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Dying Light

Techland · 2015-01-26

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

Releases: Mar 08, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 21, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 26, 2015 (Linux), Jan 26, 2015 (Mac), Jan 26, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 27, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

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.

Dying Light is an Action, Adventure, and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 495323 reviews).

3,853
playing now
95%
positive of 497k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74
twitch viewers (latest)
9.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
72/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1045 ratings)
961
Nexus mods (5.8M downloads)
4.63★
PlayStation Store rating (99,254 ratings)
74/100
opencritic · fair · 49% recommend · from 118 critics
29h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 46h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

3,853 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Dying Light is a 2015 survival horror video game developed by Techland and originally published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game's story follows undercover agent Kyle Crane who is sent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in a fictional Middle Eastern city called Harran. It features an enemy-infested, open world city with a dynamic day–night cycle, in which zombies are slow and clumsy during daytime and extremely aggressive at night. The gameplay is focused on weapons-based combat and parkour, allowing players to choose fight or flight when presented with dangers. The game also features an asymmetrical multiplayer mode, and a four-player co-operative multiplayer mode.

Trailer

Dying Light trailer thumbnail

Dying Light - Good Night, Good Luck Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,853 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19,928 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,491/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,531 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12M–30M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 497,377 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$2.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 14 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.9k9.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,890 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,485 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,265 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,272 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,674 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,455 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,567 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,052 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5,093 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5,080 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,181 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,555 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9,075 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7,310 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5,044 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6,085 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,962 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8,076 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,298 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4,897 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4,702 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5,559 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,516 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4,322 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5,806 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5,715 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,312 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4,462 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6,429 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4,571 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5,368 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9,857 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 655 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5,377 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4,051 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,771 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4,017 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5,121 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6,757 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6,281 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6,916 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 415 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,910 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,545 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,878 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,270 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,588 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4,197 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,948 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,337 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6,684 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5,436 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,106 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4,270 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,863 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4,274 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,702 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,699 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,686 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,324 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,778 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,506 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,879 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,165 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,573 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,294 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,672 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,585 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5,642 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,100 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,568 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,404 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,021 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,662 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,746 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,374 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,965 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,054 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,521 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,566 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,110 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4,323 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3,066 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,491 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,663 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3,448 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,888 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,484 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,986 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,473 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,856 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,756 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,250 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,915 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,692 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,152 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,621 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 947 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 58 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9.9k2.3k2026-09-14 19:00 — 3,406 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 2,279 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 3,799 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 5,077 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 3,755 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 3,800 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 5,924 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 3,174 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 4,543 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 7,764 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 3,614 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 2,911 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 5,341 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 2,903 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 4,662 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 9,882 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 4,371 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 4,011 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 7,111 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 5,971 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 4,952 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 4,449 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 4,894 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,853 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16k1.5kFeb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 12,871 · peak 45,770Jun 2015 — avg 1,781 · peak 3,481Oct 2015 — avg 2,042 · peak 5,012Feb 2016 — avg 8,042 · peak 23,073Jun 2016 — avg 2,082 · peak 5,845Oct 2016 — avg 2,727 · peak 7,915Feb 2017 — avg 2,229 · peak 4,849Jun 2017 — avg 3,541 · peak 9,437Oct 2017 — avg 3,692 · peak 10,026Feb 2018 — avg 6,680 · peak 17,089Jun 2018 — avg 8,502 · peak 20,189Oct 2018 — avg 2,727 · peak 8,091Feb 2019 — avg 5,090 · peak 14,044Jun 2019 — avg 7,263 · peak 15,879Oct 2019 — avg 6,090 · peak 16,027Feb 2020 — avg 9,940 · peak 38,589Jun 2020 — avg 6,635 · peak 14,740Oct 2020 — avg 6,206 · peak 16,436Feb 2021 — avg 7,670 · peak 30,600Jun 2021 — avg 15,513 · peak 35,493Oct 2021 — avg 6,574 · peak 14,880Feb 2022 — avg 15,737 · peak 36,277Jun 2022 — avg 5,428 · peak 11,195Oct 2022 — avg 5,080 · peak 27,385Feb 2023 — avg 7,763 · peak 22,185Jun 2023 — avg 4,623 · peak 9,195Oct 2023 — avg 4,687 · peak 12,157Feb 2024 — avg 4,817 · peak 10,300Jun 2024 — avg 6,227 · peak 15,006Oct 2024 — avg 5,772 · peak 24,395Feb 2025 — avg 7,038 · peak 15,145Jun 2025 — avg 8,115 · peak 17,244Oct 2025 — avg 7,563 · peak 20,049Feb 2026 — avg 4,948 · peak 10,976Jun 2026 — avg 3,996 · peak 8,546Aug 2026 — avg 4,534 · peak 9,012
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
2232232026-09-212026-10-122026-09-21: 223 new positive2026-09-21: 13 new negative2026-09-22: 67 new positive2026-09-22: 6 new negative2026-09-23: 69 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new negative2026-09-24: 68 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 62 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 69 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 72 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 77 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 68 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 39 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 69 new positive2026-10-01: 10 new negative2026-10-02: 44 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 133 new positive2026-10-03: 11 new negative2026-10-04: 93 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 62 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 80 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 101 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 74 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 82 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 86 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new negative2026-10-12: 86 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$61.35$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $59.992015-03-02 — best price $59.992015-05-01 — best price $61.352015-06-23 — best price $29.992015-09-04 — best price $40.192015-10-31 — best price $50.992016-02-11 — best price $27.002017-04-03 — best price $59.992018-02-19 — best price $39.992018-05-18 — best price $16.002018-07-23 — best price $15.992018-09-13 — best price $13.092018-11-06 — best price $15.992019-01-05 — best price $39.992019-03-14 — best price $15.992019-05-24 — best price $15.992019-07-25 — best price $13.592019-09-13 — best price $12.242019-11-12 — best price $39.992019-12-30 — best price $13.312020-02-07 — best price $29.072020-03-30 — best price $39.992020-05-30 — best price $35.992020-07-12 — best price $29.392020-09-02 — best price $13.592020-10-09 — best price $33.892020-11-20 — best price $13.592021-01-02 — best price $24.952021-02-11 — best price $11.562021-03-24 — best price $11.992021-05-01 — best price $33.592021-06-10 — best price $10.792024-05-09 — best price $2.992026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9673762026-05-25 — 477 pageviews2026-05-29 — 726 pageviews2026-06-02 — 459 pageviews2026-06-06 — 517 pageviews2026-06-10 — 507 pageviews2026-06-14 — 532 pageviews2026-06-18 — 441 pageviews2026-06-22 — 503 pageviews2026-06-26 — 476 pageviews2026-06-30 — 468 pageviews2026-07-04 — 532 pageviews2026-07-08 — 603 pageviews2026-07-12 — 497 pageviews2026-07-16 — 598 pageviews2026-07-20 — 496 pageviews2026-07-24 — 570 pageviews2026-07-28 — 942 pageviews2026-08-01 — 665 pageviews2026-08-05 — 877 pageviews2026-08-09 — 936 pageviews2026-08-13 — 671 pageviews2026-08-17 — 602 pageviews2026-08-21 — 537 pageviews2026-08-25 — 558 pageviews2026-08-29 — 605 pageviews2026-09-02 — 494 pageviews2026-09-06 — 614 pageviews2026-09-10 — 473 pageviews2026-09-14 — 530 pageviews2026-09-18 — 628 pageviews2026-09-22 — 564 pageviews2026-09-26 — 507 pageviews2026-09-30 — 466 pageviews2026-10-04 — 550 pageviews2026-10-08 — 462 pageviews2026-10-12 — 439 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.2k32026-09-30 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 385 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 404 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 1,187 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 74 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.9%
earned "Is It Really Necessary?"
22%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop41 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 41 DLC released, first 2015-01-27, latest 2025-03-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)216,9171%69
Steam (Steam)191,4982%78
Xbox One (Xbox)85,6781%68

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

FPSPvEPvPGoreActionHorrorParkourStealthZombiesSurvival

Census log

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

Recent updates

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