DayZ

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Verdict

Verdict coming soon: the jury is still reading

Buy, Wait, and Skip land in the next pass. Nothing on this card can be bought.

Player sentiment

Player sentiment is from Steam (PC) reviews.

All time

77.9%

470,195 reviews

12 months

85.5%

28,058 reviews

90 days

85.3%

6,010 reviews

30 days

84.1%

1,597 reviews

Stable-0.5 pts versus the previous 90 days

Review history

Bars are review volume. The line is the positive percentage. Periods under 10 reviews are faded.

What players are saying

Positive

DayZ is the best game ever made and there will never be another like it! I’m excited for DayZ 2 but also worried that it will change so much it’ll never be the way it is now. Sure it’s buggy and has some hackers on vanilla servers but that’s all just part of the fun. I’ve met people from different parts of the world that I have been friends with for years and DayZ made that happen. You can do whatever you want and play however you like. The community servers make sure to have a place for any play style and some of the modded maps are another game in themselves. I hope this game never goes away, as it’s my little escape from the everyday hustle. Thanks BI !! Luv u Bye
19824h 30m played at review · 8 Sept 2026
Nothing is yours. It is only your turn with it.
640h 7m played at review · 2 Sept 2026
No other open world survival game comes close.
2584h 27m played at review · 18 Sept 2026
don't play this game if you value your mental health
2h 52m played at review · 7 Sept 2026

Negative

The game includes a lot of simulations. Run through the forest simulator. Run through the mountains simulator. Run past the lake simulator. Cross the river simulator. Find something to eat simulator. Survive the weather conditions simulator. Find your group simulator. And many more. But I didn't see any zombies.
15h 1m played at review · 13 Sept 2026
Instead of announcing dayz 2, the developer should focus on anti-cheat system, fixing the terrible zombie AI, or at least making a launcher that actually works properly.
268h 48m played at review · 29 Sept 2026
After playing DayZ for 6 years now, I love it and hate it. I would play DayZ a lot more if it wasn't a buggy piece of crap. Just today for example I've been trying to join a server for an hour now. Can't play on official because it's full of hackers and can't join a community server because of all the bugs. The official launcher is also a piece of crap, you have to use a third party one, otherwise it takes forever to refresh the community server list, I mean WTF! Well done Bohemia for ruining this game.
2948h 9m played at review · 3 Sept 2026
dayz... this game is so beautifu, amazing scenery... its sad that this is the only gorgeous part of the game. you spawn in as a freshie, make it off the coast!! hooray!! now a group of muggers strip you naked, tie you down and shoot you. BACK AT THE COAST. AGAIN.
90h 7m played at review · 4 Sept 2026