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Dying Light

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

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.

Horror Action Adventure Role-Playing

Player score

9.5/10

494,569 reviews

Released: 2015
Developer: Not recorded
Platforms: 1 systems
Critics: 87
Steam Deck: verified
Download: Not stated

We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Dying Light?

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released	27 January 2015
Developer	Not recorded
Publisher	Warner Bros. Games
Platforms	PC
Genres	Horror, Action Adventure, Role-Playing
Languages	17 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q13415292, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Dying Light received?

Players95%positive of 494,569 · Overwhelmingly Positive

Metacritic87critic aggregate, PC

Achievements78on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

1 declared features

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
Capability	Support
Controller	full support
Cloud saves	Yes
Cross-platform play	No
Mod support	Steam Workshop
Online play	Yes
In-game purchases	No
Steam Deck	verified
Download size	Not stated
Add-on content	41 DLC listed
Age gate	17+

Content descriptors

Frequent violence or gore
General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$24.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 299 most recent negative Steam reviews of Dying Light on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

Performance and stutter14 of 299 (5%)
The game will run 144 fps fine for a while, then drop to 20-30 for no reason, only a restart fixes it.
Steam review, 12 May 2026 · 66 hours played · 7 readers marked it helpful
Please tell me why in God's name this 11 year old game has frame drops and stutters as often as it does.
Steam review, 4 June 2026 · 35 hours played · 3 readers marked it helpful
Crashes and freezes9 of 299 (3%)
The game constantly freezes, stutters, and delays actions.
Steam review, 3 April 2026 · 24 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpful
It consistently crashes every 5 - 20 mins so it's effectively unplayable.
Steam review, 30 August 2026 · 2 hours played

A further 8 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Games like Dying Light

24 games overlap with Dying Light on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Metro: Last Light, Metro Exodus and The Evil Within 2.

All 24 games like Dying Light

Common questions about Dying Light

What platforms is Dying Light on?

Dying Light is available on PC. It first released in 2015.

How much does Dying Light cost?

$24.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Dying Light?

95% of 494,569 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Overwhelmingly Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Dying Light?

87 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does Dying Light work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Dying Light as verified on the Steam Deck, from its own testing. That means it works out of the box with no configuration.