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Dead Island 2

Dambuster Studios · Deep Silver · 2024-04-22

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 21, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 21, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 21, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 21, 2023 (PlayStation 5), TBD (Mac)

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

2,559
playing now
77%
positive of 29k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84
twitch viewers (latest)
74/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (149 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2,559 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Island 2 is a 2023 action role-playing survival horror game developed by Dambuster Studios and published by Deep Silver. It is a sequel to Dead Island (2011) and the third major installment in the series. Set about 15 years after the events of the original game and Dead Island: Riptide (2013), the game follows six playable characters as they attempt to escape a full quarantine restricted zone in Los Angeles in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Instead of a large open world like its predecessor, Los Angeles is split into 10 different open zones, which players can freely explore. Players can use a variety of melee weapons, firearms and explosives to dispatch enemies. The game also introduces a procedurally generated dismemberment system, which can create weapon-appropriate wounds on zombies.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,559 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,068 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,384/week).
  • · Review velocity up 262% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 583k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$9.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-80%
Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 208 of 216 observed days · $45.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.6k2.6k20242026Week of 2024-04-01: 1,835 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 910 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,012 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,118 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 411 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,581 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 840 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 764 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,127 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 104 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.6k6862026-08-06 22:00 — 1,100 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 882 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1,623 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1,282 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,136 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,973 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1,464 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,275 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2,141 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1,342 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 868 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,592 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 955 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 867 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,568 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 893 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 757 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,726 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,369 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 742 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,086 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1,143 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 896 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1,331 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1,280 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1,023 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1,223 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,756 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,601 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 2,559 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$9.992023-04-212026-08-272023-04-21 — best price $53.992023-08-03 — best price $59.992023-10-03 — best price $53.992024-01-05 — best price $53.992024-03-14 — best price $32.992024-04-30 — best price $59.992024-07-02 — best price $32.682024-07-31 — best price $59.992024-09-15 — best price $59.992024-10-18 — best price $34.992024-12-03 — best price $29.992025-01-14 — best price $59.992025-02-25 — best price $49.992025-04-26 — best price $49.992025-06-12 — best price $30.602025-07-27 — best price $59.992025-09-07 — best price $53.992025-10-24 — best price $30.642025-11-26 — best price $30.552025-12-12 — best price $30.962026-01-02 — best price $30.932026-01-20 — best price $10.542026-02-05 — best price $10.612026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-03-11 — best price $10.412026-03-27 — best price $10.352026-04-14 — best price $10.602026-04-30 — best price $10.522026-05-19 — best price $10.452026-06-04 — best price $10.462026-06-23 — best price $10.242026-07-09 — best price $10.282026-07-24 — best price $10.232026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-08-27 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6582172026-05-30 — 384 pageviews2026-06-02 — 407 pageviews2026-06-05 — 380 pageviews2026-06-08 — 371 pageviews2026-06-11 — 257 pageviews2026-06-14 — 322 pageviews2026-06-17 — 336 pageviews2026-06-20 — 335 pageviews2026-06-23 — 658 pageviews2026-06-26 — 372 pageviews2026-06-29 — 395 pageviews2026-07-02 — 395 pageviews2026-07-05 — 429 pageviews2026-07-08 — 410 pageviews2026-07-11 — 433 pageviews2026-07-14 — 420 pageviews2026-07-17 — 392 pageviews2026-07-20 — 347 pageviews2026-07-23 — 336 pageviews2026-07-26 — 388 pageviews2026-07-29 — 375 pageviews2026-08-01 — 302 pageviews2026-08-04 — 290 pageviews2026-08-07 — 275 pageviews2026-08-10 — 315 pageviews2026-08-13 — 279 pageviews2026-08-16 — 272 pageviews2026-08-19 — 240 pageviews2026-08-22 — 255 pageviews2026-08-25 — 383 pageviews2026-08-26 — 317 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.7k172026-08-27 21:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 125 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 113 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 109 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 63 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 105 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 127 viewers2026-08-30 11:12 — 3,468 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 47 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 84 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
85.1%
earned "Welcome To Hell-A"
18.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls14 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)65,1364%60
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)52,4412%59
PS4 (PlayStation)21,3965%60
Steam (Steam)19,3365%59
Windows (Xbox)4,5672%59

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

FPSDarkGoreCo-opActionHorrorZombiesCraftingAdventureAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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