Dying Light 2: Stay Human
We need your feedback!Oct 2, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHi, can you spare a moment? 👋 We would love to hear your thoughts on the recently announced standalone game from the Dying Light franchise — Dying Light: The Beast. Simply click the link and leave your feedback: https://go.dyinglight.com/DLTB_Steam_Survey 👈 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008130/Dying_Light_The_Beast/Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Out NowSep 26, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSo anyway, I started blasting!” This weekend, keep pulling that pistol trigger without using any ammo! It’s as if every time you reload, the bullets magically replenish. Good thing there’s an influx of Virals currently in Villedor! Take aim or just fire at will, it’s up to you! And if you don't have a pistol, have no fear: the Harran Pistol is waiting for you in your stash! Grab it and it'll be yours forever! Please note: The Harran Pistol will only be in your stash if you didn't claim it previously. The Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Alteration will have the following effects: Unlimited Pistol ammo Viral spawning chance has increased Some Special Infected, like Suiciders, Banshees and even Chargers, might join the Virals trying to take you down Remember about wishlisting Dying Light: The Beast https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008130/Dying_Light_The_Beast/Dev Blog #12Sep 12, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey again! It’s Tymon, Dying Light Franchise Director at it once again... It has already been a few weeks since we announced Dying Light: The Beast at gamescom (the picture below was taken during our official reveal at Opening Night Live), but I’m still shaking with the excitement of everything that happened there. I’d like to use this episode of our Dying Light dev blog to share some behind the scenes memories. Grab a bite of that Harran halva - and let’s go! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35210443/df896a8e52d8851ed094e66107d99b4da64b486e.png So most of you probably know this already but there is a new Dying Light game in production - Dying Light: The Beast. What exactly is Dying Light: The Beast? Well it’s a chunky, stuffy standalone zombie adventure in the world of Dying Light offering 18+ hours of our best gameplay in its most evolved form. The game brings back one of our most beloved characters - the legendary Kyle Crane. In terms of scope and feature set expect a fully fledged narrative that will answer some of the most burning, canonical questions from both Dying Light and Dying Light 2 Stay Human, a new open world environment unlike any we did before - set in the forestry, gloomy, rural valley of Castor Woods full of secrets (and easter eggs) to discover. On top of that the game brings a set of new gameplay mechanics like a new skill tree of Kyle’s beast-like powers, driveable vehicle and Freaks battles all of which enhance our classic take on survival gameplay. You can also expect new features and improvements, like weather system improvements (and a general increase in fidelity and the tech behind it) and a smaller set of additional gameplay additions (weapons! enemies!). Quite a package, right? How Dying Light: The Beast came to life I think you deserve a little origin story - what led us to make Dying Light: The Beast. This game can be traced back to the second DLC for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, which we worked on for part of 2022 and the most of 2023. In the second half of that year we experienced some story leaks and had to decide whether we wanted to push further, ignoring the leaks, or react somehow. And ignoring could mean the narrative would be ruined for our most dedicated players. We spent some time discussing different scenarios, including one really leftfield idea of redesigning the game with Kyle Crane as a protagonist. Well, we love the guy as much as you so he always pops up in our creative discussions. It sounded interesting enough to explore, but we instantly realized this would work only if we got Roger Craig Smith on board, because you can’t really have Kyle Crane without him. We reached out to Roger, and he was quite surprised - “Hey, didn’t you do a nasty thing to me at the end of the Following?” - but the challenge of returning to a character he worked on before (and our high-school level of excitement) got to him. He said “yes”, we said “YES!” and… got back to work. The next week was spent trying to define what it means for th...Alteration: Hypermode Is Back!Sep 12, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSend your enemies flying all weekend long with the Hypermode Alteration. Hit, blow up and kick anything that stands in your way and watch these ragdolls go flying like a home run ball out of the park. Plus, we’re increasing the XP you earn through the night, so you have even more reason to head into the darkness. The Hypermode Alteration will have the following effects: Ramped-up ragdolling 2x multiplier for Night XP (instead of 1.5x) The Hypermode Alteration will run until 12PM CEST on September 16th. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35210443/a6aa40d23c601f25bc381434f47e710c273abf10.jpgDying Light 2 dev hints at mysterious, totally unannounced new gameSep 5, 2024 - PCGamesNIt seems like Techland, the talented team behind Dying Light 2 and upcoming spin-off The Beast, has a lot on its hands right now. As well as continuing its zombie and FPS game series, the Polish studio is also working on a new fantasy game, reportedly overseen by former developers from The Witcher series. Details on that game are scarce, but we at least knew it existed. Based on an enigmatic new listing, however, it seems Techland has yet something else up its metaphorical sleeve, a completely unannounced new project separate from both the Dying Light series and the fantasy game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best parkour games on PC 2024 New Dying Light 2 update transforms it into a roguelike, playable now Dying Light 2's price hits new historical low in big sale Just Announced - Dying Light: The BeastAug 20, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsDid you see what we just dropped at gamescom Opening Night Live? If you missed it, Dying Light: The Beast is coming and will see the return of legendary hero, Kyle Crane! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35210443/12dc21790d45b60d21b852832de27b114da36f97.png Keep an eye out and be sure to wishlist the game to keep up to date! Get ready to UNLEASH THE BEAST!Viral Rush: Fully Loaded (SMG Edition)Aug 14, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsYou’ll be screaming “say hello to my little friend” with this weekend’s Alteration. Viral Rush: Fully Loaded is back with a twist: this time it’s focusing on SMGs! So grab yours and fill anything that gets in your way full of lead! And if you don’t have an SMG, don’t worry. Head to your Stash to find the Blazing Fury waiting for you! The Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Alteration will have the following effects: Unlimited SMG ammo Viral spawning chance has increased Some Special Infected, like Suiciders, Banshees and even Chargers, might join the Virals trying to take you down The Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Alteration will run until 12PM on August 19.New Alteration: WrestlemaniacAug 1, 2024 - Community Announcements"Can you smeeeeellll what we’ve been cooking?” Who says you need to limit these moves to the squared circle?! This is a ‘falls count anywhere’ match: Go out into the streets and put your punches and kicks to the test as they have been made even more powerful! How powerful? Well, see for yourself! The Wrestlemaniac Alteration will have the following effects: MASSIVE increases to punch and kick damage Ram and Dropkick damage are also increased Stamina consumption for both weapons and punches are increased (but not for parkour skills!) Legend Level gain is increased Block attacks with your fists! The Wrestlemaniac Alteration will run until 12PM CEST on August 5.Tower Raid Open Beta extended for two more weeksJul 17, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsDue to popular demand we’re extending the Tower Raid Open Beta for two additional weeks until August 1 with all previous content unlocked. Grab your friends and storm the tower to unlock lots of loot! When you’ve played Tower Raid Open Beta, consider sharing your feedback with us and help us improve Tower Raid. What did you enjoy the most, what were you missing and what would you suggest to improve Tower Raid further? Let us know! Share feedback LAST CHANCE: The Walking Dead BundleJul 11, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsCalling all wannabe Ricks, Michonnes and Negans, this is your last chance to get your hands on the The Walking Dead Bundle! Grab Lucille, Michonne’s iconic katana and much more before they leave the Store for good! Also, this is your final opportunity to claim the The Walking Dead Memento, the Sheriff’s Hat and all 7 collectible comic covers! All of them will be available for Pilgrim Tokens until July 25. Now, let’s get back to the bundle! This bundle contains: Lucille + Blueprint — this bat is abso-...-lutely deadly, and ready to crack some Infected skulls. Michonne's Katana + Blueprint — tap into your sword-wielding ways, arm yourself with this katana and the deadly skills to complement it. Negan's Knife + Blueprint — to be used only when Lucille isn’t looking. The Walking Dead Paraglider — if the streets are ruled by the undead, it’s better to stay above them. Rick Grimes Outfit — every law-abiding individual should respect this uniform. Even the undead ones. Hotfix 1.17.2Jul 5, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsPilgrims! We are releasing Hotfix 1.17.2, which should address a number of issues on all platforms. Here are some of them: Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred in co-op, when one player throws an explosive and another fires the Spitfire Shotgun at the same time Fixed the issue with some POI icons for Downtown and the Floating Fortress Metro Stations disappearing from the map after sleeping in any bed Fixed the issue blocking the Player from purchasing the Scorpio from Jai Fixed the issue blocking the Player from claiming free items if the account never had any DL points Fixed the occasional issue where dropping from a co-op session might lead to game progression not being saved until the save is reloaded Fixed Jai's ending dialogue cutting off after completing a Tower Raid Fixed the VO translation of the floor number in Tower Raid for several languages Fixed several problematic bounties for Tower Raid Fixed the issue with the Tower Raid intro quest missing localization in the journal in multiple languages Fixed the incorrect description of The Black Scarab accessory (regarding its charging methods) Fixed the issue with the guns that the Player finds in Tower Raid dealing the same damage as the ones that they can buy from Jai Fixed the issue that caused the Black Scarab's status VFX to be different than the VFX for the Talon of Horus Fixed a glitch that allowed to loot Tower Raid chest endlessly Fixed the issue with the Tower Raid where sometimes the elevator doesn't stop its sound for the peer Fixed the issue with players sometimes not being able to join each other using Quick join option in Main Menu on Xbox platforms Fixed the issue with sometimes missing modifier on HUD in Tower Raid Fixed an issue with Tower Raid extinguishers dealing too much damage PK Hammerbasher now has the proper skin reflected when using 3d preview from the inventory Now you know what’s been changed, make sure you update to the latest version of the game!New Dying Light 2 update transforms it into a roguelike, playable nowJun 27, 2024 - PCGamesNI think Dying Light 2 is about to join the pantheon of videogame comeback stories, up there alongside Cyberpunk 2077, No Man's Sky, and Final Fantasy 14. When it launched back in 2022, the zombie FPS faced criticism owing to the fact it was a little too easy, a little too streamlined, and just less substantial than its beloved predecessor. Over the past two years, however, Techland has turned the parkour-driven survival RPG around. The gigantic new Dying Light 2 update represents the next chapter in an impressive redemption tale. It transforms the shooter into a brutal roguelike, and you can try it for yourself today. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dying Light 2's price hits new historical low in big sale Dying Light 2 is getting a terrifying nightmare difficulty mode Dying Light 2 gives away free items in new update, but grab them now Update 1.17 - Tower Raid Open BetaJun 27, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWe are unlocking the doors of the Tower as Tower Raid debuts with Update 1.17! Are you ready to venture into its abandoned floors to find long-forgotten riches? But that’s not all, you can also expect some changes to Jai and the in-game economy. So without further ado, let’s see what we’ve cooked up for you! Tower Raid Open Beta Tower Raid is a new type of activity, inspired by the VNC Tower mission in Dying Light 2 Stay Human. The goal is simple: reach the top and grab the special loot waiting for you there. Each time though, you’ll have to traverse different floor combinations with different obstacles and goals. To additionally spice things up, you’ll have different modifiers for each run. It will affect (positively or negatively) the Player, the enemies… or both! Tower Raid can be started via Jai’s Board, which can be unlocked through the side quest “Lost Armory” (available automatically once you reach the Central Loop). When the Tower Raid is started, you (and your friends if you’re playing in co-op, which we highly recommend) are spawned inside the lobby of the Tower. Your adventure will take you from the ground floor all the way to the roof (if you make it that far)! It’s up to you how you deal with various encounters and if you search each floor for loot. The ultimate goal is to find your way to the roof, and what’s there? We won’t spoil the fun, you’ll have to find out for yourselves. For completing the Tower Raid, you’ll be rewarded with Jai’s Reputation Points and Tokens, which can be used to buy new stuff from him (including the Tower Raid chest). Moreover, on top of the Tower, you’ll find an Airdrop that contains a large amount of loot and an Exotic Weapon. Additionally, when you complete the raid for the first time each week, you’ll get bonus Reputation Points and Tokens. Important: This feature is still in development. We are releasing it for the next three weeks (June 27 - July 18), so you can try it out and give us feedback on how to make it the best experience possible! Each week, we’ll be adding some new things for you to try: Phase 1: June 27 12 floors 20 modifiers 5 more levels at Jai’s to progress through and 5 new rewards to get Phase 2: July 4 3 new floors (15 in total now) 10 new modifiers (30 in total now) 4 new rewards (up to a total of 9) New "Elite Mode" difficulty - complete 4 (up from 3) floors against harder enemies and with tactical stamina on, but for better rewards Phase 3: July 11 (till July 18) 6 new modifiers (up to a total of 36) 3 new rewards (up to total of 12) 2x Jai RP reward for completing Tower Raids After July 18, Tower Raid will be removed as we dissect and analyze your feedback, so make sure to let us know what you think! https://www.webankieta.pl/ankieta/1271634/tower-raid-open-beta-feedback.html Economy Rebalance Alongside the Tower Raid Open Beta, we are rebalancing the economy a bit. From now on, you’ll be able to earn more scraps and trophies from almost all sources. We want to make crafting mor...Dying Light 2's price hits new historical low in big saleJun 26, 2024 - PCGamesNTalking about zombies and parkour makes me feel like that meme of Doctor Manhattan sat on Mars. It is 2006. I am eight years old. Zombies and parkour are the biggest pop culture phenomena on Earth. It is 2024. I am 25 years old. Zombies and parkour have been mushed together in Dying Light 2. The game is 60% off on Steam. It rocks. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Dying Light 2 update transforms it into a roguelike, playable now Dying Light 2 is getting a terrifying nightmare difficulty mode Dying Light 2 gives away free items in new update, but grab them now FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER - SAVE UP TO 60% OFF ON DYING LIGHT 2Jun 26, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWhere are you heading this summer: Harran or Villedor? Why not both with the Dying Light Franchise Sale! With up to 80% discounts, it’s a lot cheaper than a summer holiday! And for the first time ever, we’re offering 60% off Dying Light 2: Reloaded Edition, so there’s never been a better time to jump in! Whether you decide to become the Hero of Harran or go in search of your missing sister, there’s plenty to do when the weather lets you down. The Dying Light Franchise Sale runs until July 15th, so don’t wait around!Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Out NowJun 20, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSo anyway, I started blasting!” This weekend, keep pulling that pistol trigger without using any ammo! It’s as if every time you reload, the bullets magically replenish. Good thing there’s an influx of Virals currently in Villedor! Take aim or just fire at will, it’s up to you! And if you don't have a pistol, have no fear: the Harran Pistol is waiting for you in your stash! Grab it and it'll be yours forever! Please note: The Harran Pistol will only be in your stash if you didn't claim it previously. The Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Alteration will have the following effects: Unlimited Pistol ammo Viral spawning chance has increased Some Special Infected, like Suiciders, Banshees and even Chargers, might join the Virals trying to take you down Alteration: Hypermode Is Back!Jun 6, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSend your enemies flying all weekend long with the Hypermode Alteration. Hit, blow up and kick anything that stands in your way and watch these ragdolls go flying like a home run ball out of the park. Plus, we’re increasing the XP you earn through the night, so you have even more reason to head into the darkness. The Hypermode Alteration will have the following effects: Ramped-up ragdolling 2x multiplier for Night XP (instead of 1.5x) The Hypermode Alteration will run until 12PM CEST on June 10th.New Alteration: Enhanced Renegade DropsMay 24, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsMobs of Renegades have stormed The City and you need to put them back where they belong: the ground! Make sure you loot everything they’ve got on them as this weekend there’s a higher chance they’ll drop rarer weapons! The Enhanced Renegade Drops Alteration will have the following effects: More renegades on the streets Higher rarity items dropped An ultra rare chance the item dropped will be Exotic The Enhanced Renegade Drops Alteration will run until 12PM on May 27.Dev Blog #11May 14, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHi, it’s Tymon here, I’m going to be sentimental again today. This time, I’ll cast my mind back a little further, to over 10 years ago, when I was still young and beautiful. As you know we recently reintroduced Dying Light Standard Edition, which is still available for a couple more days at an uber-attractive price on Steam and Xbox Store. In preparation for this, I started playing the game again, and it brought back many wonderful memories. What a great blast from the past! I would like to let you in on the fun we had working on the first Dying Light by inviting you to take a peek behind the scenes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35210443/eea666340bdc9df5d14ab6d4667f7e4d1ae06e78.png In my recent solo playthrough, I explored our take on open world parkour and it reminded me of how fresh it felt in the wide field of FPP genre. The mastermind behind Dying Light’s approach to traversal is my friend, Bartosz “Glova” Kulon. Bartosz, together with the gameplay and animation teams, pulled off one hell of a task, making sure the movement is smooth – it sure took a long, long time until everybody was happy with it. When I joined Techland over a decade ago, parkour was already in place. Adrian “Pyza” Ciszewski, who was our Creative Director back then, and Glova himself – already a Senior Gameplay Programmer – had a chuckle on my behalf when I tried to use A on a pad to jump in Dying Light (like in every other action game I played before). It took me ten minutes, or maybe even more, to realize that in this game, jump is actually bound to the right bumper – for a reason, as I later found out, because it allows you to jump and still keep your right thumb on the stick, to control the camera as well as the direction of the jump itself. This didn't stop the guys mercilessly roasting me from the sidelines. But it was already then that I realized Dying Light would become something new and unique to the players, and the smooth traversal was what convinced me. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35210443/517028eede633dd5216add19e4c29e875d2d2640.png As far as I know, the beginnings of parkour were totally different. Level Designers used to place special “hooks” in the world, which were the spots a player could hold on to when moving around Harran. And it worked all right, but the team kept adding more and more of them (at one point there were several thousand on the map) to increase the freedom of movement. It was Bartosz Kulon who finally stopped the hook invasion and came up with an alternative plan. The new idea for parkour programming was based on the game itself analyzing the geometry in front of the player and letting it decide whether a given ledge is reachable. It was a game changer, for sure. Playing Dying Light today, I’m still amazed how good the game looks almost 10 years after it was released! I remember the day I first experienced the quality of these graphics. Maciej “Keoz” Jamrozik, our Technical Art Director, just introduced a new lighting model to the game – and he had been wor...New Alteration: Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Out NowMay 10, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSo anyway, I started blasting!” This weekend, keep pulling that pistol trigger without using any ammo! It’s as if every time you reload, the bullets magically replenish. Good thing there’s an influx of Virals currently in Villedor! Take aim or just fire at will, it’s up to you! And if you don't have a pistol, have no fear: the Harran Pistol is waiting for you in your stash! Grab it and it'll be yours forever! Please note: The Harran Pistol will only be in your stash if you didn't claim it during our Anniversary celebrations. The Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Alteration will have the following effects: Unlimited Pistol ammo Viral spawning chance has increased Some Special Infected, like Suiciders, Banshees and even Chargers, might join the Virals trying to take you down The Viral Rush: Fully Loaded Alteration will run until 12PM on May 13.Dying Light 2 Now Has Less Players Than Dying Light 1 Just a Year After the Sequel's Launch on SteamMar 24, 2023 - GitHypAfter numerous delays that left many wondering if Techland's sequel would ever see the light of day, last year's launch of Dying Light 2 seemed like it was worth the wait with positive reviews and six times as many players as the original game's all-time peak of 46k players on Steam.
Unfortunately, after a strong start, interest in the zombie-slaying sequel quickly started to decline just one month after launch as players beat the game's campaign and found that there was little left to do with (or without) other players in the game's beautiful new open world.
Now, one year after its peak of 275k players at launch, Dying Light 2 has seen its player base decay away to barely 5k concurrent players online during peak hours – a disastrous 98% drop that even a 50% discount hasn't been able to help much during this month's Steam Spring Sale.
With Dying Light 2 falling out of Steam's Top 100 Most Played Games, surprisingly, the original Dying Light is still going strong eight years after its launch and almost one year after Techland officially ended support so they could focus on the sequel and other new projects.
But while Techland might be done with the original Dying Light, fans aren't. Peaking with 22k players just a few weeks ago, the beloved classic has been topping the sequel every week -- sometimes with almost twice as many players online.
This puts developer/publisher, Techland, in a very tricky situation -- one that we're starting to see become a more common problem with big sequels in the gaming industry and one no developer wants to find themselves in -- especially not Techland, after their previous two games: the failed battle royale, “Dying Light: Bad Blood” and the very poorly received $9.99 fantasy RPG spin-off, “Dying Light: Hellraid.”
Clearly, Dying Light 2 is the superior game compared to the original in terms of visual upgrades and more modern gameplay elements… but, as a result of trying to make everything bigger, better, and more realistic than the first game, the devs seem to have cut too many features from Dying Light 2's launch and are now still struggling to create meaningful new content.
The good news for Techland, is that other co-op zombie shooter/brawlers (like Back 4 Blood and Warhammer 40k: Darktide) have done even worse over the past year. And with Dead Island 2 facing similar production issues over the past decade and no longer featuring an open-world when it launches next month as an Epic Games exclusive, the original Dying Light is likely to stick around Steam's Top 100 for a few more years. Even if the sequel doesn't.Dying Light 2's Launch Already Has 4x More Players Than the Original Game's All-Time Peak on SteamFeb 4, 2022 - GitHypOriginally set for release in 2020, there were times when Techland's ambitious zombie-slaying sequel seemed like it could be on life support with numerous delays and rumors of inner turmoil at the studio.
Now, four years after Dying Light 2's big reveal at E3 2018, Techland has finally released their highly-anticipated new open world RPG that's already breaking records for the developer and proving to have been worth the wait.
With the first Dying Light's peak of 46k concurrent players back in 2015, today's release of Dying Light 2 has already become a massive success, debuting at #3 with a peak of 164k players during its first few hours on Steam.
Comparing Dying Light 2: Stay Human's numbers to Techland's previous games on Steam makes the sequel's launch look even more impressive.
Dying Light 2 had 4x more players than the original and 10x more players than their first open world survival horror game, Dead Island -- which peaked with just 16k players years after its 2011 launch when the game was discounted by 80% on Steam.
But nothing looks better than stacking Dying Light 2 up against the dev's failed attempt to jump in on the Battle Royale craze with Dying Light: Bad Blood and its shockingly low peak of only 455 players back in 2018.
Considering how much post-launch content the first game received and that Dying Light 2 currently has Mostly Positive player reviews on Steam, the sequel is likely to see even more growth over the weekend and will without question stay at the top of Steam's list of most played games for many years like the original.
With Dying Light 2 falling out of Steam's Top 100 Most Played Games, surprisingly, the original Dying Light is still going strong eight years after its launch and almost one year after Techland officially ended support so they could focus on the sequel and other new projects.
But while Techland might be done with the original Dying Light, fans aren't. Peaking with 22k players just a few weeks ago, the beloved classic has been topping the sequel every week -- sometimes with almost twice as many players online.
This puts developer/publisher, Techland, in a very tricky situation -- one that we're starting to see become a more common problem with big sequels in the gaming industry and one no developer wants to find themselves in -- especially not Techland, after their previous two games: the failed battle royale, “Dying Light: Bad Blood” and the very poorly received $9.99 fantasy RPG spin-off, “Dying Light: Hellraid.”
Clearly, Dying Light 2 is the superior game compared to the original in terms of visual upgrades and more modern gameplay elements… but, as a result of trying to make everything bigger, better, and more realistic than the first game, the devs seem to have cut too many features from Dying Light 2's launch and are now still struggling to create meaningful new content.
The good news for Techland, is that other co-op zombie shooter/brawlers (like Back 4 Blood and Warhammer 40k: Darktide) have done even worse over the past year. And with Dead Island 2 facing similar production issues over the past decade and no longer featuring an open-world when it launches next month as an Epic Games exclusive, the original Dying Light is likely to stick around Steam's Top 100 for a few more years. Even if the sequel doesn't.Dying Light 2's Launch Already Has 4x More Players Than the Original Game's All-Time Peak on SteamFeb 4, 2022 - GitHypOriginally set for release in 2020, there were times when Techland's ambitious zombie-slaying sequel seemed like it could be on life support with numerous delays and rumors of inner turmoil at the studio.
Now, four years after Dying Light 2's big reveal at E3 2018, Techland has finally released their highly-anticipated new open world RPG that's already breaking records for the developer and proving to have been worth the wait.
With the first Dying Light's peak of 46k concurrent players back in 2015, today's release of Dying Light 2 has already become a massive success, debuting at #3 with a peak of 164k players during its first few hours on Steam.
Comparing Dying Light 2: Stay Human's numbers to Techland's previous games on Steam makes the sequel's launch look even more impressive.
Dying Light 2 had 4x more players than the original and 10x more players than their first open world survival horror game, Dead Island -- which peaked with just 16k players years after its 2011 launch when the game was discounted by 80% on Steam.
But nothing looks better than stacking Dying Light 2 up against the dev's failed attempt to jump in on the Battle Royale craze with Dying Light: Bad Blood and its shockingly low peak of only 455 players back in 2018.
Considering how much post-launch content the first game received and that Dying Light 2 currently has Mostly Positive player reviews on Steam, the sequel is likely to see even more growth over the weekend and will without question stay at the top of Steam's list of most played games for many years like the original.
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