01/04/2026
Dying Light is a survival horror video game played from a first-person perspective.[1] The game is set in an open world environment called Harran; initially, an area named the Slums can be freely explored, later adding a second area, accessible via sewers, called Old Town.[2] Players traverse this urban environment, which is overrun by zombies. There is an emphasis on parkour mechanics, which allow players to perform actions such as climbing ledges, leaping from edges, sliding, jumping between roofs and zip-lining.[3] A grappling hook allows players to climb up buildings and quickly travel between places.[4] As players explore the game's world, they can scavenge supplies and loot, which can be used to craft new weapons or sold to vendors. The player character can utilise his "survivor sense" to identify all nearby loot and use lock picks to open locked chests and locked vehicles. Players can also complete various side missions by accepting tasks issued by the non-playable characters in the game's safe zones.[5] As players explore Harran, they can also pick up various collectibles such as notes and journals, and listen to voice mail recordings.[6]
Dying Light contains a dynamic day–night cycle. During the day, players can set traps, save random survivors, and make their way to airdrops. The infected are slow, apathetic, and easily visible and they can be easily avoided.[7] Players can use environmental traps, such as spikes, electrified fences, and gas tanks, to kill the infected.[8][9] At night, the infected transform to become much more dangerous. Without daylight, the senses of the infected become more acute and accurate. They can sprint after the player character, inflict more damage, and gain the ability to jump and climb buildings. For players to avoid contact, they need to use their "survivor sense" to locate and avoid the infected.[10] If the player character is spotted, they can use distractions and traps to reduce the number of infected. Players' main defence against the infected is ultraviolet light, which slows their movement.[11] At safehouses, players can adjust the time of day, skipping night altogether if the player does not feel ready.[5]
The game features a variety of enemies, including the slow, low-level Biters, Bombers which explode when the player character gets too close, Virals which can run quickly, and dangerous Volatiles which only appear at night.[12] The majority of the game's combat utilises melee weapons, with more than 100 weapons and over 1500 weapon possibilities through crafting and customisation.[13] The melee weapons have a limited lifespan and will become degraded and broken if players use them in combat for a long time. Players can repair a weapon a limited number of times or dismantle it for parts. Crafting weapons requires crafting ingredients, such as gauze and metal parts, and a blueprint, which can be scavenged or purchased from a shop.[5] In the second half of the game, players can use ranged fi****ms: two types of assault ri**es and a variety of small fi****ms and sh****ns. Fi****ms do not break or degrade, but am******on is generally scarce and the sound from them will attract enemies.[5] Weapons are categorised into different rarities, which are indicated by a weapon's colour.[12] Players can utilise other items such as firecrackers, which distract enemies, and explosives like molotov cocktails, to aid combat.[5] In addition, parkour mechanics are integrated with combat.[14]
The player character's combat efficiency is governed by his health, fitness and stamina. When players take damage, he will lose health, which can be replenished when Crane utilises a medkit or consumes food.[12] Fitness governs his free running endurance, while stamina focuses on how fast Crane becomes tired in combat.[15] A variety of actions in Dying Light can help players to earn experience points. Engaging in combat with enemies will help players to earn power points, while performing parkour movement can earn agility points. Completing missions, challenges, and quests will help players to earn survival points. As players earn experience, they can spend skill points to select new skills from a skill tree. Experience points are boosted when players explore at night, and while survival points are deducted if killed during the day, there is no such penalty at night.[5][9]
The game features a four-player cooperative multiplayer mode which allows players to explore Harran and complete the campaign together.[16] Players can complete cooperative challenges for experience, such as fighting to kill as many infected as possible and racing against each other to an airdrop.[17] A multiplayer feature included is a game mode known as "Be the Zombie" that allows the player to play as a particularly strong and fast infected mutant called the "Night Hunter" and invade other players' servers. The players who are playing as humans are tasked with destroying the infected nests and surviving attacks performed by the Night Hunter, while the Night Hunter's goal is to deplete the players' collective life pool and therefore prevent them from attacking the nests.[18]
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