Choose The Culling
Choose The Culling if you want an Indie and Free To Play game with Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 8,046 Steam reviews back the pick.
The Culling vs Dying Light: Bad Blood
The Culling and Dying Light: Bad Blood 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. The Culling (2017) is 1 year older than Dying Light: Bad Blood (2018). Dying Light: Bad Blood scores higher on Steam reviews (59% positive) than The Culling (57.7% 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 a RPG and Early Access game with Online PvP and PvP. Dying Light: Bad Blood launched in 2018.
Both The Culling and Dying Light: Bad Blood sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (57.7% vs 59% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Culling |  Dying Light: Bad Blood | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Free To Play | Action, RPG, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 57.7% positive (8,046 reviews) | 59% positive (424 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Xaviant | Techland |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- The Culling (2017) is 1 year older than Dying Light: Bad Blood (2018).
- Dying Light: Bad Blood scores higher on Steam reviews (59% positive) than The Culling (57.7% positive).
- The Culling has co-op; Dying Light: Bad Blood does not.
- Dying Light: Bad Blood is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; The Culling has no Deck rating yet.
The Culling vs Dying Light: Bad Blood — FAQ
- Which is better, The Culling or Dying Light: Bad Blood?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: The Culling sits at 57.7% positive (8,046 reviews), Dying Light: Bad Blood at 59% (424). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play The Culling or Dying Light: Bad Blood first?
- If you want chronology, The Culling (2017) 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 The Culling and Dying Light: Bad Blood 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.