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Dead Island Definitive Edition

Techland · Deep Silver · 2016-05-31

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 31, 2016 (Linux), May 31, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2016 (PlayStation 4), May 31, 2016 (Xbox One)

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

369
playing now
82%
positive of 28k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 21h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

The island of Banoi is a lush, tropical paradise in the South Pacific where its flagship Royal Palms Resort serves as the ultimate getaway for vacationers with money to burn. However, all good things must soon come to an end - and the picturesque resort falls into madness, carnage and chaos after a mysterious and contagious zombie outbreak claims its once peaceful atmosphere. Cut off from the rest of the world, only four individuals who strangely find themselves immune to zombification have the power to protect the remaining survivors from the horrors of the island, to discover what's really g(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 369 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,729 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~216/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 704k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,173 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2024-12-03) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 42 of 54 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
67467420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3971292026-08-06 21:00 — 286 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 180 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 230 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 248 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 195 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 285 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 397 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 241 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 299 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 343 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 155 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 223 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 257 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 165 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 244 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 237 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 139 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 242 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 359 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 153 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 164 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 282 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 225 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 238 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 299 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 188 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 159 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 275 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 246 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 369 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$1.992016-05-092026-08-292016-05-09 — best price $19.992016-07-20 — best price $19.992016-10-28 — best price $10.502017-01-03 — best price $19.992017-03-31 — best price $9.072017-06-12 — best price $12.212017-09-06 — best price $39.992017-11-20 — best price $5.992018-01-12 — best price $19.992018-04-13 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-09-17 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-04-20 — best price $19.992019-10-29 — best price $19.992020-01-20 — best price $14.032020-03-09 — best price $19.992020-06-10 — best price $17.882020-08-14 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-02-26 — best price $9.992021-05-09 — best price $19.992021-08-16 — best price $4.992021-11-29 — best price $4.992022-03-12 — best price $10.902022-06-23 — best price $3.992022-10-31 — best price $3.992023-02-13 — best price $19.992023-06-28 — best price $19.992023-10-30 — best price $2.992024-02-08 — best price $2.792024-05-13 — best price $19.992024-08-05 — best price $2.392024-11-26 — best price $3.192025-04-14 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-03-02 — best price $19.992026-06-08 — best price $2.292026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
44.5%
earned "Warranty Void if Used"
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudStats

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)67,1106%59
Xbox One (Xbox)39,5202%58
Steam (Steam)37,1333%57

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

FPSRPGGoreCo-opActionHorrorZombiesCraftingSurvivalOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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