Dying Light: The Beast seeing critical acclaim doesn’t really come as a surprise, especially in light of the accolades trailer that was released just a couple of weeks ago. Developer Techland has now revealed some interesting details about how the open-world action RPG has been played so far. Through an infographic on social media platform X, the studio has now confirmed that over 25 million hours have cumulatively been spent on the game by players.
“Every jump, every strike, every scream fuels Kyle’s quest for vengeance,” wrote Techland in its social media post. You’ve pushed the limits cutting down countless foes and parkouring vast distances, and as a community you left a mark on Castor Woods.”
Along with this, the studio has also revealed that players have taken out almost 2.3 billion zombies during their time with Dying Light: The Beast. Of this, over 763 million kills can from players in the US, while players in China contributed to over 412 million kills. Players have also spent over 189 cumulative hours surviving during night time. As Techland puts it, that amounts to 21,574 years having been “spent in the dark with volatiles breathing down your neck”.
As for more granular gameplay details, the parkour system of Dying Light: The Beast has contributed to players having run for over 152 million kilometres, while 19.6 million kilometres were travelled by car. When taking on zombies, players have thrown 23.6 million molotovs, and those using guns have landed 59.5 million headshots. Melee combat has also been quite popular, with 176.7 million dropkicks and 112.8 million finishers having been landed.
Dying Light: The Beast has seemingly been incredibly popular right off the bat. Shortly after its release, analysis firm Alinea Analytics had published a report indicating that the open-world game had sold more than a million copies through Steam alone. Total sales in its first week of release have reportedly added up to over 1.5 million, with around 500,000 sales coming in from the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions.
The analysis firm also noted some interesting statistics, including the fact that 82 percent of the PC players of Dying Light: The Beast had also played the first game in the franchise, while 77 percent had played Dying Light 2 Stay Human. It is worth noting that, shortly after its launch, Dying Light: The Beast hit an impressive peak player count on Steam, with 121,222 concurrent players on September 21.
Dying Light: The Beast was officially released on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on September 18. While it might be only exclusive to current-gen consoles for the time being, Techland has confirmed that the open-world title will also be making its way to PS4 and Xbox One later this year. For more details about the game, check out our review, where we gave it a score of nine out of ten thanks to its traversal systems, open world, interesting story and good balance between survival and horror aspects. Also check out our thoughts on how it offers a different take on horror from Silent Hill f.
