Smooth, satisfying parkour
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The parkour is what makes it work. Moving across rooftops feels smooth and natural”
Steam review · 38.5 h played ↗
Dying Light
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Techland2015Survival Horror · Horror · Survival
The verdict
A classic first-person zombie parkour game with satisfying movement, brutal melee and a tense day-night cycle, great in co-op and cheap on sale. Skip it if you dislike weak stories or enemy scaling.
Great for
Fans of parkour, melee zombie action and co-op with friends, especially on a sale
Main risk
Enemy scaling, breaking weapons and a frustrating solo ending can sour an otherwise fun game
What players love
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game gave me some of my favorite co-op memories.”
Steam review · 91.6 h played ↗
Brutal, satisfying melee and crafting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Modifying your weapons with electricity, fire and some other stuff makes the slaying even more fun!”
Steam review · 104.5 h played ↗
Tense day-night cycle and Volatile chases
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“What really makes the game stand out is the day-and-night cycle.”
Steam review · 228.2 h played ↗
Huge content with great DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“For only $10 i got 100 hours worth of gameplay.”
Steam review · 100.8 h played ↗
Cheap on sale and holds up well
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“absolute steal for 2 quid on sale and performs well stable fps max settings very smooth”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky combat and enemy scaling
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“At the beginning of the game? 6 hits to kill a zombie. At max level with a max rarity weapon crafted into a max rarity blueprint then fitted with 3 maximum damage mods? 6 hits.”
Steam review · 89.5 h played ↗
Weak, generic story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Absoluty 0 story, just kill zombie.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Frustrating ending and forced solo final mission
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“When you die, you respawn. You DO NOT reload/restart. That means that you will use all your ammo, items, consumables etc.”
Steam review · 80.9 h played ↗
Janky parkour and buggy physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Press space to grab a ledge - space triggers reverse wall jump instead - lose 40k XP”
Steam review · 70.7 h played ↗
Crashes, poor performance and Mac issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“It consistently crashes every 5 - 20 mins so it's effectively unplayable.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Intrusive ads and DLC bundle rebuy
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Techland forcing updates that advertise their new Dying Light Beast game at you, force a video with the extremely average voice actor”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM DDR3
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)
Storage40 GB free space
Recommended
OSWindows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM DDR3
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 (2GB VRAM)
Storage40 GB free space
OSWindows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM DDR3
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)
Storage40 GB free space
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