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Game Information​

Game Title: Dying Light: The Beast

Platforms:

• PC (Sep 18, 2025)
• PlayStation 5 (Sep 18, 2025)
• Xbox Series X/S (Sep 18, 2025)

Trailers:

• Dying Light: The Beast — Gameplay Premiere Trailer | Summer Game Fest 2025
• Dying Light: The Beast — MEET THE BARON - THE GAME AWARDS 2024 TRAILER
• Dying Light: The Beast — Live Action Teaser

Developer: Techland

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 86 average - 90% recommended - 10 reviews

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MetaCritic - 78 average - PC Version - 27reviews​

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Critic Reviews

CGMagazine - Marcus Kenneth - 9 / 10

Dying Light: The Beast is an incredible evolution in the series by bringing back the movement and weapon feel, and evolving them to feel more brutal feels incredible.

Digitec Magazine - Domagoj Belancic - German - 3 / 5

During my 20-hour excursion to Castor Woods, I had a lot of fun with the game. The parkour system is the best and smoothest of its kind. The melee combat is wonderfully intense and brutal. The game's open world is full of activities, and the side missions in particular are exciting.

GRYOnline.pl - Adrian Werner - Polish - 8.5 / 10

The decision to transform Dying Light 2's second DLC into a full game was a right one. Dying Light: The Beast is a big, new adventure that blends well all the best parts of DL, DL2 and The Following. This is a game for all the fans of the franchise, and one that has a surprisingly cool story to tell.

GamingBolt - Varun Karunakar - 9 / 10

Dying Light: The Beast is a polished, well-crafted experience that builds on the franchise's strengths while adding new creative flourishes to its formula.

Hinsusta - Pascal Kaap - German - 8 / 10

Dying Light: The Beast successfully returns to the roots of the series and will particularly delight fans of the first instalment. Kyle Crane once again takes centre stage, whose story is told in the dark, atmospheric world of Castor Woods - exciting, albeit straightforward.

INVEN - Jaihoon Jeong - Korean - 8 / 10

"Dying Light: The Beast" is a sequel that successfully captures Techland's signature grimy and eerie hostile environment. The new gameplay systems and neatly refined narrative are satisfying, but for an open-world game, it somewhat lacks the motivation to keep players engaged over the long term.

Just Play it - Mounir Bensaci - Arabic - 8 / 10

The Dying Light series is now complete thanks to The Beast, which unleashes the continuation of our hero Kyle's story as he seeks revenge to preserve his honour. It's a remarkable tale and an adventure filled with horror and emotion, set in a devastated yet richly detailed world, with the same enjoyable gameplay the series is known for. This is how we experienced Kyle's journey: the enraged beast, thirsty for revenge for the sake of humanity and dignity! Unleash revenge! Unleash the beast!

Loot Level Chill - Mick Fraser - 8.5 / 10

As a sequel, Dying Light: The Beast succeeds in expanding on the foundations laid by its predecessors in ways that feel meaningful and player-minded.

PPE.pl - Krzysztof Grabarczyk - Polish - 8 / 10

Dying Light: The Beast is a solid return of the original hero in a new area of operation, with a new ability and old habits. It's still a game about running, collecting, and chopping up zombies, which makes you feel like this formula is slowly wearing thin. It's time to give the series a rest or rebuild it, but other than that, the rest of it is a good, engaging experience. I recommend it.

PSX Brasil - Marco Aurélio Couto - Portuguese - 85 / 100

The Beast brings effective tweaks that bring Dying Light back to the level that has earned it so many fans over the years. While the mission and activity structure doesn't offer any major innovations, the game is a strong indication that good things are in store for the future of the series.

XboxEra - Jesse Norris - 8.5 / 10

Top-tier movement and combat elevate a decent story into something worth your time.

 

[bbw_lover87]

Bought on xbox and it didnt download and cant see the game on my library imao

 

[R6Rider]

I MIGHT pick it up later when it's cheap.

But I also might just play through the first game again instead.

 

[Gitaroo]

no RT at all is surprising..... but hey if they game runs at 200fps I don't mind.

 

[rodrigolfp]

"During my 20-hour excursion to Castor Woods, I had a lot of fun with the game. The parkour system is the best and smoothest of its kind. The melee combat is wonderfully intense and brutal. The game's open world is full of activities, and the side missions in particular are exciting."

Game is nearly perfect

"6/10"

 

[mayham2199]

20 hours campaign? Nice this is exactly what I wanted. DL2 was good but way to long. Feels like a lot of the last few games I've played have been nice and short which is great.

 

[Stuart360]

Already 65k on Steam. I know that other thread was worrying about the sales of this. Seems to be off to a good start.

 

[Stafford]

"During my 20-hour excursion to Castor Woods, I had a lot of fun with the game. The parkour system is the best and smoothest of its kind. The melee combat is wonderfully intense and brutal. The game's open world is full of activities, and the side missions in particular are exciting."

Game is nearly perfect

"6/10"

What clown ass reviewer is this?

 

[ultrazilla]

"During my 20-hour excursion to Castor Woods, I had a lot of fun with the game. The parkour system is the best and smoothest of its kind. The melee combat is wonderfully intense and brutal. The game's open world is full of activities, and the side missions in particular are exciting."

Game is nearly perfect

"6/10"

Yeah this one hurt my head.

"Game is nearly perfect" and you'd expect to see 9/10 score.

But then proceeds to rate it the equivalent of a "D" or "near fail".

 

[Gonzito]

I have played almost an hour and this game is great and runs really well.

Very happy so far and reviews seem to good enough

 

[EN250]

"During my 20-hour excursion to Castor Woods, I had a lot of fun with the game. The parkour system is the best and smoothest of its kind. The melee combat is wonderfully intense and brutal. The game's open world is full of activities, and the side missions in particular are exciting."

Game is nearly perfect

"6/10"

It's the same with the first game, most people had a blast with it but it has like 70something on meta, I'll never understand this lmao

 

[Gonzito]

It's the same with the first game, most people had a blast with it but it has like 70something on meta, I'll never understand this lmao

The first one is one of the best zombie games ever made. It's a crime that it has low 70s in metacritic

 

[MidGenRefresh]

31 reviews on Steam, 96% positive. Off to a good start.

 

[ValiantInstance]

Alright I'll give it a try. Gameplay is what makes this series, no one gives a fuck about the story. As long as nights are scary the gameplay loop should be fun.

 

[balls of snow]

Gamesradar really loved it, higher rating than Silksong lol. Im diving in this weekend.

 

[Stafford]

Did any review mention co-op? I hate how some games give the co-op partner a half assed experience with the host only hearing what a quest giver is saying and the partner doesn't. FarCry 6 had this nonsense and I heard from DL2 players that the co-op wasn't ideal.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Techland has a loyal fanbase that love Dying Light.

 

[Sausy1987]

How come cd keys don't have it for sale ?

 

[Stuart360]

How come cd keys don't have it for sale ?

I noticed some of the prices on certain games went up since they changed to 'Loaded'. I hope they werent bought out secretly or something and they are not going to have the great deals they usually have,

 

[diffusionx]

Techland has a loyal fanbase that love Dying Light.

one of the upsides of supporting a game for almost a decade and giving it tons of content and expansions and upgrades.

 

[Stuart360]

Looks like its going to top out at 90k for today on Steam. Should hit 100k over the weekend.

 

[Ellis]

DL1 was awesome, DL2 was an absolute slog that I put down very quickly. I've replayes the first since and still enjoyed all the way through.

I'm hopeful this is back to form.

 

[joey Dubs]

I loved the first game. I don't care about trophies but I purposely got the platinum. The combat, parkour, and atmosphere were great.

I passed on the second game after hearing very mixed reviews.

I am impressed that they are still devoted to content for the franchise. I know they've also released DLC throughout the years.

 

[Mister Wolf]

one of the upsides of supporting a game for almost a decade and giving it tons of content and expansions and upgrades.

They are also very smart to self publish their games.