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7 Days to Die

7 Days to Die

The Fun Pimps · released Jul 24, 2024

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategyPCPlayStation 4, PlayStation 5Xbox One, Xbox Series X

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Steam page ↗OpenCritic ↗Metacritic 47 · users 5.9 ↗
69
VGC Score
▼Declininghigh confidence

anchored at patch: “V3.2.0 Stable” (6d ago)

76%
At launch
87%
Steam all-time
39%
Press
56%
Player sentiment
59%
Recent sentiment

PC 69 · Xbox 58

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 436 sampled Steam reviews (154 positive / 282 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Multiplayer & servers6% mention it
  • Progression & loot5% mention it
  • Story & writing5% mention it
  • Visuals & art5% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Bugs & crashes12% mention it
  • Progression & loot9% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

17%

12 reviews

5-15h

81%

21 reviews

15-40h

76%

29 reviews

40-100h

55%

51 reviews

100h+

26%

323 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (OpenCritic)–3953
Creator reviews (1 tracked)–152
All-time Steam reviews87%811602
Metacritic user ratings–60138
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)59%591586
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 26, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 1586 total reviews in window · weighted 160.7 up / 92.8 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (42)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 30
    Kinglink ReviewsKinglink Reviews
    trust 71Oct 29, 2018

    “A very poor game, not just something I dislike, but something I hate. If you must play a scavenging game with zombies and base building go for it, otherwise skip it.”

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  • 80
    Cubed3Cubed3
    trust 70Jun 30, 2025

    “7 Days to Die previously needed a lot of work. It is now in a playable and downright fun state, with a strong crafting and scavenging element that often makes sense and keeps immersion in the survival setting. Zombies become more dangerous as time goes on, but so does the player, as long as they balance their survival with scavenging for better equipment and learning new skills, and 7 Days to Die does a better job staving off the difficulty plateau many survival games eventually succumb to. Following updates, the gameplay is sturdy and solid, built off of an already fun foundation.”

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  • 30
    Push SquarePush Square
    trust 69Jul 7, 2016

    “7 Days to Die has a compelling premise, but it withers within minutes. The gameplay here is fundamentally not fun, and having to deal with technical issues every few seconds becomes extremely grating. The multiplayer injects a little entertainment, if only because you'll be observing the release's shoddiness with others. ”

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  • 10
    Life is XboxLife is Xbox
    trust 69Jul 5, 2016

    “I played some boring and awful games on Xbox One but 7 Days to Die beats them all, I don’t understand that the developer didn’t bring this game for Xbox Preview. They are simply selling an unfinished alpha game. AVOID.”

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  • 65
    ZTGDZTGD
    trust 68Jul 5, 2016

    “It’s not a game that takes commitment, yet people can also spend a lot of time in the world surviving, building, and just having some co-op fun. It has plenty of content to experience even though it lacks any sort of story or cohesive quests. It’s literally about surviving in the undead world, alone or with friends, rough spots and all, and the fun factor is what you make of it.”

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  • 15
    GamerheadquartersGamerheadquarters
    trust 67Jul 2, 2016

    “7 Days to Die is a horrible game that should be skipped, hidden and locked away forever.”

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  • 20
    GameSpotGameSpot
    trust 66Jul 7, 2016

    “7 Days to Die is a bad console port of an unfinished game.”

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  • 50
    GameGrinGameGrin
    trust 65Aug 4, 2016

    “A frustrating and flawed experience that could have been great. It will be interesting to see how the game is updated and whether the developer's can capitalise on the potential that 7 Days To Die offers, but unfortunately doesn't deliver on.”

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  • 30
    TheSixthAxisTheSixthAxis
    trust 65Jul 4, 2016

    “When buddied up with three fellow survivors, there’s certainly some fun to be had. However, these moments will usually stem from the hilarious situations you’ll find yourselves in, enhanced by the game’s dumb raft of bugs and glitches.”

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  • 20
    Metro GameCentralMetro GameCentral
    trust 64Jul 5, 2016

    “Considering it’s half broken and patently unfinished this doesn’t deserve to be called a video game at all, just an unpromising work in progress.”

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  • 80
    Try Hard GuidesTry Hard Guides
    trust 63Jul 29, 2024

    “7 Days to Die is an incredibly unique title with a core gameplay loop that is unbelievably addicting. While there are certainly dated aspects of the game, 7 Days to Die is fun and worth giving a try, and should surely inspire a genre of its own.”

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  • 58
    AtomixAtomix
    trust 62Jul 21, 2016

    “Great concept and intentions. Poor execution and Interface. Not the best survival game available. Only for fans of the survival games. ”

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…and 30 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

  1. V3.2.0 Stable
    Aug 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. V3.2.0 EXP - b9 Update
    Aug 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. V3.1.0 Henpocalypse Stable Release - MP Invite Bug Hotfixed
    Jul 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. V3.1.0 B13 EXP Update
    Jul 25, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. V3.1.0 Henpocalypse Experimental Update!
    Jul 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. V3.0.1 Stable
    Jul 13, 2026
  7. V3.0.1 EXP Release
    Jul 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. V3.0.0 Dead Hot Summer Stable Release Live!
    Jun 29, 2026
  9. V3.0.0 b259 EXP
    Jun 25, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. V3.0.0 b257 EXP Update
    Jun 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. V3.0 Experimental Is Live!
    Jun 15, 2026
  12. V3.0 Streamer Weekend
    Jun 12, 2026
  13. V3.0 "Dead Hot Summer" Release Notes
    Jun 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  14. V2.6 Stable
    Apr 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. V2.6 b14 EXP Update
    Mar 21, 2026
  16. V2.6 EXP
    Feb 25, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. V2.5 b32 Hotfix
    Jan 26, 2026
  18. V2.5 Apiary Hotfix
    Jan 16, 2026
  19. "V2.5 Survival Revival" Stable is available now
    Dec 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. V2.5 b20 EXP update -b23 hotfix
    Dec 18, 2025
  21. V2.5 EXP available now!
    Dec 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. 2.5 Survival Revival Update
    Dec 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  23. V2.4 b7 Unity Security Update
    Oct 17, 2025
  24. V2.4 Stable
    Oct 2, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  25. V2.4 EXP
    Sep 28, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. V2.3 b9 Stable
    Sep 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  27. V2.3 b9 EXP
    Sep 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. V2.3 b8 EXP
    Aug 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  29. V2.3 Experimental is here!
    Aug 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  30. V2.2 Stable
    Aug 7, 2025
  31. V2.2 b3 EXP
    Aug 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  32. V2.2 EXP
    Jul 26, 2025
  33. 2.0 Town Hall
    Jul 23, 2025
  34. V2.1 Stable
    Jul 14, 2025
  35. V2.1 b7 EXP Update
    Jul 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  36. V2.1 EXP
    Jul 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  37. V2.0 Patch Notes
    Jun 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  38. V2.0 Storm’s Brewing Stable is out now!
    Jun 27, 2025
  39. V2.0 b294 EXP Update
    Jun 25, 2025
  40. V2.0 b292 EXP Update
    Jun 25, 2025significant · resets scoring window

…and 33 earlier patch announcements.