How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
“intense tactical gunfights, character-building survival, 10/10 would play again”
How it holds up
−50+5
Gameplay
+1.00
Difficulty+1.79· How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
“stays challenging and deeper with 3000 hours” (11)
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Story & World
+4.00
World+4.09· Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
“immersive atmosphere and world design creates emotional tension” (68)
«Моё первое несостоявшееся убийство» Спустя сотню часов на модовых PVE-серверах я впервые зашёл на ванильный PvP и влюбился в эту игру заново. В тот момент я был в небольшой деревушке: десяток домов, трактир, водопроводная колонка. Прошло всего пару часов после старта. На мне — поношенные джинсы, дырявая спецовка, в карманах пара опят и пустая бутылка, а за спиной — старый двуствольный дробовик. Я решил осмотреть дома в поисках «остатков роскоши» и набрать воды. Обошёл всё по кругу — ничего ценного. Остановился у колонки, набирал воду и на мгновение поднял взгляд в небо. Раннее утро, лучи солн
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Content Volume
+2.06
Volume+2.78· How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
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Visuals & Sound
+1.87
Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.
Visuals+1.95· Graphics, art style, and animation
“красиво, вайбик, выживание, тревожность от врага” (7)
Блин пацаны ну игра тупо топ но сервер найти нормальный это канеш та ещё задача, большинство это тупо купи машину за 250 рублей. а так красиво+вайбик+выживание+тревожность от врага кароче всё тихо и стандартно
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Multiplayer
+1.87
Playing together+3.25· Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
“amazing co-op moments with friends and strangers” (61)
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Pricing & Fairness
-3.32
Anti-cheat-4.13· How common cheaters are and how well they're stopped
“cheaters with aimbots and speedhacks in official servers every session” (41)
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Tech & Support
-2.71
Developer support-3.08· Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
Dec 2013Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,811 reviews, peak 102/day
Aug 21Sep 18
per month · 6,651 reviews, peak 2,487/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 13,451 reviews, peak 2,605/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 29,158 reviews, peak 2,986/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.
Review languages
Languages of the 378 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English31%
Russian16%
Spanish13%
Portuguese13%
French7%
German6%
Other14%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.
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