Best-in-class gore and dismemberment
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“this easily is the best looking gore system in a video game I’ve ever seen”
Steam review · 31.4 h played ↗
Dead Island 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%Dambuster Studios2024Horror · Action RPG · Adventure
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, gory zombie slasher with satisfying melee and fun co-op, but repetitive and linear, with weak, cringey writing. Skip it if you want story or open world.
Great for
Co-op players who want mindless, gory zombie smashing and can buy on sale
Main risk
Repetitive gameplay with weak story and cringe characters makes full price feel poor
What players love
Beautiful, detailed Los Angeles
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The setting is gorgeous and the attention to detail amazing.”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
Heavy, satisfying melee combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Probably the best first person melee combat mechanics ive ever used.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Flexible weapon mods and skill cards
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You're able to experiment with any combination of skills you can think of”
Steam review · 57.4 h played ↗
Runs smoothly and well optimized
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Impressive performance, runs smooth as butter always.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Great fun in co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Play with friends. Its indefinitely more enjoyable than solo.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, cringey story and characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Dead Island 2 plays like a cheesy Netflix zombie show written by people who spend too much time on TikTok”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Repetitive, boring gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The game is very repetitive.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Epic Online Services and co-op connection errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“There's some kind of issue where the game gets stuck on "Connecting to Epic Online Services" that's existed for as long as the game has been on Steam”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Linear, small zones, not open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Open world... It isn't. The map is made up of small areas that you need to load into.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Zombies respawn and pop in constantly
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Zombies respawn. This is actually very frustraing, because they respawn way too fast.”
Steam review · 47.2 h played ↗
Locked doors, fetch quests and backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“The entire game is a sequence of 400 fetch quests, in which you must find keys for locked doors.”
Steam review · 25.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support70 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD FX-9590 / Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Memory10 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon R9 390X (8192 VRAM) / GeForce GTX 1060 (6144 VRAM)
Storage70 GB GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorRyzen 5 5600X / Intel Core i9-9900k
Memory10 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon RX 6800 XT (16384 VRAM) / GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8192 MB)
Storage70 GB GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD FX-9590 / Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Memory10 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon R9 390X (8192 VRAM) / GeForce GTX 1060 (6144 VRAM)
Storage70 GB GB available space
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