ActionAdventure
Dead Island 2
The first 3 hours are a test
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 33% of players who started
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 30,297
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 20h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Hotel California” and “Personal Assistant Personally Assisted”: from 84% to 60% of starters.
- 85% 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 30,508 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 17.2h for positive, 10.7h 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 (85.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome To Hell-A Survive a plane crash, get bitten, and create your first Zombie-Free Zone. 100%
- Hotel California Fight through the Halperin Hotel to make contact with the authorities. 84% −16
- Personal Assistant Personally Assisted Track down Michael and rescue him from the Terror at Monarch Studios. Most players quit here 60% −24
- Git Gutte! Join forces with Sam B and get your hands on some firepower. 58% −3
- Friends Like These Encounter a mysterious... benefactor? Well, that's what she'd call herself, anyway. 52% −5
- Dr. Reed, I Presume? Survive the many perils of Venice Beach and meet Dr. Reed at the Serling Hotel. 47% −5
- A Patton Emerges Survive the Metro system and get to Hollywood Boulevard. 35% −12
- Our True Nature Give up your chance to be human again. 33% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome To Hell-A Survive a plane crash, get bitten, and create your first Zombie-Free Zone. 100%
- Hotel California Fight through the Halperin Hotel to make contact with the authorities. 84%
- Break A Leg Maim 100 limbs. 76%
- Hazardous Materials Slay 100 Zombies using Caustic, Fire, or Shock damage. 62%
- Personal Assistant Personally Assisted Track down Michael and rescue him from the Terror at Monarch Studios. 60%
- Coup de Grâce Slay 25 zombies using finishing moves. 60%
- Git Gutte! Join forces with Sam B and get your hands on some firepower. 58%
- Friends Like These Encounter a mysterious... benefactor? Well, that's what she'd call herself, anyway. 52%
- Apex Predator Knock down 10 Apex Variants. 49%
- Bookworm Collect 50 Journals. 47%
- Dr. Reed, I Presume? Survive the many perils of Venice Beach and meet Dr. Reed at the Serling Hotel. 47%
- Stacking the Deck Collect 30 Skill Cards. 47%
- This is My Weapon Fully upgrade a Superior weapon and customize it with a mod or perk in every slot. 45%
- I Got a Zombie Army and You Can't Harm Me Perform 25 perfect defensive moves. 41%
- But Doctor, I Am Butcho Slay a killer clown and get your blood sample back to Dr. Reed. 40%
- Can't Handle the Truth Learn the truth about what you are as dark secrets are revealed. 38%
- Like Riding a Bike Find Patton and convince him to fly you out of Hell-A. 36%
- A Patton Emerges Survive the Metro system and get to Hollywood Boulevard. 35%
- Ooh, Shiny! Find your first Legendary Weapon. 35%
- Zombologist Unlock every zombie type in the Zompedia. 35%
- Slayer Squad Complete any 5 quests in co-op. 34%
- Our True Nature Give up your chance to be human again. 33%
- Anger Management Slay 50 zombies with Fury Attacks. 33%
- Perks of the Job Complete 5 Blueprint Challenges. 32%
- Making Your Mark Complete 10 non-Story Quests. 30%
- I Am the Resurrection Revive other Slayers 5 times. 29%
- Down with the Sickness Reach the highest tier of Autophage infection by equipping Autophage Skills. 23%
- Humanity Distilled Equip your first Numen Skill Card. 23%
- Max Headroom Reach level 30. 22%
- Whatever It Takes Complete the Rites of Passage in Haus. 21%
- Go, Bobcats! Reunite all the VCLA Bobcats. 21%
- Rising Star Complete 20 non-Story Quests. 20%
- Jumbo Keyring Unlock 10 Zombie Lockboxes. 19%
- Pork Chopped Defeat Long Piglet. 18%
- Smorgasbord Complete the first tier of every Exploration Challenge. 16%
- Internet Famous Complete Amanda's Clickbait quests. You won't believe what happens next! 16%
- Not Even My Final Form Slay a Mutator before it transforms. 15%
- One of Us Received Konstantin's gift. 15%
- Three's a Crowd Survive your first Clotter encounter 15%
- Make it So Help Sarah and Sebastian light a beacon of hope. 14%
- On Safari Complete the first tier of every Zombie Challenge. 14%
- Variety is the Spice of Death Complete the first tier of every Weapon Challenge. 13%
- No Encores Help calm Grace by suppressing the Beat 12%
- Gore Horse Help an artist to complete their greatest (and grisliest) piece of art. 11%
- Drop The Beat Defeat The Dirge and silence the Beat 11%
- LA Influential Complete 40 non-Story Quests. 10%
- Sharpest Tool in the Box Complete 5 Lost & Found Weapon Quests. 9.6%
- Sole Survivor Complete all Lost & Found Missing Person Quests. 9.0%
- Survival Skills Complete the first tier of every Survivor Challenge. 6.8%
- Top That, Tisha! Get five headshots with the Crossbow in quick succession. 5.8%
- Donk! Throw a melee weapon and hit a zombie 35+ meters away. 5.1%
- The Direct Approach Ram into 5 zombies in a single charge 4.8%
- Festival Clean Up Simulator Clean up the large Caustic-X spillage in Utopia 3.5%
- Rip 'n' Tear Slay 5 zombies with a supercharged Ripper, and bisect 5 more with a Sawblade Launcher 3.5%
- Bucket List Complete the first tier of every Combat Challenge. 2.8%
- Wilhelm Send 15 zombies to their doom in the bottomless pits. 2.7%
- Lawn and Order Maim 10 zombies with gardening equipment in the Cul-De-Sac's tall grass. 2.6%
- Groundhog Slay Complete all Story Quests in NG+. No actual groundhogs were harmed in the completion of this. 2.2%
- Shoulda Stayed Dead Slay all 10 Revenants in NG+. 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.