DayZ (2018)

Developer: Bohemia Interactive
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer
Rating: 3.9 of 5, 465,224 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 157 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

a tense, slow-burn struggle for survival against infected and other players in a vast, desolate open world

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What players say

Players say DayZ is less a game and more a generator of emergent stories about trust, betrayal, and paranoia. Many describe sinking hundreds of hours despite feeling abandoned by the developers, citing slow updates and issues with cheaters and server scams. The community is split on whether the barebones official experience or modded servers offer the better game.

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