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Games like Dying Light

Enjoyed Dying Light? Here are 6 games that play in a similar way – such as Dying Light: The Following, Dead Island 2, 7 Days to Die. Each shows the cheapest key price from the stores we compare.

About Dying Light: A first-person action game set in an open world overrun by a mysterious virus epidemic and hordes of the infected. You roam a devastated city, climbing over obstacles to reach rooftops and remote areas, scavenging for supplies and crafting weapons, fighting gory battles in which the environment and various weapon types can be used to your advantage. At sundown the hunter becomes the hunted, and up to four players can join forces to take on the story campaign together.

Updated 12 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · similar games are picked by AI from our catalogue based on game content (play style, setting, co-op) · descriptions based on official publisher information on Steam

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Dying Light: The Following

Dying Light: The Following is an expansion that continues Kyle Crane's story. It takes place in a vast region outside the city of Harran, reached through a secret passage beyond the walls. Players explore new locations, meet characters, complete quests and uncover secrets, while zombies are no longer the only threat and the trail leads to an ancient cult. Buggies can be modified into deadly weapons against zombie hordes, and by building reputation with the locals, players can choose their own path into the sect.

Dead Island 2

Set in Los Angeles, the game follows a deadly virus that spreads through the city and turns its inhabitants into zombies. The main character has been bitten and infected, yet is more than just immune, and must uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who, or what, they really are. The aim is to survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer. The genre is action adventure.

7 Days to Die

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that blends a first-person shooter, survival horror and a role-playing game. In a brutal post-apocalyptic setting overrun by the undead, the player fights, crafts and repairs weapons, clothes, tools and vehicles, builds forts with traps and electric power, mines and develops skills. It offers several biomes and worlds up to 100 square kilometres in size, the campaign world of Navezgane and randomly generated worlds with over 700 unique locations. Players can work together or compete against each other.

Dread Dawn

Dread Dawn is an open-world zombie survival game set in a city placed under quarantine because of an unknown virus. You take on the role of a student who failed to catch the evacuation convoy and, together with classmates and other survivors, has to defend the school, stay alive and wait for rescue. The metropolis comes with hospitals, subway stations, prisons and schools, and the story is told through many cutscenes, covering both the calm before the outbreak and the chaos as the city falls. Materials you gather can strengthen the camp’s defences, while spare areas allow you to grow food or keep chickens for eggs, and surplus crops can be traded with other survivors.

Redfall

Redfall, an island town in Massachusetts, has been cut off from the outside world and is besieged by a legion of vampires who have blocked out the sun. In this open-world first-person shooter, players explore the town in a story campaign that unravels the mystery of the vampires’ arrival while fighting beside a handful of survivors. It plays solo or in co-op for up to four players, and each hero brings distinct abilities and loadouts suited to anything from guns blazing to stealth. The heroes include Devinder Crousley, Layla Ellison, Remi de la Rosa with her robot Bribón, and Jacob Boyer.

Days Gone

Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure set in the harsh wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, two years after a devastating global pandemic. Players take the role of Deacon St. John, a former outlaw biker and bounty hunter riding the broken roads while searching for a reason to live. He scavenges abandoned settlements for materials to craft items and weapons, trading with other survivors or turning to violence. Against vicious gangs and hordes of Freakers he relies on traps, customizable weapons and upgradable skills, in a world changed by weather, a day/night cycle and Freakers that adapt to their surroundings.