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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

What works

  • Fun and satisfying zombie combat
  • Cooperative multiplayer with up to 4 players
  • Weapon crafting and upgrades
  • Open world exploration with collectibles
  • Improved graphics over original

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive missions and gameplay
  • Technical bugs and glitches
  • Clunky vehicle controls
  • Shallow story and character development
  • Low active multiplayer population

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dead Island Definitive Edition

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Dead Island 2

  • Far Cry® 6

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition

More intimate

Games that feels like Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition but with more focus on close relationships

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • CODE VEIN

  • Shadow Warrior 2

  • Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny

More competitive

Games that feels like Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition but with more competition against others

  • Dying Light

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Left 4 Dead

  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist

  • Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2

Less social

Games that feels like Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Shadow Warrior

  • Atomic Heart

  • Crysis 2 Remastered

  • Hellsplit: Arena

  • Like a Dragon: Ishin!

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Dead Island Definitive Edition

  • Dying Light

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition. These titles are not in What to play next.

Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026