Choose Dying Light: Bad Blood
Choose Dying Light: Bad Blood if you want a RPG and Early Access experience. Dying Light: Bad Blood launched in 2018.
Dying Light: Bad Blood vs Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape
Dying Light: Bad Blood 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: Bad Blood (2018) is 1 year older than Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (2019). Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape scores higher on Steam reviews (60.5% 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 Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape
Choose Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape if you want an Indie and Massively Multiplayer experience. Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape launched in 2019.
Both Dying Light: Bad Blood 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. Steam reviews are nearly tied (59% vs 60.5% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Dying Light: Bad Blood |  Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, RPG, Early Access | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 59% positive (424 reviews) | 60.5% positive (983 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Techland | TALLBOYS, tinyBuild |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Dying Light: Bad Blood (2018) is 1 year older than Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape (2019).
- Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape scores higher on Steam reviews (60.5% positive) than Dying Light: Bad Blood (59% positive).
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Dying Light: Bad Blood vs Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape — FAQ
- Which is better, Dying Light: Bad Blood or Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Dying Light: Bad Blood sits at 59% positive (424 reviews), Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape at 60.5% (983). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Dying Light: Bad Blood or Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape first?
- If you want chronology, Dying Light: Bad Blood (2018) 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: Bad Blood 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.