Choose Dying Light
Choose Dying Light if you want the Online Co-op, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 94.2% positive across 96,634 reviews.
Dying Light vs Dying Light: Bad Blood
Dying Light and Dying Light: Bad Blood both land in Action, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, RPG on Steam. Dying Light (2015) is 3 years older than Dying Light: Bad Blood (2018). Dying Light scores higher on Steam reviews (94.2% positive) than Dying Light: Bad Blood (59% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Dying Light: Bad Blood
Choose Dying Light: Bad Blood if you want an Early Access experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Dying Light: Bad Blood launched in 2018.
Both Dying Light and Dying Light: Bad Blood sit in Action and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Dying Light |  Dying Light: Bad Blood | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, RPG | Action, RPG, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 24.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 94.2% positive (96,634 reviews) | 59% positive (424 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Techland | Techland |
Side by side
- Both share Action, RPG on Steam.
- Dying Light (2015) is 3 years older than Dying Light: Bad Blood (2018).
- Dying Light scores higher on Steam reviews (94.2% positive) than Dying Light: Bad Blood (59% positive).
- Dying Light has co-op; Dying Light: Bad Blood does not.
- Steam Deck: Dying Light is Deck Verified, Dying Light: Bad Blood is Deck Unsupported.
Dying Light vs Dying Light: Bad Blood — FAQ
- Which is better, Dying Light or Dying Light: Bad Blood?
- On Steam reviews Dying Light scores higher (94.2% positive) than Dying Light: Bad Blood (59% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Dying Light is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Dying Light or Dying Light: Bad Blood first?
- If you want chronology, Dying Light (2015) came out before Dying Light: Bad Blood (2018). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Dying Light and Dying Light: Bad Blood similar?
- They overlap on Action, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.