Dying Light

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Developer: Techland
Publisher: Techland
Franchise: Dying Light
Release date: Jan 26, 2015
Store page updated: Jul 1, 2026
Price: −80% ~~$24.99~~ $4.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

89.9/ 100

Based on 433 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 93% of 1,423

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 95% of 495,385

“fun combat and parkour gameplay”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+2.77

Controls & feel +3.35 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle

“parkour movement more human, natural, immersive, Mirror's Edge-esque” (73)

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Story & World

+2.86

Story +2.13 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending

“story is great, gameplay and mechanics excellent” (36)

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Content Volume

+2.12

Volume +3.82 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

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Visuals & Sound

+3.64

Visuals +3.68 · Graphics, art style, and animation

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Multiplayer

+3.24

Playing together +3.35 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness

-1.04

Pricing +0.73 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

+0.51

Performance -0.15 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times

“optimization issues force game restart every 30 minutes” (19)

[h3]Dying Light 2 (а 2 бо пройшов з другого разу)[/h3] [i]Рецензія буде позитивною, хоча багато факапів траплялось під час проходження (тай не тільки зі мною).[/i] [i]Пробували пройти гру двічі, разок в 4 людини (IceAlice, Rodan, Сестра Хаос вітаннячко вам ❤️), інший в 3 (IceAlice, Vvrk привіт ❤️). Проходження в якому ми пилососили все що тільки існувало в грі (включно з квестами) просто в один момент зламалось і більше грати ми вже не могли. А якщо й могли то в 2 чи 3 людини, бо 4рта приєднатись більше не могла. Ніякі перевірки файлів чи перевстановлення ігор не допомагали, і ми просто попрощ

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Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update DLC

Jan 2015Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 1,416 reviews, peak 73/day

Aug 21Sep 18

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