KYLE CRANE RETURNS TO CASTOR WOODS.

Windows PC

⊞ Windows
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5/5 Insider Gaming
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A scarier, tougher, more immersive world

METRO

Gritty survival
horror experience

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Masterpiece

Insider Gaming

Best zombie game
in years

GAMETYRANT

Beautiful

GAMESRADAR+

Bone-crunching melee action

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Cements Techland as masters in the undead genre

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Thrilling action

METRO

A beautiful, well-realized world

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Full of surprises

THE MIRROR

The parkour feels absolutely wild

WCCFTECH

A scarier, tougher, more immersive world

METRO

Thrilling action

METRO

A beautiful, well-realized world

ShackNews

Full of surprises

THE MIRROR

The parkour feels absolutely wild

WCCFTECH

Shaped by a decade of the series. As returning hero Kyle Crane, survive the open wilderness of Castor Woods and the beast awakening inside you. A perfect return for veterans, the ideal entry point for newcomers.

40+ hours, solo or shared-progression co-op.

STORY OF REVENGE

After captivity, Kyle Crane emerges into Castor Woods with new abilities and unfinished business. The standalone adventure connects to his earlier story, while remaining playable without installing the first game.

Part survivor. Part monster.

Driven by revenge, Crane returns to confront the man who destroyed his life while struggling to control the beast growing inside him.

Half survivor
half beast

Kyle Crane returns to a new environment where survival and the changes to his body are at the center of the story. The Beast is a standalone game, not DLC for Dying Light 2.

Physical

combat

The close-range fighting rewards awareness of enemy position, space and the abilities available to Crane. Learn the timing of a new move before relying on it under pressure.

Own the day

fear the night

The familiar day-and-night contrast returns. Survey a route in daylight, identify shelter and manage supplies before deliberately taking on nighttime threats.

Run the rooftops

rule the roads

Castor Woods combines on-foot movement with travel across more open terrain. Make deliberate route choices and check your surroundings before attempting long shortcuts.

Share the story
in co-op

Playing with friends changes the pace of exploration. Make sure the group is using compatible updates and understand the session’s progression rules.

KYLE CRANE

After surviving the horrors of Harran, Crane was captured by the Baron and spent thirteen years enduring brutal experimentation deep within the forests of Castor Woods. His mutated DNA showed a rare resistance to the virus, becoming the foundation of the Baron's research.

Now escaped and driven by revenge, Crane navigates 
a broken valley, seeking alliances while battling the internal beast within.

Olivia Bennet

Having joined the Baron's research, Olivia soon found herself trapped in his morally ambiguous efforts Olivia seizes her chance at freedom when Crane breaks out 
of the laboratory.

She joins him as both an ally and his guide through the ruins of Castor Woods. Where Crane operates on rage, Olivia brings knowledge and clarity, feeding him the information he needs to survive and strike back.

The Sheriff

Florence McCallum leads the survivors taking refuge in the Castor Woods Town Hall enforcing the community laws that keep her people alive through hard choices.

When Crane arrives looking for allies, she appears to be one of the most powerful he can find. But the Baron's grasp reaches even here.

Lydia

The Baron's experiments did not break Lydia — they made her something he never anticipated. Leading a hidden group of escaped test subjects deep in Castor Woods, she developed extraordinary telepathic abilities.

These powers enable her to manipulate the infected at will, a testament to her powerful mind.

The Baron

Marius Fischer is the last heir to a pharma dynasty that has ruled this valley for generations — and the man who held Kyle Crane prisoner for thirteen years. Cold, polished, and utterly convinced of his own superiority, the Baron does not see the outbreak as a catastrophe.

He sees it as an opportunity, and everyone in Castor Woods 
as a means to an end.
Standard
Deluxe
Definitive
Standard Deluxe Definitive
Standard
Deluxe
Definitive
Dying Light: The Beast
Restored Land
Official soundtrack
Wallpaper pack
Castor Woods tourist map
Castor Woods prepper bundle
Fire lotus pack
DISCHARGE PACK
Hunter essentials
Action hero essentials
Accolades Trailer
Gameplay Premiere Trailer
Launch Trailer
Restored Land
Torture and Suffering
Out in the Wild
The Monsters
Accolades Trailer
Gameplay Premiere Trailer
Launch Trailer
Restored Land
Torture and Suffering
Out in the Wild
The Monsters
Accolades Trailer
Gameplay Premiere Trailer
Launch Trailer
Restored Land
Torture and Suffering
Out in the Wild
The Monsters

Dying Light: The Beast released for Windows PC on September 18, 2025. The standalone game follows Kyle Crane in Castor Woods. Check your licensed Windows edition for included content and current updates.

Currently available:

  • Dying Light: The Beast:  base edition including all free updates since launch, including Restored Land,
  • Dying Light: The Beast Deluxe Edition:  includes the Castor Woods Prepper Bundle and digital bonuses such as the official soundtrack, wallpapers, and a detailed tourist map of Castor Woods,
  • Dying Light: The Beast RL Definitive Edition:  the most complete version, including everything above plus four additional packs:
    • Action Hero Essentials
    • Hunter Essentials
    • Fire Lotus Pack
    • Discharge Pack

You can upgrade to the Definitive Edition directly via your platform store.

This website covers the Windows PC edition of Dying Light: The Beast only. Review your computer’s requirements, installation options and updates before starting the game.

Since March 26, 2026, an enhanced version of the game has been available, combining the base experience, all previously released updates, and the new Restored Land content in one package, offering new ways to experience the apocalypse.

It includes features such as Legend Levels, New Game+, Ray tracing (PC), Nightmare Mode, dozens of new brutal finishers, hundreds of parkour and gameplay improvements, as well as visual and audio upgrades.

Restored Land is a major free update available to all existing owners of the game. New players receive it automatically as part of all available editions.

It introduces new survival rules. The world of Dying Light: The Beast lies in ruins but in Restored Land, you can reshape it. With new systems and major updates, survival takes on a whole new meaning.

Key changes:

  • Defeated infected do not respawn – you can permanently clear areas.
  • The world no longer “resets” – your actions have lasting consequences.
  • Resources are limited, and shops offer less variety at higher prices.
  • Items do not respawn – planning and resource management are essential.
  • Activities (Convoys, Dark Zones, Nests) can only be completed once.
  • Stronger survival focus – managing food, equipment, and light sources.
  • Optional One Life rule – death means the end of your run.

Restored Land is a fresh way to experience Dying Light: The Beast, offering new  ways to play for old hands and an excellent jump-on point for new players.

For Windows PC, check the current licensed digital editions and included extras rather than assuming that a retail edition contains the same content. Visit the Windows edition overview.

Finishing the main story takes around 20-40 hours.

Restored Land adds a more demanding survival layer, offering a fresh way to experience the game with permanent consequences and limited resources.

Yes. The game is fully standalone.

Knowledge of Kyle Crane’s story from the original Dying Light can enhance your experience but is not essential.

Dying Light: The Beast supports cooperative mode for up to 4 players.

Restored Land was designed as a solo experience.

The game offers multiple difficulty levels tailored to different playstyles:

  • Story – story and exploration-focused
  • Survival – balanced experience
  • Brutal – more challenge and limited resources
  • Nightmare – the most demanding difficulty with stronger, faster, more aggressive enemies and scarce resources

Additionally, Restored Land is not a difficulty level, but an alternative gameplay mode focused on solo survival, lasting consequences, and limited resources.

Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date:

  • Nvidia GeForce Game Ready 581.29 (or newer)
  • Intel Game On Driver 32.0.101.7029 (or newer)
  • AMD Adrenalin 25.9.1 (or newer)

You’ll find them in your in-game stash.

Each code must be activated in Dying Light Outpost to receive a random powerful weapon.

They are available in your stash, unlocked during the second quest “Safe Haven.”

From that point on, the stash remains accessible throughout the game in safe zones, where you can store and retrieve your items.

Visit Dying Light Outpost, create an account, and link your platform. Then click “Download” to access the Tourist Map, wallpapers, and the official soundtrack.

The game must be launched at least once in online mode.

Steam users can also find these files in the game’s installation folder.

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Windows PC player resources

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