, riding and shooting through similar side missions, and some call the escort missions tedious. 36 report bugs and glitches, and some add that they are minor and do not spoil the game. 26 criticize the story, and some say it falls off near the end or leaves threads unresolved, while a few find the dialogue cheesy and the voice acting uneven. Gameplay ranks 272nd of 1396, and Tech & Support ranks 649th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“Deacon and Boozer's relationship is genuinely moving and emotionally anchoring” · 140 reviews
“one of the best games of my life, loved everything about it” · 85 reviews
“graphics are nice, bike is cool” · 31 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 58% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +2.81 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “quests can be completed in countless different ways” · 8 reviews
Negative “no freedom to explore; missions are linear with no open-world exploration” · 4 reviews

Progression 20% · Difficulty 23% · Onboarding 7% · Strategy 9% · Controls & feel 25%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 82% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Story +3.27 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “Deacon and Boozer's relationship is genuinely moving and emotionally anchoring” · 140 reviews
Negative “story falls off towards end, wrap-up not impressive” · 26 reviews

Characters 40% · World 48%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 40% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +3.50 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “40+ hours with additional content like regional hordes and missions” · 6 reviews
Negative “me hubiera gustado que fuera más largo” · 2 reviews

Variety 26% · Replayability 6%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 44% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.61 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “graphics are nice, bike is cool” · 31 reviews
Negative “graphics and animations are outdated in places” · 4 reviews

Audio 19%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +4.21 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 5% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.02 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 2% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.23 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “some bugs still exist from remaster updates” · 36 reviews
Positive “approximately zero bugs and crashes, very optimized” · 2 reviews

Performance 9% · Developer support 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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