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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition

Techland · Deep Silver · 2016-05-31

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

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 – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition is an Action game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (71% of 13051 reviews).

56
playing now
71%
positive of 13k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.30★
PlayStation Store rating (6,572 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 65h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition trailer thumbnail

Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition - Review

≈283,577 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 435 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 326k–783k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,051 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 (2023-05-04) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 88 of 101 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12812820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

154392026-09-15 12:00 — 80 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 111 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 41 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 89 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 145 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 82 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 50 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 92 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 64 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 94 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 97 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 65 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 49 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 90 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 116 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 54 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 91 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 82 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 81 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 120 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 74 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k11May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 11 · peak 404Sep 2016 — avg 20 · peak 49Jan 2017 — avg 36 · peak 90May 2017 — avg 36 · peak 106Sep 2017 — avg 34 · peak 108Jan 2018 — avg 66 · peak 161May 2018 — avg 37 · peak 83Sep 2018 — avg 86 · peak 338Jan 2019 — avg 52 · peak 121May 2019 — avg 56 · peak 175Sep 2019 — avg 44 · peak 144Jan 2020 — avg 70 · peak 202May 2020 — avg 58 · peak 125Sep 2020 — avg 69 · peak 195Jan 2021 — avg 115 · peak 318May 2021 — avg 71 · peak 223Sep 2021 — avg 69 · peak 153Jan 2022 — avg 92 · peak 220May 2022 — avg 76 · peak 192Sep 2022 — avg 114 · peak 266Jan 2023 — avg 159 · peak 333May 2023 — avg 241 · peak 648Sep 2023 — avg 86 · peak 193Jan 2024 — avg 85 · peak 179May 2024 — avg 239 · peak 489Sep 2024 — avg 139 · peak 307Jan 2025 — avg 124 · peak 251May 2025 — avg 124 · peak 284Sep 2025 — avg 87 · peak 199Jan 2026 — avg 128 · peak 252May 2026 — avg 95 · peak 201Aug 2026 — avg 86 · peak 168
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992016-05-092026-10-102016-05-09 — best price $19.992016-07-28 — best price $16.992016-10-31 — best price $16.992017-01-04 — best price $19.992017-04-01 — best price $10.652017-06-13 — best price $10.002017-09-14 — best price $6.792017-11-30 — best price $4.862018-02-18 — best price $4.992018-04-19 — best price $5.002018-07-21 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-01-21 — best price $4.992019-06-25 — best price $4.992019-12-01 — best price $5.992020-02-05 — best price $19.792020-05-21 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992021-02-25 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-10-02 — best price $19.992022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-04-25 — best price $4.752022-08-14 — best price $4.752022-12-12 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-08-08 — best price $1.992023-12-15 — best price $2.992024-04-22 — best price $2.792024-08-03 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-04-21 — best price $2.992025-10-15 — best price $2.992026-03-09 — best price $1.992026-06-09 — best price $2.292026-07-01 — best price $2.262026-07-23 — best price $2.262026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
62.5%
earned "The Storm"
8.9%
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)27,11917%36
Xbox One (Xbox)17,2784%35
Steam (Steam)15,9806%35

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

FPSGoreCo-opActionHorrorZombiesSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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