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DayZ

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First release
Dec 13, 2018
Engine
Enfusion
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Indie, Adventure, Shooter, Tactical, Simulator · Drama, Sandbox, Open world, Warfare, Action, Horror, Thriller, Survival
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what. How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ, this is your story.

Also known as DayZ Standalone

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 13, 2018
Xbox One
Mar 27, 2019
PlayStation 4
May 29, 2019
All 7 release dates
Nintendo Switch 2
2026 · Date to be confirmed
PlayStation 5
Date to be confirmed
Xbox Series X|S
Date to be confirmed
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 16, 2013
Game modes
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale, Co-operative, Multiplayer
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
zombies, post-apocalyptic, permadeath, online, building
… All 16, survival horror, resource gathering, player vs player, gamescom 2013, gamescom 2014, mod origin, valve anti-cheat, gamescom 2012, undead invasion, text dialogue, persistent world

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerSteam · 20 Oct
  • Massively multiplayer (MMO)Steam · 20 Oct
  • Online co-opSteam · 20 Oct

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