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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in 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
56 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“More of the same but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The new area is decent and there's plenty of content to get through.”
“0 Story, endless meaningless fetch quests Most of game is traveling to the macguffin Map design is great. The CHAINSAW is so satisfying to use.”
“Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition is a good zombie game with a great atmosphere. The movement isn’t the best but the melee combat feels okay in my opinion and exploring the flooded island is genuinely neat, it…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A solid remaster of the second entry in the series that picks up immediately after the first game's conclusion. While it feels more like a massive expansion than a complete structural overhaul, the new additions and…”
“I initially thought that I would post a negative review, since the first impression of this game wasn't really great, but after 100% it I can cherish the good moments bettter. The combat is simple yet satisfying, the…”
“Not as good as the original, but still very fun to play, decent story, fun and interesting level design, and of-course the ability to take my rage out on zombies as an alternative to the homeles whilst i'm under house…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A solid remaster of the second entry in the series that picks up immediately after the first game's conclusion. While it feels more like a massive expansion than a complete structural overhaul, the new additions and…”
“The game sets the tone for the entire survival atmosphere. It's important to remember that it's very difficult to survive alone. The storyline is very well written, but after a while you'll get annoyed by the repetitive…”
“I’ve never fully understood the criticism Dead Island: Riptide gets. While it’s true that it stays very close to the original formula and so it´s a lot look a like like first game but I found it to be a much more…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“More of the same but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The new area is decent and there's plenty of content to get through.”
“0 Story, endless meaningless fetch quests Most of game is traveling to the macguffin Map design is great. The CHAINSAW is so satisfying to use.”
“Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition is a good zombie game with a great atmosphere. The movement isn’t the best but the melee combat feels okay in my opinion and exploring the flooded island is genuinely neat, it…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A solid remaster of the second entry in the series that picks up immediately after the first game's conclusion. While it feels more like a massive expansion than a complete structural overhaul, the new additions and…”
“somehow worse than 1st one, fine overall, driving is still the worst experience ever, cool that you can import character from 1st one, use crafted knuckles, harder to dismember that 1st one, quest dotted line only…”
“An Upgrade from the original whilst still maintaining the fun of bonking zombies. NEW ZOMBIES, NEW WEAPONS AND A WHOLE NEW NPC LEVELING SYSTEM. Overall great fun, However still has some huge bugs that really should've…”
28 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Way more tedious and unfun than the first one. Clearly made for co-op which I hate”
“At first i was very exited to play this but the game is very badly made. You can see flying textures textures going on other textures making game look worse than it already was. Also doing missions in closed area with…”
“- Playtime: 2,5 hours - Played: 2026 - Context: I didn't care for the original game but loved Dying Light so i was curious about this. [b]Review[/b] The Dead Island games are ARPGs in which you run/drive around an…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“game crashed and messed up my whole computer”
“At first i was very exited to play this but the game is very badly made. You can see flying textures textures going on other textures making game look worse than it already was. Also doing missions in closed area with…”
“I stopped playing this after I died DURING AN NPC INTERACTION. One of the other characters literally WALKED INTO ME and that somehow killed me so I had to reload from the last save. I also hated fighting Quickdeath…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“0 Story, endless meaningless fetch quests Most of game is traveling to the macguffin Map design is great. The CHAINSAW is so satisfying to use.”
“I initially thought that I would post a negative review, since the first impression of this game wasn't really great, but after 100% it I can cherish the good moments bettter. The combat is simple yet satisfying, the…”
“Dead Island: Riptide starts out slow and makes you waste a lot of time going from objective to objective. Thankfully it gets much better as the game progresses and the missions become much more linear. Its gameplay…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“0 Story, endless meaningless fetch quests Most of game is traveling to the macguffin Map design is great. The CHAINSAW is so satisfying to use.”
“I initially thought that I would post a negative review, since the first impression of this game wasn't really great, but after 100% it I can cherish the good moments bettter. The combat is simple yet satisfying, the…”
“Dead Island: Riptide starts out slow and makes you waste a lot of time going from objective to objective. Thankfully it gets much better as the game progresses and the missions become much more linear. Its gameplay…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition is a good zombie game with a great atmosphere. The movement isn’t the best but the melee combat feels okay in my opinion and exploring the flooded island is genuinely neat, it…”
“First impression of this game isn't that good and I haven't even started playing. Game starts windowed mode, but not even centered, then it wants you to change the gamma settings, but says that it won't be able to show…”
“Gunplay = horrible Melee weapons = horrible movement = horrible the zombies 9 out of 10 times when they get to close they either grab you making you do ALWAYS a quick time event or the push you over making you ALWAYS…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 71.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Dead Island: Riptide is a direct continuation of the original Dead Island, picking up immediately after the events of the first game. The combat remains the same. Hitting zombies with modded machetes, electrified bats, and explosive knives is still satisfying. The weight of…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“I really enjoy playing it, especially in coop: the gameplay is fast-paced and the loot really keeps me coming back . The atmosphere and exploration do the job and easily pull me in for long sessions without noticing the time passing . However, I often run into some frustrating…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“This game didn't really improve a whole lot from the first one. Just felt like a full price DLC. However it does let you bring your character from the first game over. Other than that it's literally the same as dead island 1.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 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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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 · Co-op · Multiplayer · Open World · Gore · Action · Survival · First-Person · Horror · Adventure · Online Co-Op · FPS (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 | 35 |
| 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)