DayZ
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How do players who really played DayZ rate it? TrueGG Rating 87.6%

Release date: Dec 13, 2018 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it higher than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks. Recent reviews are recovering.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start
  • Players looking for hundreds of hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)
  • Players who need stable servers (reports of connection issues)
  • Players buying on the promise of future updates (complaints about the developers)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
87.6%
▲ +9.7 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 50+ hours (last 180 days) · 9,803 reviews

TrueGG, all time
82.6%
Steam overall
77.9%
Japanese, all time
70.7%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 4.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 41.2%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (50h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 50 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h42%1841–2 h51%1902–5 h75%7965–10 h80%1,00010–20 h84%1,42720–50 h87%2,18050–100 h88%1,876100–200 h88%1,901200+ h88%6,026Positive share by playtime0–1 h18442%1–2 h19051%2–5 h79675%5–10 h1,00080%10–20 h1,42784%20–50 h2,18087%50–100 h1,87688%100–200 h1,90188%200+ h6,02688%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h41.8%—184
1–2 h51.1%50.0%190
2–5 h75.1%—796
5–10 h79.7%—1,000
10–20 h84.1%100.0%1,427
20–50 h86.9%—2,180
50–100 h87.6%100.0%1,876
100–200 h87.6%100.0%1,901
200+ h87.7%100.0%6,026

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 50+ hours. 72% had 20+ hours and 42% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

DayZ has a TrueGG Rating of 87.6%: the positive share among 9,803 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 50+ hours. That is 9.7 points above Steam's overall 77.9%, so players who really play the current version rate it higher than the headline number suggests (all time: 82.6%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 4% of the total, and only 41% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

In the last 180 days, reviews at 2–5h are 75% positive versus 88% at 200h+: the more people play, the more they like it.

Negative reviews most often mention servers (more than at launch), updates and the developers, and cheaters (more than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 70.7%, 17.0 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (75.8% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on live operations and online play (Servers & connection, Updates & developers, Cheaters). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Servers & connection17% of negative reviews (11% of positive) · most common among under 2h players · more than at launch
  • Updates & developers16% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch
  • Cheaters14% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch · 5 positive reviews say it improved
  • Crashes & bugs10% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch · 6 positive reviews say it improved

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel23% of positive reviews (12% of negative)
＋ 体験＋ best＋ クラフト＋ 日本語＋ 普通＋ 可能＋ 出会＋ リアル− cheaters− cheating− issues− boring− join− until− literally− launcher

Counted from 546 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating77.9%All time, all languages · 471,729 reviews
Adjusted rating75.8%Weighted by trust (95% range 75.1%–76.6%), −2.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews63.8%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−14.1pt vs overall) · 680 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%9%
Very short text48%26%
Key activated outside Steam28%22%
Received for free2%2%
Owns very few games30%20%
Over 100 reviews written0%1%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.690.77

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 176.6 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 5,000 10k 15k 2013-12: +7,911 / −1,123 2014-01: +10,809 / −1,522 2014-02: +6,114 / −1,089 2014-03: +4,184 / −843 2014-04: +3,817 / −799 2014-05: +3,639 / −839 2014-06: +5,277 / −1,226 2014-07: +3,764 / −1,002 2014-08: +3,289 / −1,181 2014-09: +2,139 / −861 2014-10: +1,681 / −786 2014-11: +2,275 / −1,319 2014-12: +3,023 / −1,505 2015-01: +2,869 / −1,602 2015-02: +1,899 / −1,012 2015-03: +1,716 / −947 2015-04: +1,399 / −1,166 2015-05: +1,145 / −1,215 2015-06: +1,456 / −1,727 2015-07: +1,213 / −1,165 2015-08: +1,255 / −1,217 2015-09: +756 / −915 2015-10: +731 / −1,016 2015-11: +773 / −1,205 2015-12: +1,222 / −1,735 2016-01: +1,120 / −1,289 2016-02: +935 / −1,005 2016-03: +842 / −903 2016-04: +618 / −756 2016-05: +823 / −883 2016-06: +1,222 / −1,223 2016-07: +905 / −740 2016-08: +564 / −616 2016-09: +429 / −609 2016-10: +473 / −582 2016-11: +2,004 / −1,101 2016-12: +721 / −903 2017-01: +835 / −1,046 2017-02: +722 / −939 2017-03: +583 / −790 2017-04: +484 / −951 2017-05: +484 / −999 2017-06: +690 / −992 2017-07: +614 / −1,229 2017-08: +450 / −819 2017-09: +351 / −719 2017-10: +382 / −630 2017-11: +1,103 / −796 2017-12: +486 / −868 2018-01: +419 / −663 2018-02: +286 / −520 2018-03: +332 / −491 2018-04: +307 / −421 2018-05: +309 / −387 2018-06: +414 / −478 2018-07: +255 / −369 2018-08: +196 / −358 2018-09: +239 / −374 2018-10: +176 / −234 2018-11: +2,116 / −709 2018-12: +1,450 / −2,004 2019-01: +537 / −502 2019-02: +292 / −241 2019-03: +249 / −167 2019-04: +267 / −197 2019-05: +497 / −295 2019-06: +1,476 / −417 2019-07: +1,988 / −407 2019-08: +345 / −156 2019-09: +306 / −182 2019-10: +688 / −196 2019-11: +5,579 / −507 2019-12: +3,748 / −891 2020-01: +2,535 / −837 2020-02: +2,408 / −1,145 2020-03: +1,667 / −487 2020-04: +2,128 / −544 2020-05: +1,813 / −534 2020-06: +1,743 / −299 2020-07: +1,799 / −360 2020-08: +1,228 / −269 2020-09: +2,246 / −499 2020-10: +1,672 / −298 2020-11: +3,251 / −440 2020-12: +3,163 / −526 2021-01: +3,286 / −564 2021-02: +2,395 / −400 2021-03: +1,912 / −315 2021-04: +2,011 / −310 2021-05: +2,004 / −386 2021-06: +1,992 / −360 2021-07: +2,335 / −449 2021-08: +2,176 / −421 2021-09: +2,023 / −355 2021-10: +2,276 / −378 2021-11: +3,885 / −397 2021-12: +3,266 / −460 2022-01: +3,764 / −592 2022-02: +2,526 / −356 2022-03: +2,101 / −294 2022-04: +3,177 / −487 2022-05: +2,283 / −323 2022-06: +2,684 / −437 2022-07: +2,769 / −410 2022-08: +2,526 / −361 2022-09: +2,508 / −347 2022-10: +2,757 / −407 2022-11: +4,261 / −414 2022-12: +2,768 / −422 2023-01: +3,809 / −593 2023-02: +2,544 / −377 2023-03: +2,662 / −389 2023-04: +2,313 / −286 2023-05: +2,270 / −308 2023-06: +2,678 / −386 2023-07: +2,967 / −439 2023-08: +2,308 / −339 2023-09: +1,993 / −300 2023-10: +2,140 / −306 2023-11: +5,848 / −554 2023-12: +3,446 / −567 2024-01: +3,507 / −488 2024-02: +2,798 / −385 2024-03: +3,036 / −354 2024-04: +2,293 / −364 2024-05: +2,698 / −471 2024-06: +2,190 / −351 2024-07: +2,718 / −339 2024-08: +2,219 / −289 2024-09: +2,252 / −285 2024-10: +2,770 / −605 2024-11: +2,920 / −850 2024-12: +3,287 / −683 2025-01: +2,816 / −449 2025-02: +2,956 / −537 2025-03: +2,805 / −523 2025-04: +2,280 / −354 2025-05: +2,180 / −342 2025-06: +2,376 / −369 2025-07: +2,506 / −442 2025-08: +2,000 / −308 2025-09: +2,315 / −446 2025-10: +2,242 / −352 2025-11: +1,959 / −262 2025-12: +2,203 / −343 2026-01: +2,547 / −439 2026-02: +2,220 / −379 2026-03: +1,988 / −335 2026-04: +2,237 / −368 2026-05: +1,574 / −298 2026-06: +1,906 / −396 2026-07: +2,147 / −340 2026-08: +1,577 / −285 2026-09: +1,393 / −258 2026-10: +1,191 / −216 2014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 76.9% 2024-05: update2024-07: update2024-08: update2024-09: update2024-10: update2025-02: update2025-06: update2026-04: update2026-07: update2026-10: update 2013-12: 87.6%2014-01: 87.7%2014-02: 84.9%2014-03: 83.2%2014-04: 82.7%2014-05: 81.3%2014-06: 81.1%2014-07: 79.0%2014-08: 73.6%2014-09: 71.3%2014-10: 68.1%2014-11: 63.3%2014-12: 66.8%2015-01: 64.2%2015-02: 65.2%2015-03: 64.4%2015-04: 54.5%2015-05: 48.5%2015-06: 45.7%2015-07: 51.0%2015-08: 50.8%2015-09: 45.2%2015-10: 41.8%2015-11: 39.1%2015-12: 41.3%2016-01: 46.5%2016-02: 48.2%2016-03: 48.3%2016-04: 45.0%2016-05: 48.2%2016-06: 50.0%2016-07: 55.0%2016-08: 47.8%2016-09: 41.3%2016-10: 44.8%2016-11: 64.5%2016-12: 44.4%2017-01: 44.4%2017-02: 43.5%2017-03: 42.5%2017-04: 33.7%2017-05: 32.6%2017-06: 41.0%2017-07: 33.3%2017-08: 35.5%2017-09: 32.8%2017-10: 37.7%2017-11: 58.1%2017-12: 35.9%2018-01: 38.7%2018-02: 35.5%2018-03: 40.3%2018-04: 42.2%2018-05: 44.4%2018-06: 46.4%2018-07: 40.9%2018-08: 35.4%2018-09: 39.0%2018-10: 42.9%2018-11: 74.9%2018-12: 42.0%2019-01: 51.7%2019-02: 54.8%2019-03: 59.9%2019-04: 57.5%2019-05: 62.8%2019-06: 78.0%2019-07: 83.0%2019-08: 68.9%2019-09: 62.7%2019-10: 77.8%2019-11: 91.7%2019-12: 80.8%2020-01: 75.2%2020-02: 67.8%2020-03: 77.4%2020-04: 79.6%2020-05: 77.2%2020-06: 85.4%2020-07: 83.3%2020-08: 82.0%2020-09: 81.8%2020-10: 84.9%2020-11: 88.1%2020-12: 85.7%2021-01: 85.4%2021-02: 85.7%2021-03: 85.9%2021-04: 86.6%2021-05: 83.8%2021-06: 84.7%2021-07: 83.9%2021-08: 83.8%2021-09: 85.1%2021-10: 85.8%2021-11: 90.7%2021-12: 87.7%2022-01: 86.4%2022-02: 87.6%2022-03: 87.7%2022-04: 86.7%2022-05: 87.6%2022-06: 86.0%2022-07: 87.1%2022-08: 87.5%2022-09: 87.8%2022-10: 87.1%2022-11: 91.1%2022-12: 86.8%2023-01: 86.5%2023-02: 87.1%2023-03: 87.3%2023-04: 89.0%2023-05: 88.1%2023-06: 87.4%2023-07: 87.1%2023-08: 87.2%2023-09: 86.9%2023-10: 87.5%2023-11: 91.3%2023-12: 85.9%2024-01: 87.8%2024-02: 87.9%2024-03: 89.6%2024-04: 86.3%2024-05: 85.1%2024-06: 86.2%2024-07: 88.9%2024-08: 88.5%2024-09: 88.8%2024-10: 82.1%2024-11: 77.5%2024-12: 82.8%2025-01: 86.2%2025-02: 84.6%2025-03: 84.3%2025-04: 86.6%2025-05: 86.4%2025-06: 86.6%2025-07: 85.0%2025-08: 86.7%2025-09: 83.8%2025-10: 86.4%2025-11: 88.2%2025-12: 86.5%2026-01: 85.3%2026-02: 85.4%2026-03: 85.6%2026-04: 85.9%2026-05: 84.1%2026-06: 82.8%2026-07: 86.3%2026-08: 84.7%2026-09: 84.4%2026-10: 84.6% 2014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2026-10-15 DayZ Badlands Expansion is Out Now! —
2026-07-15 DayZ | 1.29 Road to Badlands Stable Update - Out Now 83% → 85% (+1.2pt)
2026-04-08 DayZ | 1.29 Stable Update - Out Now & DayZ in 2026 85% → 83% (−2.1pt)
2025-06-03 DayZ | 1.28 Stable Update - Out Now! 87% → 86% (−0.8pt)
2025-02-25 DayZ | 1.27 Stable Update - Out Now & DayZ in 2025 84% → 85% (+0.9pt)
2024-10-15 DayZ Frostline Expansion Release 89% → 80% (−8.4pt)
2024-09-06 DayZ Frostline Expansion Progress Report (Week 36) 89% → 80% (−9.1pt)
2024-08-15 DayZ Frostline Expansion Progress Report (Week 28 - 32) 88% → 85% (−2.7pt)
2024-07-11 Frostline Expansion Progress Report (Week 20-26) 86% → 89% (+3.0pt)
2024-05-09 DayZ Frostline Expansion 88% → 88% (−0.5pt)

Picked automatically from the titles of Steam announcements by the developer (one per month, last 3 years, up to 10). The dotted lines mark those months. Before and after are the positive rates of the two months before and after (excluding the month itself); shown as "—" under 50 reviews or when the two months after are not complete. An update is not necessarily the cause of a change.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 100 200 300 2026-09-19: +35 / −10 2026-09-20: +50 / −10 2026-09-21: +24 / −4 2026-09-22: +36 / −2 2026-09-23: +41 / −3 2026-09-24: +43 / −8 2026-09-25: +35 / −8 2026-09-26: +50 / −8 2026-09-27: +55 / −7 2026-09-28: +31 / −6 2026-09-29: +49 / −5 2026-09-30: +36 / −9 2026-10-01: +37 / −4 2026-10-02: +44 / −12 2026-10-03: +58 / −9 2026-10-04: +69 / −17 2026-10-05: +46 / −10 2026-10-06: +48 / −9 2026-10-07: +55 / −11 2026-10-08: +59 / −10 2026-10-09: +50 / −5 2026-10-10: +69 / −11 2026-10-11: +55 / −12 2026-10-12: +44 / −7 2026-10-13: +52 / −8 2026-10-14: +56 / −8 2026-10-15: +194 / −20 2026-10-16: +109 / −25 2026-10-17: +86 / −19 2026-10-18: +60 / −19 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2013-127,9111,12387.6%
2014-0110,8091,52287.7%
2014-026,1141,08984.9%
2014-034,18484383.2%
2014-043,81779982.7%
2014-053,63983981.3%
2014-065,2771,22681.1%
2014-073,7641,00279.0%
2014-083,2891,18173.6%
2014-092,13986171.3%
2014-101,68178668.1%
2014-112,2751,31963.3%
2014-123,0231,50566.8%
2015-012,8691,60264.2%
2015-021,8991,01265.2%
2015-031,71694764.4%
2015-041,3991,16654.5%
2015-051,1451,21548.5%
2015-061,4561,72745.7%
2015-071,2131,16551.0%
2015-081,2551,21750.8%
2015-0975691545.2%
2015-107311,01641.8%
2015-117731,20539.1%
2015-121,2221,73541.3%
2016-011,1201,28946.5%
2016-029351,00548.2%
2016-0384290348.3%
2016-0461875645.0%
2016-0582388348.2%
2016-061,2221,22350.0%
2016-0790574055.0%
2016-0856461647.8%
2016-0942960941.3%
2016-1047358244.8%
2016-112,0041,10164.5%
2016-1272190344.4%
2017-018351,04644.4%
2017-0272293943.5%
2017-0358379042.5%
2017-0448495133.7%
2017-0548499932.6%
2017-0669099241.0%
2017-076141,22933.3%
2017-0845081935.5%
2017-0935171932.8%
2017-1038263037.7%
2017-111,10379658.1%
2017-1248686835.9%
2018-0141966338.7%
2018-0228652035.5%
2018-0333249140.3%
2018-0430742142.2%
2018-0530938744.4%
2018-0641447846.4%
2018-0725536940.9%
2018-0819635835.4%
2018-0923937439.0%
2018-1017623442.9%
2018-112,11670974.9%
2018-121,4502,00442.0%
2019-0153750251.7%
2019-0229224154.8%
2019-0324916759.9%
2019-0426719757.5%
2019-0549729562.8%
2019-061,47641778.0%
2019-071,98840783.0%
2019-0834515668.9%
2019-0930618262.7%
2019-1068819677.8%
2019-115,57950791.7%
2019-123,74889180.8%
2020-012,53583775.2%
2020-022,4081,14567.8%
2020-031,66748777.4%
2020-042,12854479.6%
2020-051,81353477.2%
2020-061,74329985.4%
2020-071,79936083.3%
2020-081,22826982.0%
2020-092,24649981.8%
2020-101,67229884.9%
2020-113,25144088.1%
2020-123,16352685.7%
2021-013,28656485.4%
2021-022,39540085.7%
2021-031,91231585.9%
2021-042,01131086.6%
2021-052,00438683.8%
2021-061,99236084.7%
2021-072,33544983.9%
2021-082,17642183.8%
2021-092,02335585.1%
2021-102,27637885.8%
2021-113,88539790.7%
2021-123,26646087.7%
2022-013,76459286.4%
2022-022,52635687.6%
2022-032,10129487.7%
2022-043,17748786.7%
2022-052,28332387.6%
2022-062,68443786.0%
2022-072,76941087.1%
2022-082,52636187.5%
2022-092,50834787.8%
2022-102,75740787.1%
2022-114,26141491.1%
2022-122,76842286.8%
2023-013,80959386.5%
2023-022,54437787.1%
2023-032,66238987.3%
2023-042,31328689.0%
2023-052,27030888.1%
2023-062,67838687.4%
2023-072,96743987.1%
2023-082,30833987.2%
2023-091,99330086.9%
2023-102,14030687.5%
2023-115,84855491.3%
2023-123,44656785.9%
2024-013,50748887.8%
2024-022,79838587.9%
2024-033,03635489.6%
2024-042,29336486.3%
2024-052,69847185.1%
2024-062,19035186.2%
2024-072,71833988.9%
2024-082,21928988.5%
2024-092,25228588.8%
2024-102,77060582.1%
2024-112,92085077.5%
2024-123,28768382.8%
2025-012,81644986.2%
2025-022,95653784.6%
2025-032,80552384.3%
2025-042,28035486.6%
2025-052,18034286.4%
2025-062,37636986.6%
2025-072,50644285.0%
2025-082,00030886.7%
2025-092,31544683.8%
2025-102,24235286.4%
2025-111,95926288.2%
2025-122,20334386.5%
2026-012,54743985.3%
2026-022,22037985.4%
2026-031,98833585.6%
2026-042,23736885.9%
2026-051,57429884.1%
2026-061,90639682.8%
2026-072,14734086.3%
2026-081,57728584.7%
2026-091,39325884.4%
2026-101,19121684.6%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-193510
2026-09-205010
2026-09-21244
2026-09-22362
2026-09-23413
2026-09-24438
2026-09-25358
2026-09-26508
2026-09-27557
2026-09-28316
2026-09-29495
2026-09-30369
2026-10-01374
2026-10-024412
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2026-10-085910
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2026-10-12447
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2026-10-178619
2026-10-186019
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days85.6%2,535
Last 180 days85.1%15,550
All time77.9%471,729
Japanese, last 180 days90.0%10
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