Games like Dying Light
Closest overall match: Dying Light 2 Stay Human (★ 3.6). Highest rated: Dishonored at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for Dying Light — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Horror, Zombies and Survival.
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66%
1. Dying Light 2 Stay Human
Shares night, city, Parkour, Zombies and Horror; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 23h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
57%
2. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
About 15h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
57%
3. How to Survive
Shares Zombies and Survival; rated 1.1 lower; about 19h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
56%
4. Vampyr
Shares Horror; rated 0.6 lower; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
56%
5. Call of Cthulhu
Shares Horror; rated 0.6 lower; about 17h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
6. How to Survive 2
Shares Zombies and Survival; rated 1.0 lower; about 17h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
7. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
About 14h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
8. Remnant: From the Ashes
Rated 0.5 lower; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
9. Monster Hunter: World
About 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
10. Darksiders III
Rated 0.7 lower; about 17h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
11. Murdered: Soul Suspect
Shares Horror; rated 0.6 lower; about 17h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
12. Ashen
Rated 0.6 lower; about 19h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
55%
13. Kingdom Come: Deliverance
About 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
14. Darksiders Genesis
Rated 0.5 lower; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
15. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Rated 0.7 lower; about 21h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
16. Portal Knights
Shares Survival; rated 1.1 lower; about 18h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
17. Dragon Quest Builders 2
About 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
18. Dishonored
About 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
19. Immortals: Fenyx Rising
Rated 0.4 lower; about 19h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
20. Resident Evil Revelations 2
Shares Zombies, Survival and Horror; rated 0.4 lower; about 18h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
54%
21. The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Shares Zombies, Survival and Horror; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
54%
22. The Council
Shares Horror; rated 0.5 lower; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
53%
23. Resident Evil Revelations
Shares Zombies, Survival and Horror; rated 0.3 lower; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
53%
24. Risen 3: Titan Lords
Rated 0.7 lower; about 18h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
53%
25. Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Rated 0.7 lower; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Dying Light?
On our similarity model, Dying Light 2 Stay Human is the closest match to Dying Light — shares night, city, Parkour, Zombies and Horror; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
Which game like Dying Light is rated highest?
Dishonored holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,755 players.
Are there games like Dying Light on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 19 games like Dying Light on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Dying Light on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.