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DayZ

Bohemia Interactive · 2018-12-13

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ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Dec 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 29, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 27, 2019 (Xbox One), TBD (PlayStation 5), TBD (Xbox Series X|S), 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

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.

DayZ is a $49.99 game released in 2018, estimated to have 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners, with Mostly Positive (78% of 467,258 reviews) in the Action, Adventure, and Massively Multiplayer genres.

26,010
playing now
78%
positive of 471k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,467
twitch viewers (latest)
20.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
69/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
52/100
IGDB user rating (185 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (3.4k downloads)
3.57★
PlayStation Store rating (51,757 ratings)
41/100
opencritic · weak · 25% recommend · from 18 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$49.99
steam price (US)

26,010 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

DayZ is a multiplayer online survival video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive. It is the standalone game based on the mod of the same name for Arma 2. Following a five-year-long early access period for Windows, the game was officially released in December 2018, and was released for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2019.

Trailer

DayZ trailer thumbnail

DayZ - Official Cinematic Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 26,010 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 17,701 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,213/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12M–28M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 471,036 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$54.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $22.49 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $55.95 · on sale 14 of 109 observed days · $32.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.8k5.8k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 491 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 421 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 478 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,116 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 709 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,450 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2,004 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 502 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,476 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,988 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5,579 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 507 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3,748 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 891 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,535 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 837 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,408 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,145 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,667 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 487 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,128 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 544 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,813 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 534 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,743 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,799 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,246 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 499 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,251 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 440 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,163 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 526 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,286 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 564 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,395 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 400 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,912 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,011 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,004 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 386 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,992 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,335 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 449 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,176 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 421 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,023 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,276 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 378 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,885 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 397 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3,266 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 460 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,764 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 592 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,526 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 356 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,101 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,177 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 487 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,283 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,684 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 437 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,769 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,526 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,508 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,757 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,261 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,768 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 422 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3,809 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 593 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,544 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,662 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 389 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,313 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,270 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,678 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 386 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,967 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 439 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,308 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,993 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,140 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5,848 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 554 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,446 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 567 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,507 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 488 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,798 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,036 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,293 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 364 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,698 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 471 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,190 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 351 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,718 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,219 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,252 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,770 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 605 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,920 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 850 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,287 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 683 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,816 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 449 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,956 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 537 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,805 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 523 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,280 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,180 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,376 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,506 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 442 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,000 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,315 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 446 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,242 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,959 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,203 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 343 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,547 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 439 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,220 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,988 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,237 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,574 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,906 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 396 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,147 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,577 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,393 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 109 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

56k16k2026-09-14 23:00 — 30,084 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 28,566 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 27,703 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 27,550 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 32,960 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 38,128 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 33,073 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 29,704 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 27,966 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 27,599 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 27,354 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 33,167 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 35,977 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 31,753 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 28,622 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 27,646 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 27,506 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 27,422 players2026-10-02 23:00 — 33,841 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 37,022 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 33,140 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 28,669 players2026-10-06 23:00 — 27,592 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 27,143 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 26,719 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 32,328 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 35,364 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 31,602 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 29,028 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 26,290 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 26,010 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41k0Sep 2012Aug 2026Sep 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0Feb 2013 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 9Dec 2013 — avg 12,472 · peak 45,398May 2014 — avg 16,856 · peak 33,525Oct 2014 — avg 10,709 · peak 20,483Mar 2015 — avg 13,846 · peak 29,190Aug 2015 — avg 8,836 · peak 23,967Jan 2016 — avg 8,329 · peak 16,423Jun 2016 — avg 10,144 · peak 27,880Nov 2016 — avg 4,789 · peak 9,381Apr 2017 — avg 3,489 · peak 7,406Sep 2017 — avg 2,295 · peak 4,763Feb 2018 — avg 2,160 · peak 4,347Jul 2018 — avg 1,811 · peak 3,681Dec 2018 — avg 7,886 · peak 29,324May 2019 — avg 7,395 · peak 15,139Oct 2019 — avg 9,462 · peak 18,461Mar 2020 — avg 15,527 · peak 27,255Aug 2020 — avg 13,979 · peak 24,446Jan 2021 — avg 26,336 · peak 45,236Jun 2021 — avg 19,221 · peak 34,348Nov 2021 — avg 24,476 · peak 45,973Apr 2022 — avg 29,456 · peak 58,240Sep 2022 — avg 28,479 · peak 52,106Feb 2023 — avg 34,063 · peak 60,229Jul 2023 — avg 35,001 · peak 58,774Dec 2023 — avg 37,604 · peak 64,044May 2024 — avg 33,209 · peak 58,693Oct 2024 — avg 37,938 · peak 78,739Mar 2025 — avg 41,397 · peak 75,508Aug 2025 — avg 36,213 · peak 64,421Jan 2026 — avg 39,083 · peak 69,076Jun 2026 — avg 36,664 · peak 64,899Aug 2026 — avg 35,667 · peak 63,116
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#22#832026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #762026-09-15 — #222026-09-16 — #222026-09-17 — #222026-09-18 — #762026-09-19 — #762026-09-20 — #732026-09-21 — #712026-09-22 — #712026-09-23 — #722026-09-24 — #732026-09-25 — #752026-09-26 — #772026-09-27 — #782026-09-28 — #782026-09-29 — #782026-09-30 — #792026-10-01 — #792026-10-02 — #792026-10-03 — #802026-10-04 — #802026-10-05 — #772026-10-06 — #772026-10-07 — #772026-10-08 — #782026-10-09 — #822026-10-10 — #812026-10-11 — #812026-10-12 — #812026-10-13 — #822026-10-14 — #83
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1001002026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 27 new positive2026-09-15: 10 new negative2026-09-18: 44 new positive2026-09-18: 9 new negative2026-09-19: 43 new positive2026-09-19: 1 new negative2026-09-20: 39 new positive2026-09-20: 8 new negative2026-09-21: 50 new positive2026-09-21: 7 new negative2026-09-22: 61 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 39 new positive2026-09-24: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 45 new positive2026-09-26: 10 new negative2026-09-27: 52 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new negative2026-09-28: 30 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 44 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 32 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 36 new positive2026-10-01: 8 new negative2026-10-02: 52 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 49 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new negative2026-10-04: 54 new positive2026-10-04: 9 new negative2026-10-05: 62 new positive2026-10-05: 13 new negative2026-10-06: 100 new positive2026-10-06: 17 new negative2026-10-07: 61 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 45 new positive2026-10-08: 8 new negative2026-10-09: 54 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 56 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 57 new positive2026-10-11: 11 new negative2026-10-12: 49 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 37 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 69 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$55.95$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $29.742015-12-01 — best price $34.992016-07-04 — best price $34.992017-05-08 — best price $34.992017-11-01 — best price $34.992018-01-04 — best price $34.992018-04-25 — best price $29.742018-11-01 — best price $34.992019-02-11 — best price $44.992019-07-09 — best price $44.992019-10-21 — best price $44.992019-12-04 — best price $44.992020-04-01 — best price $26.992020-09-14 — best price $44.992021-02-15 — best price $44.992021-10-22 — best price $26.992022-04-14 — best price $26.992022-10-25 — best price $26.992023-03-16 — best price $26.992023-11-21 — best price $26.992024-04-15 — best price $26.992024-09-19 — best price $49.992025-01-02 — best price $49.992025-06-02 — best price $49.992025-09-29 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $24.992026-05-19 — best price $55.652026-05-28 — best price $24.742026-06-05 — best price $55.282026-06-14 — best price $55.542026-06-22 — best price $54.822026-07-01 — best price $54.582026-07-09 — best price $49.992026-07-17 — best price $54.852026-07-26 — best price $54.592026-08-03 — best price $55.212026-08-11 — best price $55.362026-09-02 — best price $54.992026-10-14 — best price $54.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k2622026-05-28 — 318 pageviews2026-06-01 — 338 pageviews2026-06-05 — 342 pageviews2026-06-09 — 667 pageviews2026-06-13 — 351 pageviews2026-06-17 — 288 pageviews2026-06-21 — 682 pageviews2026-06-25 — 561 pageviews2026-06-29 — 369 pageviews2026-07-03 — 322 pageviews2026-07-07 — 262 pageviews2026-07-11 — 334 pageviews2026-07-15 — 346 pageviews2026-07-19 — 327 pageviews2026-07-23 — 355 pageviews2026-07-27 — 372 pageviews2026-07-31 — 364 pageviews2026-08-04 — 383 pageviews2026-08-08 — 321 pageviews2026-08-12 — 274 pageviews2026-08-16 — 360 pageviews2026-08-20 — 463 pageviews2026-08-24 — 449 pageviews2026-08-28 — 366 pageviews2026-09-01 — 456 pageviews2026-09-05 — 368 pageviews2026-09-09 — 430 pageviews2026-09-13 — 319 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1,041 pageviews2026-09-21 — 1,085 pageviews2026-09-25 — 936 pageviews2026-09-29 — 1,135 pageviews2026-10-03 — 395 pageviews2026-10-07 — 340 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

33k9132026-09-30 23:34 — 3,468 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 1,910 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 3,237 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 1,768 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 6,756 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 2,369 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 6,813 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 4,735 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 3,715 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 4,529 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 3,551 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 2,830 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 1,965 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 6,722 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 1,906 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 5,754 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 1,770 viewers2026-10-08 15:12 — 9,595 viewers2026-10-08 21:12 — 28,848 viewers2026-10-09 03:12 — 3,099 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 5,422 viewers2026-10-09 19:12 — 4,144 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 4,919 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 6,774 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 8,651 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 3,732 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 12,130 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 2,905 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 11,052 viewers2026-10-13 03:12 — 3,298 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 3,620 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 4,815 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 4,061 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 5,467 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
34.4%
earned "Act of mercy"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-05-27, latest 2026-12-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)71,0863%13
PS4 (PlayStation)43,6032%13
PS4 (PlayStation)31,3471%13
Steam (Steam)27,5572%13
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPCo-opActionHorrorSandboxShooterZombiesSurvivalOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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