Dying Light: The Beast
Kyle Crane's dual nature challenges survival in a rural wasteland filled with night terrors.
Official gameplay trailer for Dying Light: The Beast. Published by Techland. Captures core gameplay, tone, and world design.
Dying Light: The Beast by Techland, releasing on September 18, 2025, for Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Epic Games, and Steam, sees Kyle Crane entangled in a battle of human versus beast. This standalone adventure RPG combines parkour with a dual progression system, allowing players to navigate a rural landscape as both a survivor and a predator. With a focus on crafting, settlement defense, and dynamic day-night cycles, the game offers solo and co-op modes for up to four players.
Game Information
- Developer
- Techland
- Publisher
- Techland
- Platforms
- Windows, PlayStation, Epic Games, Steam, Xbox
- Release Date
- 2025-09-18
- Genres
- Adventure, RPG
Pros
- ✓Dual-form progression creates meaningful build diversity between stealth and brute force
- ✓Night design ramps tension and forces strategic prep prior to dusk
- ✓Parkour and physics feel weighty, adding momentum to traversal and combat
- ✓Standalone story gives series newcomers a clear entry point while rewarding veterans
Cons
- ✗Some mechanics echo previous entries, which may feel familiar to longtime fans
- ✗Balancing beast and human forms can lead to occasional power spikes
- ✗Large open areas sometimes suffer from sparse encounter pacing
Key Features
- •Switch between human agility and feral beast form with tactical consequences
- •Master two progression trees to customize parkour, combat, and predator abilities
- •Scavenge and craft modular gear, weapons, and base defenses from salvageable parts
- •Upgrade and defend settlements, making narrative choices that change questlines
- •Hunt by day, survive the amplified horrors of night with adaptive threat levels
- •Engage in drop-in, drop-out co-op for up to four players to tackle tougher objectives
- •Exploit the environment with physics-driven parkour and improvised traps
- •Tackle morally gray missions that reshape factions and survivor settlements
Screenshots
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Gameplay
In *Dying Light: The Beast*, Techland returns to its roots of blending fast-paced parkour with visceral combat, but this time with a twist. Players step back into the shoes of Kyle Crane, who now faces the challenge of balancing his human agility with newfound beastly powers. This dual-form system allows for a diverse range of playstyles: stealthily navigating rooftops or charging headfirst into combat. As you navigate the rural frontier, you'll be scavenging for parts, crafting weapons, and upgrading settlements. The game also introduces a dual progression tree, letting you enhance both your parkour and combat skills, as well as your predatory instincts.
Story & Setting
The narrative plunges Crane into a rural wasteland, far removed from the urban jungle of Harran. Here, he's not only dealing with the infected but also grappling with his own transformation. The story unfolds through a series of morally ambiguous missions and interactions with various human factions vying for control in this broken landscape. Your choices directly influence the development of settlements and the direction of the story, ensuring a unique experience for every player.
Key Features
- **Switch** between human agility and feral beast form with tactical consequences.
- **Master** two progression trees to customize parkour, combat, and predator abilities.
- **Scavenge** and craft modular gear, weapons, and base defenses from salvageable parts.
- **Upgrade** and defend settlements, making narrative choices that change questlines.
- **Hunt** by day, survive the amplified horrors of night with adaptive threat levels.
- **Engage** in drop-in, drop-out co-op for up to four players to tackle tougher objectives.
- **Exploit** the environment with physics-driven parkour and improvised traps.
- **Tackle** morally gray missions that reshape factions and survivor settlements.
Platforms & Availability
*Dying Light: The Beast* will be available on Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Epic Games, and Steam starting September 18, 2025. While the price is yet to be announced, players can expect a robust offering that supports both solo play and cooperative experiences for up to four players.
Techland's decision to include multiple platforms ensures that fans and newcomers alike can explore this new chapter in the **Dying Light** series.
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Game Info
- Developer
- Techland
- Publisher
- Techland
- Release Date
- 2025-09-18
- Platforms
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