Great fun in co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It is a blast in co-op if you can overlook a few rough edges and subpar sections”
Steam review · 26.3 h played ↗
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Techland2016Survival · Horror · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A brutal, loot-driven zombie melee game that is basically Dead Island 1 on a new island, best with co-op friends. Skip it if you want polish, a fresh sequel, or plan to play solo.
Great for
Co-op groups and Dead Island 1 fans who want more brutal melee, crafting and loot on sale
Main risk
Buggy, repetitive fetch-quest design that feels like a DLC, especially miserable when playing solo
What players love
Satisfying brutal melee combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Hitting zombies with modded machetes, electrified bats, and explosive knives is still satisfying.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Weapon crafting, mods and loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Weapon crafting. Finding and modifying weapons is addictive, with plenty of creative combinations.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Base defense missions and new content
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The addition of base defense missions—where you have to set up fences, mount miniguns, and defend survivors against massive zombie waves—adds a fantastic tactical layer to the gameplay.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Import your character from the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“You can import your character from the previous game and keep your level and skills, though items do not carry over.”
Steam review · 22.7 h played ↗
Fun, relaxing mindless zombie killing
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“A great game to play when you want to just sit back and relax and kill a bunch of zombies.”
Steam review · 348.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Buggy, glitchy, softlocks and broken quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The number of bugs exceeds the number of main quests, which is really funny to read.”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
Clunky controls, hitboxes and nauseating camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The absurdly low FOV and aggressive head-bobbing made it the first time I ever actually got motion sick from a game.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Unfair difficulty, knife throwers and spongy enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“What I can't handle are basic zombies one tapping me from 20 feet away because they can throw knives like its all they did while they were alive.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Repetitive fetch quests and backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“All the quests are fetch quests, travel from point A to point B, return.”
Steam review · 30.6 h played ↗
Feels like a DLC/expansion, not a sequel
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“this should have been a DLC at best this did not deserve its own title.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Awful boat and swamp/jungle sections
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Whoever thought it was a fun idea to have the boat consistently clip into enemies sprinting at you letting them hit you while you have to QTE every 10 second”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)
Storage10 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 (2GB VRAM)
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)
Storage10 GB available space
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