Dying Light: The Beast Review
Published 9/18/2025
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Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE - 9/18/2025
Dying Light: The Beast
Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land is a new enhanced version of the game that includes the base game, all previously released updates and the premiere Restored Land content in one package. This includes Legend Levels, New Game+, Ray Tracing, Nightmare Mode, dozens of new brutal finishers, hundreds of parkour and gameplay improvements, and numerous visual and audio enhancements - delivering new ways to experience the apocalypse.
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- Techland
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- Techland
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Critic avg
79
19 scored reviews
Total coverage
19
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Score range
60–90
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Mixed response
Score range is 21–30 points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 79 across 19 scored reviews, with a 30-point spread. That suggests a mixed critic response rather than a single clear read.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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19 included scored reviews
90–1004 reviews · 21%
80–898 reviews · 42%
70–796 reviews · 32%
Below 701 review · 5%
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Josh Cotts
Game RantDying Light: The Beast Review
Published 9/18/2025
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80
+1 vs critic avg
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Read originalChristopher Livingston
PC GamerDying Light: The Beast review
Published 9/18/2025
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70
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Read originalJasmine Gould-Wilson
GamesRadar+Dying Light: The Beast review: "A playful sandbox of horror and mayhem with a surprising amount of depth" | GamesRadar+Total FilmTotal Film
Published 9/18/2025
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90
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Read originalJohn Schutt
ShacknewsDying Light: The Beast review - The real real monsters are exactly who you'd expect
Published 9/18/2025
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70
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Read originalGeorge Foster
TheGamerDying Light: The Beast Review - Back To Beastics
Published 9/18/2025
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80
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Read originalJames Stephanie Sterling
The JimquisitionDying Light: The Beast - Beast Of The Bunch (Review) Writer: James Stephanie Sterling
Published 9/18/2025
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75
-4 vs critic avg
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Read originalMark Delaney
GameSpotDying Light: The Beast Review - Despite All My Rage
Published 9/18/2025
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80
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Read originalUsama Mehmood
DualShockersDying Light: The Beast Review
Published 9/18/2025
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90
+11 vs critic avg
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