Dead Island 2 Steam Digital Key

A gore-drenched trip through HELL-A

Dead Island 2 drops you into a version of Los Angeles overrun by a zombie outbreak, moving through iconic corners of the city from the manicured lawns of Beverly Hills to the boardwalk sprawl of Venice Beach. It plays as a first-person action RPG built around melee combat, with weapons, mods and skills combining for some genuinely visceral zombie-slaying.

There are six playable Slayers, each with their own personality and dialogue, and a skill system that lets you re-spec on the fly to try different builds without starting over. Techland has built one of the more detailed dismemberment systems around, and the city's zombies come in dozens of distinct types with their own mutations and attacks.

Built for co-op as much as solo play

Beyond the story campaign, Dead Island 2 supports co-op for up to three players, so the quests and pulp storyline can be tackled with friends rather than alone. It sits comfortably alongside other co-op games and horror titles for players who want a group to help clear out the infestation, and it's equally at home among FPS games and action games for anyone playing solo.

What this listing gets you

This is a Steam digital key for the Standard edition of Dead Island 2, redeemed on Steam and then played through your own Steam library. The key activates worldwide, so it isn't tied to a specific country's Steam account.

It's part of the wider range of Steam keys available here. If you'd rather buy the same edition tied to Europe specifically, there's the Europe region key, and if you want more content bundled in, this game is also available as the Gold edition or the Ultimate edition.

Good to know before you play

Dead Island 2 runs on Windows and carries a PEGI 18 rating, reflecting the intense gore and violence throughout. It supports a wide range of languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Chinese, Russian and Polish, so most players should find the game usable in their own language.

Dead Island 2 was developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver, and originally released on 22 April 2024.