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Dead Island Definitive Edition
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“As it stood in my library for a long time I said that I'll give it a try. As old as it is I can say that you should try it too. The gameplay and the combat are pretty good. The story was, in my opinion, well made by the…”
“played this game since my childhood. absolutely brilliant game for its age! i cant reccomend this one enough because it has given me some of the funnest memories.”
“Objectively fun to play; interesting plots; good mechanics/graphics for its time. just one problem: it's HIGHKIRKENUINELY (NOT joking) REALLYYYYY sexist.... I'm NOT a feminist but..... EVERY woman is bikini clad,…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Dead Island offers a great zombie sandbox experience while mixing in enough jank to keep things light. I enjoyed how much the environments change as you progress through the story, but the last two chapters fall flat.…”
“Dead Island is a classic zombie slayer game, it brought me MANY hours of joy and fun and countless memories as a teen in middle school way back in the day! If you think you'd like a 1st person "hack em' up" experience…”
“I got hit with hella nostalgia from when I originally played it on console the moment the game booted and heard the banger that is the into song/cutscene. This game is an absolute classic and a blast with friendos! I…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“As it stood in my library for a long time I said that I'll give it a try. As old as it is I can say that you should try it too. The gameplay and the combat are pretty good. The story was, in my opinion, well made by the…”
“تجربة جداً رائعة. 👍 اللعبة كانت جداً رائعة واقيمها 10/10 وتستاهل الشراء جداً قصة اللعبة - اعجبتني فكرة الزومبي في جزيرة استوائية ومعطية جو بداية الوباء الاوستات - تستاهل تقييم ممتاز ومعطية جو مرعب الشخصيات - تعدد كبير…”
“i love sam b”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“played this game since my childhood. absolutely brilliant game for its age! i cant reccomend this one enough because it has given me some of the funnest memories.”
“I used to play this game as a kid. Tons of fun. I came back to it about fifteen years later on PC and I'm surprised to see how well this game holds up today. Imagine my shock when I found out the game is only 8GB. A…”
“not the best zombie game, not the worst zombie game.. its completely average yet i couldnt stop playing it. story is meh, gameplay is okay.. i like how npcs give you quests and tell you how terrifying the whole thing…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Objectively fun to play; interesting plots; good mechanics/graphics for its time. just one problem: it's HIGHKIRKENUINELY (NOT joking) REALLYYYYY sexist.... I'm NOT a feminist but..... EVERY woman is bikini clad,…”
“This game has a high level of replayability, with 4 characters. It also has lot of weapons crafting, which produces some very interesting weapons. The main and side quests are also very good as well. They have just the…”
“This game is very similar to Dying Light,maybe because it was made by Techland.The gore and graphics are good,but it’s pretty hard,u can get killed easily by the zombie hordes,i lost the count of how many times my…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR This is one of the worst games I've ever played and everything I have to say about it is negative. 2/10 Every character is stupid/written poorly and most of the voice acting is pitiful. Every quest is the worst…”
“EDIT: Ive just become aware that they scammed previous owners of the not definitive edition out of ownership of their game, nvm just ♥♥♥♥ all of the dead island games. Better than both of the other Dead island games.…”
“Objectively fun to play; interesting plots; good mechanics/graphics for its time. just one problem: it's HIGHKIRKENUINELY (NOT joking) REALLYYYYY sexist.... I'm NOT a feminist but..... EVERY woman is bikini clad,…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR This is one of the worst games I've ever played and everything I have to say about it is negative. 2/10 Every character is stupid/written poorly and most of the voice acting is pitiful. Every quest is the worst…”
“Who do you, Voodoo ♥♥♥♥♥. Man this game started off decent. Funky intro, cool idea, zombies on a tropical island, you're immune! Surprise surprise, also everyone has an Aussie or Pacific Islander accent. You finish the…”
“Absolutely one of the worst experiences I've had playing a game. [*]Everything was a complete slog after a while [*]Every character is a moron with no common sense. [*]None of the weapons felt like I was actually using…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“EDIT: Ive just become aware that they scammed previous owners of the not definitive edition out of ownership of their game, nvm just ♥♥♥♥ all of the dead island games. Better than both of the other Dead island games.…”
“I got hit with hella nostalgia from when I originally played it on console the moment the game booted and heard the banger that is the into song/cutscene. This game is an absolute classic and a blast with friendos! I…”
“This game gets repetative, and there are respawning pickups that burn out compulsive looting behaviour. Forget the stuff below. The rifle seems to be working now in the jungle, and since it is the only bug I've…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Who do you, Voodoo ♥♥♥♥♥. Man this game started off decent. Funky intro, cool idea, zombies on a tropical island, you're immune! Surprise surprise, also everyone has an Aussie or Pacific Islander accent. You finish the…”
“The more I play this game the more I want to play L4D. Combat: you left click, spam E to knock enemies down for a finishing move. the melee part of this game have been the focus of this game, adding gunplay into this…”
“Blur when u sprint is bad and pointless also gameplay gets samey”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“TL;DR This is one of the worst games I've ever played and everything I have to say about it is negative. 2/10 Every character is stupid/written poorly and most of the voice acting is pitiful. Every quest is the worst…”
“As it stood in my library for a long time I said that I'll give it a try. As old as it is I can say that you should try it too. The gameplay and the combat are pretty good. The story was, in my opinion, well made by the…”
“purna OP.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“dead island. there are zombies. sam b is there too and he does the voodoo. there are other characters but why bother. sam b is the only real one. who do u voodooo binch”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“A little buggy on pc but still a fun game”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“its kind of a broken mess bad controls and bad limited options, also freezes the other applications even after closing the game.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Zombies · Open World · Co-op · Multiplayer · Survival · Action · Gore · Horror · First-Person · FPS · Online Co-Op · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 57 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://deadisland.deepsilver.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® compatible Additional Notes: Laptop versions of graphics cards may work but are NOT officially supported. Windows-compatible keyboards, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)