ActionAdventureRPG
Dying Light
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 37% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 497,563
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 20h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- 37% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Flight of the Crane” (Jump from the Crane) and “My left or your left?” (Meet with Rais): from 95% to 71% of starters.
- 94% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 499,539 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 25.5h for positive, 5.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (93.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Flight of the Crane Jump from the Crane 95% −5
- My left or your left? Meet with Rais Most players quit here 71% −24
- Snake in the grass Escape the arena 51% −21
- Sightseeing Reach the Old Town 49% −2
- Making Faces Show the outside world that you're still alive 45% −4
- Tied loose end Deal with Tahir 43% −2
- Vertigo Activate the Amplifier 41% −2
- Now You Can Come In Find Camden 40% −1
- Bittersweet Complete the game 37% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (78)
story milestone ending side
- Is It Really Necessary? Kill your first Infected 100%
- Little Craftsman Craft your first item 98%
- Flight of the Crane Jump from the Crane 95%
- My left or your left? Meet with Rais 71%
- Prom Night Survive night pursuit of level two or higher 65%
- Open Sesame Perform 10 successful Lockpicks 63%
- Mouths Wide Open Kill a Volatile 59%
- Can't Touch This Kill 20 enemies in a row without taking damage. 58%
- Strong Reach Power Prof. Lvl 10 57%
- I've Got Your Back Complete 1 quest in a co-op game 56%
- Harran Shooting Club Kill 50 enemies with shooting weapons 55%
- Pheidippides Run (move or sprint) at least 42,195 m 55%
- Trade Company Sell items worth 10,000 dollars 52%
- Snake in the grass Escape the arena 51%
- Agile Reach Agility Prof. Lvl 10 51%
- Everybody Knows Kyle Reach Survivor Rank lvl 12 49%
- Sightseeing Reach the Old Town 49%
- Making Faces Show the outside world that you're still alive 45%
- Hush, Hush Now Quiet a Screamer 44%
- Tied loose end Deal with Tahir 43%
- Vertigo Activate the Amplifier 41%
- Now You Can Come In Find Camden 40%
- Bittersweet Complete the game 37%
- Disaster Recovery Get 15 Relief Packages 34%
- The Legend of Harran Reach Survivor Rank lvl 18 33%
- Mount Everest Climb at least 8848 meters on various objects. 31%
- Master Crafter Use Blueprints at least 100 times 31%
- Afraid to get wet? Dive into the Countryside. 26%
- Everybody Dance Now Simultaneously shock 5 monsters with electricity 25%
- We're All In This Together Save 15 survivors from zombies 25%
- A Game of Catch Kill 50 enemies with throwing weapons 23%
- BBQ Stick a burning zombie on spikes 23%
- Pearls in the Mud Open 5 GRE chests in Quarantine Zones 20%
- Now It's Safe Capture all Safe Zones 20%
- I felt your presence Witness the Following's meeting. 19%
- I was waiting for you for so long Become a Faceless. 17%
- High Flyer Kill 25 enemies using Ground Pound or Drop Attack 17%
- Bolter Hunting Catch 5 Bolters 16%
- Blinded by the Lights Blind 25 Volatiles with flares or a flashlight 15%
- Gabriel's Sword Add a fire elemental effect to a sword or a khopesh 14%
- Harran Athletics Take part in 10 coop competitions 14%
- A Long Way Down Jump to the water from the Infamy Bridge (Slums) at night 13%
- And you liked him, didn't you? Meet your old friend again. 13%
- What if you picked the other one? Make that call. 13%
- Robin Hood Theory Score 10 headshots on Rais's men with a bow 11%
- Judo Master Throw 50 enemies with Grapple 10%
- I don't approve of mindless fun Kill 500 zombies with your vehicle. 10%
- You realize it's only points, don't you? Reach Driver Rank 12. 9.7%
- Clavis was a key all along Put Clavis fragments into Arena 9.3%
- This is Harraaaaan! Kill 100 enemies by kicking them off the rooftops/cliffs. 8.9%
- Lucky 7 Win 7 coop competitions 8.6%
- The Whole Story Finish all side quests 7.2%
- It wasn't that hard, was it? Win Bilal's race. 6.7%
- I'm a Runner and a fighter Complete 15 Agility or Power Challenges 6.6%
- Homo Homini Lupus Est Save 15 survivors from Rais's men 6.0%
- Get the Bozak Complete Bozak's challenges 5.1%
- Electrified! Catch 25 enemies in the Electric Fence trap 4.7%
- Polyamory Complete 5 quests in a single co-op game with the same 3 partners 4.5%
- Beginnings are hard Die three times on the first floor, before first Clavis 4.3%
- Trespassing Complete all Quarantine Zones 3.3%
- Into the lava Kick enemy into lava 3.3%
- It's All In the Writing Find all text collectibles 3.2%
- Things That Go Ka-Boom Learn how to craft Exploding Arrows 3.2%
- Italian Plumber Kill an enemy with a wrench, using Vault followed by Drop Attack 3.0%
- Electric Whisper Learn how to craft Electric Arrows 3.0%
- Enlightened! Blind 25 enemies in the Light Trap 2.7%
- Sweaty palms? Kill a Demolisher with a car. 2.6%
- Formidophobic? Interesting… Destroy 50 scarecrows. 2.6%
- Together Till the End Be the last man standing 2.4%
- Blocked by Ba'al Reach level 10 Hellraid rank 2.4%
- The Boy Who Could Run Complete all Parkour Fever Challenges 2.0%
- Time to file a tax form Earn more than 3000 coins in one run 1.8%
- GD Parkour Instructor Complete all Parkour Fever Challenges at night 1.7%
- Throw me a bone Kill 50 skeletons with fall damage 1.4%
- Well-read Collect all 10 notes 1.4%
- Fast as hell Finish Hellraid under 30 min 1.4%
- Wake up! Finish Hellraid on Nightmare 1.3%
- Non omnis moriar Finish Hellraid with only one life left and 0 medkits 1.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.