Zombie Survival Hit Sees Unexpected Resurgence 8 Years Later
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Zombie survival game Dead Island Riptide was released in 2016 and recently hit an all-time high of over 2,000 concurrent Steam players.
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This resurgence comes 8 years after its initial release and is unexpected given other more popular zombie games like State of Decay.
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The player spike happened on April 14th, jumping from 300-500 players to over 2,000 concurrently.
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Possible reasons include upcoming Dead Island 2 release, players wanting more zombie action after trying a recently launched zombie survival game, or the game being free in February.
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Dead Island Riptide has maintained a "mostly positive" Steam user rating over the years despite being criticized as a sequel.