Choose Dying Light
Choose Dying Light if you want a RPG game with Online Co-op, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, and Co-op. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 94.2% positive across 96,634 reviews.
Dying Light vs Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape
Dying Light and Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape both land in Action 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 are Action games on Steam. Dying Light (2015) is 4 years older than Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (2019). Dying Light scores higher on Steam reviews (94.2% positive) than Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (60.5% 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 Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape
Choose Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape if you want an Indie and Massively Multiplayer experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2019) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape launched in 2019.
Both Dying Light and Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape sit in Action 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 |  Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, RPG | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer |
| 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) | 60.5% positive (983 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Techland | TALLBOYS, tinyBuild |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Dying Light (2015) is 4 years older than Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (2019).
- Dying Light scores higher on Steam reviews (94.2% positive) than Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (60.5% positive).
- Dying Light has co-op; Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape does not.
- Steam Deck: Dying Light is Deck Verified, Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape is Deck Unsupported.
Dying Light vs Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape — FAQ
- Which is better, Dying Light or Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape?
- On Steam reviews Dying Light scores higher (94.2% positive) than Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (60.5% 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 Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape first?
- If you want chronology, Dying Light (2015) came out before Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (2019). 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 Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape similar?
- They overlap on Action 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.