DayZ — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
DayZ is currently the #59 most-played game on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 60K concurrent players — ▼ cooling off (was #58 last week).
Last official update Jul 17, 2026 (5 days ago) · 10 updates in the last 90 days · 12 tracked here.
- Steam rank
- #59 ▼
- Peak (24h)
- 60K
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer
- Developer
- Bohemia Interactive
- Released
- Dec 13, 2018
- Price
- $49.99
- Steam reviews
- 385K
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Latest updates & patch notes
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Release
DayZ Badlands gets a fresh teaser and it's set to launch in October
Bohemia Interactive say DayZ Badlands is the largest expansion so far for the popular open-world zombie survival game. Read the full article here:
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News
DayZ Badlands | Dev Blog (Week 76) | New Rebuilding System | Wishlist now!
Hey Survivors, Welcome to Dev Blog 5 - Week 76 of the DayZ Badlands expansion. This dev blog was written by our colleagues from the design team, along with editorial support from our art and marketing teams. It’s focused on a major feature that is coming to DayZ Badlands: the…
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Patch
DayZ | 1.29 Road to Badlands Stable Update - Out Now
Hey Survivors, The 1.29 Road to Badlands update has officially landed across all platforms! Just to recap the Experimental Article: Road to Badlands is not merely a pit stop to address technical issues. It’s a regular-sized update. In essence, we are utilizing the summer update…
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News
More Community Items | Steam Point Items
Greetings, Steam Survivors! A few years back, we introduced a few basic community items, including badges, trading cards, profile backgrounds, and emoticons. This time, we are expanding the collection with new items you can purchase on the Steam Points Shop! With these items…
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Release
1.29 Road to Badlands Experimental Release
Hey Survivors, We are back with a summer update! We’re happy to announce that the 1.29 Road to Badlands update is entering its experimental phase. Before we go further, let us clarify what the Road to Badlands is. Simply put, it’s an additional update to 1.29, where selected…
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News
DayZ Badlands | Dev Blog (Week 73) | Wishlist now!
Hey Survivors, Welcome to Dev Blog Week 73 of the DayZ Badlands Expansion. This 4th dev blog is brought to you by our colleagues from the environment team. They’re going to give you an overview of what PvP might look like in Nasdara, as well as the nitty-gritty on how some of…
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Event
Summer Sale
Hey Survivors, Summer is finally here in all its rage. And rage on, we shall. That’s why we’re extending the sale of DayZ and its bundles as part of Steam’s Summer Sale. With discounts on Steam at an all-time low of up to 50%, the sale will end on July 9th. There’s no better…
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Event
Publisher Sale 2026
Greetings from Bohemia, Survivors! DayZ and its bundles are, once again, at an all-time low of up to 55% on Steam as part of the Publisher Sale! The sale will go on until 25th of June. It’s genuinely an exciting time for DayZ right now, with DayZ Badlands coming up on the…
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News
DayZ Badlands | Dev Blog (Week 70) | Wishlist now!
Salutations, Survivors! Welcome to our third dev blog for the DayZ Badlands expansion! In case you are wondering why this dev blog came early, we mentioned in the last article that we would be doing one every 3 weeks instead of 4, as a compromise between our original plan and…
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News
DayZ Badlands | Dev Blog (Week 67) | Wishlist now!
Greetings Survivors, The Dev Blog (Week 67) is here. Last time we covered how vast and new the terrain is. This time around we'll dive into the primary obstacles that slow you down and prevent you from freely traversing the open world, as well as ways to remedy these struggles…
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News
Walpurgis Night 2026
Hey Survivors, We are well into Spring and Update 1.29 is finally out. The team is currently hard at work on the hotfixes and patches for the update, which remain a priority for us to have out as soon as possible. However, the proverbial show must go on, and we are publishing…
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Event
Survive & Thrive Sale
Greetings, Survivors! We all know it takes more than just learning to keep the stats in white to be able to "make it" in the world of DayZ. You need to develop perseverance, grit, community, and infinite adaptability to be able to call yourself "thriving." Hence, we'd like to…
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About DayZ
This is Your Story DayZ is a hardcore, survival-focused multiplayer sandbox. Thrown into post-apocalyptic wastelands, you have a singular goal: survive. There are no missions or quests. Your story will be written by facing the unpredictable challenges created by the environment, the infected, and your interactions with other survivors. Every decision is yours. This is your ultimate survival story. Immersion First You will find no map markers, mini-maps, or navigational HUDs. From diseases and immunity to hunger and body temperature, information is conveyed through a minimal, toggleable HUD or, more importantly, through your own observations…
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4430 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD R9 270X DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible Additional Notes: Internet connection
- Languages
- English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil
- DLC
- 3 available on Steam
- Official site
- www.dayz.com
Frequently asked questions
- Is DayZ free to play?
- DayZ is a paid game ($49.99) on Steam.
- What is the latest DayZ update?
- The most recent official update is "DayZ Badlands gets a fresh teaser and it's set to launch in October" (Jul 17, 2026), categorized as Release. Bohemia Interactive say DayZ Badlands is the largest expansion so far for the popular open-world zombie survival game. Read the full article here:
- How many people play DayZ?
- DayZ peaked at 60K concurrent players in the last 24 hours, ranking #59 on Steam's most-played chart (it was #58 the previous week).
- When was DayZ released?
- DayZ was released on Dec 13, 2018 by Bohemia Interactive.
- What kind of game is DayZ?
- DayZ is a Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer game, featuring multi-player, mmo, pvp.
Live player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Jul 22, 2026). Excerpts are from official announcements; follow the source links for full notes. DayZ and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.