Games like Dying Light
If you like Dying Light (zombies, parkour and open world), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Days Gone
- In common: action and long sessions
- Difference: less co-op
When you have plenty of free evenings: the story alone runs around 35-40 hours and every horde is a sprint for survival.
Resident Evil 2
- In common: action and a challenge
- Difference: less co-op
When you have energy and fancy being scared in a campaign you can finish in about 8-10 hours.
Killing Floor
- In common: action and co-op
- Difference: less exploring
When you have friends online and an hour: a match is an escalation of waves up to the final boss.
Left 4 Dead 2
- In common: action and co-op
- Difference: less progression
When you have friends online and an hour: a short campaign is pure co-op action.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
- In common: action and progression
- Difference: less co-op
When you're out for revenge: hunting down the orc captains who have beaten you and crashing their duels and feasts.
Resident Evil 4
- In common: action and long sessions
- Difference: less co-op
When you have energy and want an intense, varied campaign, more action than pure horror.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
- In common: action and long sessions
- Difference: less co-op
When you have hours to spare and fancy roaming spectacular landscapes with satisfying combat.
Amnesia: The Bunker
- In common: exploring and a challenge
- Difference: less co-op
When you want to be properly scared in a short adventure: a first playthrough takes around five or six hours.
Alien: Isolation
- In common: exploring and a challenge
- Difference: less co-op
When you want to be properly scared and have the energy for sustained tension.
Grounded
- In common: co-op and long sessions
- Difference: more building
When you want survival with friends, with an adventurous tone and 90s-film humour.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Dying Light
A quarantined city full of zombies that you cross by leaping over rooftops with parkour. By day you scavenge for supplies and craft weapons; by night far more dangerous creatures come out and it's time to run. Four-player co-op.
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