Dead Island 2 artwork

Every Dead Island Game Ranked

Dead Island spans 4 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 2011 and 2023. The highest-rated is Dead Island 2 (74) and the lowest is Escape Dead Island (48). Across 83 critic reviews, the series averages 62, and Dead Island 2 has drawn the most reviews.

Highest ratedDead Island 2 74
Series average62
  1. 1
    Dead Island 2

    Dead Island 2

    74
    51 critic reviews·Apr 20, 2023·Deep Silver
    PCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1
    “Dead Island 2 manages to pull off an incredibly fun experience, and delivers on some of the missed promise of the first title.”
    — TechRaptor · 70/100
  2. 2
    Dead Island

    Dead Island

    67
    9 critic reviews·Sep 5, 2011·Deep Silver
    PCPS3Xbox 360
    “Dead Island is a first-person shooter that combines elements of the survival-horror genre and adventure games.”
    — Worth Playing · 60/100
  3. 3
    Dead Island: Riptide

    Dead Island: Riptide

    61
    13 critic reviews·Apr 22, 2013·Deep Silver
    PCPS3Xbox 360
    “Dead Island was one of the surprise hits of 2011. It might have been as ropey as a zombie’s skincare regime in places, but it made up for it somewhat by offering a brutal and atmospheric open-world survival horror romp…”
    — Stuff · 60/100
  4. 4
    Escape Dead Island

    Escape Dead Island

    48
    10 critic reviews·Nov 17, 2014·Deep Silver
    PCPS3Xbox 360Xbox One
    “Escape Dead Island is a game with a lot of potential that ultimately disappoints.”
    — GamingBolt · 55/100

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Dead Island games in release order

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