He was taken. Experimented on. Left for dead. Now he is coming back — and God help anyone who gets in his way. Dying Light: The Beast marks the explosive return of Kyle Crane, the beloved protagonist of the original Dying Light, in a standalone chapter that is darker, more savage, and more personal than anything the franchise has delivered before. From Techland, the studio that defined the zombie parkour genre, comes a bold and visceral new vision — a game that takes everything that made Dying Light legendary and pushes it to breathtaking new extremes.

Kyle Crane has been missing for years — held captive by a powerful and ruthless corporation that has been using him as a test subject for horrifying experiments that have left him changed in ways he is only beginning to understand. Stronger. Faster. More dangerous. And harbouring something inside him that the corporation was never supposed to unleash. When Crane finally escapes, he finds himself in a vast and savage open world — a region untouched by the rules of civilisation, overrun by the infected, and ruled by the brutal forces of the corporation that created him. He has one goal. And it will not be pretty.

Dying Light: The Beast is set in an expansive and richly detailed new open world — a sprawling wilderness environment of extraordinary variety that blends dense forests, abandoned industrial facilities, decaying rural communities, and hidden corporate installations into a landscape that is as beautiful as it is deadly. The world is alive with dynamic weather, a full day-night cycle that dramatically shifts the danger level as darkness falls and the most terrifying infected emerge, and an ecosystem of enemies that rewards careful observation and punishes reckless movement.

At the heart of the Dying Light experience is the series’ legendary movement system — one of the most fluid, expressive, and satisfying first-person parkour systems ever created. Scale buildings, vault obstacles, slide under barriers, leap between rooftops, and navigate the world with a speed and freedom that makes traversal as thrilling as combat. In Dying Light: The Beast, the parkour system has been evolved and expanded — and with Crane’s new abilities layered on top of the franchise’s already exceptional movement foundation, getting from A to B has never felt so exhilarating or so dangerous.

Combat in Dying Light: The Beast is brutal, creative, and deeply satisfying. Scavenge and craft a devastating arsenal of melee weapons — blades, bludgeons, and improvised instruments of destruction enhanced with elemental modifications that set enemies on fire, electrocute them, and tear them apart with explosive force. Firearms offer a more direct but noisier solution, and the environmental hazards scattered across the open world provide endless opportunities for creative and spectacular takedowns. And then there are Crane’s new beast-like abilities — a dark gift from the corporation’s experiments that grants him powers that blur the line between man and monster in the most thrillingly violent ways imaginable.

The day-night cycle remains one of Dying Light’s most iconic and tension-defining features — and in The Beast, it is more impactful and more terrifying than ever. By day, the infected are sluggish and manageable, and the open world is yours to explore at your own pace. As darkness falls, the volatiles emerge — nightmarish apex predators of extraordinary speed and aggression that transform the open world into a desperate survival gauntlet where every shadow is a potential death sentence. The night in Dying Light: The Beast is not to be taken lightly.

Team up with up to three friends in seamless online co-op and take on the open world of The Beast together. Share resources, coordinate combat strategies, tackle co-op specific challenges, and experience the full story campaign alongside companions who make every encounter more chaotic, more entertaining, and more survivable. Whether you are running from volatiles at midnight or dismantling a corporate outpost at dawn, co-op transforms Dying Light: The Beast into an even more dynamic and unforgettable experience.

Game Features

• Standalone chapter in the Dying Light franchise featuring the return of Kyle Crane
• Expansive new open world blending wilderness, industrial facilities & rural environments
• Legendary Dying Light parkour system evolved and expanded with new beast-like abilities
• Brutal melee combat with deep weapon crafting and elemental modification system
• Terrifying day-night cycle — manageable by day, nightmarish by night
• Face volatiles, corporate soldiers & monstrous new infected enemy types
• Seamless online co-op for up to four players through the full campaign
• Dark and personal story of escape, revenge & transformation
• Stunning open world visuals with dynamic weather and full day-night cycle on PC
• From Techland — available now on Steam for PC