Recommended3 found it helpful
Best game ever tons of servers,playstyles and lots of fun
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DayZ
Players recommending it
78%Mostly Positive
of all 470,226 reviews on Steam85%▲ 7
recommend it, last 7 days350▲ 11%
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1Atmosphere
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Recommended906 hours playedEnglishLook, DayZ isn't just a game. It’s pure, distilled paranoia. It’s that heart in your throat feeling when you’ve been walking in silence for two hours and suddenly hear a single gunshot in the distance. I've been playing this masterpiece since 2019 on a PS4 then Xbox Series X then a PS5, and finally landed on PC, there’s simply nothing else like it. What makes it so special is that it gives you absolutely zero help. No mini maps, no hand holding, no second chances. You start on a beach with flimsy shirt, and an empty stomach, trying to figure out how not to starve before you even find a backpack. Every choice matters. Healing a wound, maintaining a jammed rifle, or trusting a stranger on a lonely road it all carries real weight because dying means losing hours of hard earned progress in a fraction of a second.
2Worth the money
3Hard to put down
4Cheaters
5Bugs and crashes
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New Steam reviews each day
The last 7 days against the 7 before. Point at a day for its counts.
Recommended, last 7 days299Not recommended, last 7 days51
Most helpful reviews, 24 to 30 September
Steam’s top-ranked review for and against it in these 7 days, in English. Votes as they stood when this map was made.
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Not recommended8 found it helpful
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.
Reviews by language
Each language’s share of its reviews, and how many in that language recommend it.
| Language | Reviews | Share | Recommend itthe tick is every language, 78%; the chip is the gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 211,706 | 45% | 74%−4 |
| Russian | 111,744 | 24% | 82%+4 |
| Portuguese - Brazil | 29,702 | 6% | 90%+12 |
| German | 26,069 | 6% | 76%−2 |
| Spanish | 15,967 | 3% | 85%+7 |
| Simplified Chinese | 15,119 | 3% | 64%−14 |
| French | 14,983 | 3% | 79%+1 |
| Polish | 7,120 | 2% | 82%+4 |
| Other languages | 37,816 | 8% |
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