7 Days to Die

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 284 Ratings

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  1. Greysteel
    Aug 17, 2016
    3
    There's potential here for a much greater game than advertised. However, it's lost behind a lot of issues; namely the fact the game is just not finished. It's like a functional alpha build you would field to game testers rather than something you could actually feel good about selling. My best advice is to ignore it for a year and come back with a few friends to give it a go.
  2. SuperAC
    Jul 20, 2016
    4
    Lots of good ideas and interesting features but is poorly implimented and is possibly the worst game in terms of performance that I have ever played. The constant glitches and frame rate drops completely ruin the experience. Avoid at all costs
  3. Denchicman
    Jul 12, 2016
    0
    Полный провал! Эта игра должна была остаться в раннем доступе стима но нет, её портировали на консоль!
  4. Bontee
    Jul 8, 2016
    3
    7 Days to Die can be fun, especially with friends, but ultimately is just another hard to look at survival game that is hindered by awful visuals, clunky controls and bugs. Bugs, everywhere. Crawlng all over everything, everywhere you look (cue overheating in a winter biome)! They're all over me! In my eyes!! Someone help!! AGH!!

    *Ahem...* Moving on! Pros: + A lot of crafting    7 Days to Die can be fun, especially with friends, but ultimately is just another hard to look at survival game that is hindered by awful visuals, clunky controls and bugs. Bugs, everywhere. Crawlng all over everything, everywhere you look (cue overheating in a winter biome)! They're all over me! In my eyes!! Someone help!! AGH!!

    *Ahem...*
    Moving on!

    Pros:
    + A lot of crafting options.
    + A well thought-out (albeit slow) progression system.

    Cons:
    - Buggy.
    - Until you have very good melee weapons, close range combat is not an option (you get hit from farther than you can hit).
    - Limited to four players.
    - With so few players, PvP is not really an option.
    - Graphically looks like a PlayStation 1 game.
    - Food and water degrade rather quickly, effectively preventing you from building unless you carry 3 meals a day worth of food and water on you. Just because food is a scarcity due to the whole, ya' know, end-of-the-world thing, doesn't mean you should stop eating like nothing happened!
    - Heat seems to be broken, you constantly overheat in some worlds. The only solution? A cowboy hat and bandana, while underwater with no other clothes on, because realism.

    In short, if you have no sense of the value of money, three friends, love PS1 visuals on a PS4 console, and find it entertaining to survive as long as you can as a naked cowboy in the buggy wilderness, go for it. It's an alpha that isn't advertised as such on console. It's definitely not a next-gen game, and it's definitely not finished. It's not worth buying in it's current state.    … Expand
  5. True_Reclaimer
    Jul 13, 2016
    0
    Its like Goat Simulator but with zombies. Plays like minecraft but if you were running a corrupted alpha filled with more game breaking glitches than you could list. Words cannot describe how bad this game is. But numbers can - 0/10
  6. Death-Reaper
    Jul 1, 2016
    4
    First off the people who are rating this game really high are being payed to do so. Second who thought it was a good Idea to release an broken Alpha version on console because makes me think of a cash grab move.

    Note: The games release version is Alpha 14 and this game is not early access it came out in 2013. Now onto my experiences with this game: For starters the game is fun    First off the people who are rating this game really high are being payed to do so. Second who thought it was a good Idea to release an broken Alpha version on console because makes me think of a cash grab move.

    Note: The games release version is Alpha 14 and this game is not early access it came out in 2013.

    Now onto my experiences with this game: For starters the game is fun whenever it decides not to crash or freeze up on you which it crashes all the time. I've have lost 9 worlds since its release most of them will not load and will just crash the game when you do try. If you die in-game there's a high chance you'll get a blank screen with sounds, that means in bold terms that world is gone because you can't do anything but close the game down and when you try loading that world it'll just crash.

    Playing with friends is extremely fun but once again their world can crash and 50/50 chance when you try to join your friend you'll get an infinite loading screen and can hear all in-game sounds but you can't do anything except close the game down.

    Finally the overheating system in the game is completely illogical and ruins the fun. If you don't want to overheat you pretty much run naked with a bandanna, sunglasses, and cowboy hat.

    Don't use Clint or Miguel as your character as they have a huge chance to crash your game when loading save.

    This game can be fun but I would save your money till the end of the year once all the problems are fixed.    … Expand
  7. PlanetEclipse
    Jul 4, 2016
    3
    The good: Killing zombies, open world, build what you want, good amount of crafting options, survival based on food water and temperature, buildings have structural integrity.

    The Bad: Hit boxes seem weird at times, zombie sounds are repetitive, hit a zombie to the ground they glitch slide forward, sounds are missing from the game at times, maybe like ten zombie varients (I was attacked    The good: Killing zombies, open world, build what you want, good amount of crafting options, survival based on food water and temperature, buildings have structural integrity.

    The Bad: Hit boxes seem weird at times, zombie sounds are repetitive, hit a zombie to the ground they glitch slide forward, sounds are missing from the game at times, maybe like ten zombie varients (I was attacked by a group of 5 of the same zombies. All bald wearing a white tee shirt), render distance is limited, very very repetitive zones in random gen if you've seen it once you've seen the all, the player body temperature management gets very annoying at times (even when you fully understand it)

    The Ugly: Horrible frame rates you'll freeze up every minute or so, split screens frame rates are much worse, bugs everywhere not game breaking but frustrating, multiplayer is spotty at best.

    I honestly wanted to like this game and was really looking forward to it. I understand it just came out and it will have its issues. The frame rate issues just made me give up trying to play it. I bought it for couch co op. And I also read about people saying "it's in alpha". NO WHERE ON THE PACKAGE, DISC, OR DESCRIPTION DID IT SAY "ALPhA"

    I'm reviewing this game in its current state and hopefully Telltale, Iron Galaxy, and The Fun Pumps fix it. Avoid this game at the moment. Wait and do your research on patches and updates before you buy.    … Expand
  8. Spraragen88
    Jun 30, 2016
    0
    This is not a game, it's a broken mess of N64 graphics, shoddy UI, game breaking bugs that crash the game every 5 minutes. Don't believe the people giving this a 10/10. They are either employees of the horrible company that ported this to consoles (asshats) or they are so easily amused they would find joy in a ball of yarn. This title, again it's not a game, is just a mess and a waste ofThis is not a game, it's a broken mess of N64 graphics, shoddy UI, game breaking bugs that crash the game every 5 minutes. Don't believe the people giving this a 10/10. They are either employees of the horrible company that ported this to consoles (asshats) or they are so easily amused they would find joy in a ball of yarn. This title, again it's not a game, is just a mess and a waste of money. It is one of those games that is so bad Sony is GIVING REFUNDS due to high demand. They have done this maybe two other times on totally broken games. If you preordered it, please go get your refund.… Expand
  9. JCH
    Jul 8, 2016
    0
    This game has one of the blandest open worlds i have ever seen, glitchy repetitive gameplay and poor sound design .. 7 Days to Die is a terrible game that should NEVER have been released on console. *This game is also way over priced at £30!!
  10. Cruel_Elijah
    Jun 28, 2016
    0
    Everyone who is rating this highly and saying "This is in early access" is a joke. The game says no where in the description or in the game that it is early access and it's priced as a $30 dollar full game. therefore you judge it by it's price and it being a full game. It is extremely buggy and the framerate is not constant at all. The game freezes constantly. The movement speed is similarEveryone who is rating this highly and saying "This is in early access" is a joke. The game says no where in the description or in the game that it is early access and it's priced as a $30 dollar full game. therefore you judge it by it's price and it being a full game. It is extremely buggy and the framerate is not constant at all. The game freezes constantly. The movement speed is similar to crawling in other games. The menus were made for PC so the menus are awful on console. The controls are made for PC so again, awful. The zombies, bears, and other enemies in the game will destroy you and you can hit them 20+ times but they won't die. Other players don't appear on your map and every time you spawn you spawn in a random area so finding your team mates is very stressful especially due to the awful movement speed. The graphics are of course awful but that's not really important. It's just worth noting. I mean this game is just bad and people shouldn't waste their money on it. Wait for a sale if you're super interested but I wouldn't even pick it up then. I suggest Minecraft over this but I'm sure most people already have that. I've requested a refund and am praying Sony allows me to get my money back. Please don't buy/support unfinished games. It's not something PS4 owners want in the store, whether you know it or not.… Expand
  11. dasbo
    Nov 26, 2017
    0
    Literally unplayable, not worth a dollar.
    Constant framerate issues, below 25 FPS at all times I would say, lame graphics, lame gameplay, lame everything, I can't even say if the game is good or not due to the poor framerate causing me motion sickness.
  12. AgentAnderson
    Mar 9, 2020
    1
    As others have said, it is not the best graphics intensive game out there, but there is lots to do in the 'world' (or worlds if you randomize all the time). The issue as of today and the past few months is that this game may be in its' final form as TTG is in trouble financially. If you missed downloading this for free when it was given away, you may want to look elsewhere for a survivalAs others have said, it is not the best graphics intensive game out there, but there is lots to do in the 'world' (or worlds if you randomize all the time). The issue as of today and the past few months is that this game may be in its' final form as TTG is in trouble financially. If you missed downloading this for free when it was given away, you may want to look elsewhere for a survival type game.
    Update - Still not looking good for any chance to update this aging game. It is NOT worth full price, half price, or quarter price. It was OK to play when it was the PS+ giveaway, but got old fast.    … Expand
  13. Theeangryvegan
    May 20, 2018
    2
    Seriously, this game is absolutely terrible on PS4/Xbox... play it on PC, you won't regret it. The controls aren't made for consoles and it really shows. Got it to play with friends who only have consoles and I just can't suffer playing it with them. I'm not a PC elitist, it's just specifically this game that I can't get behind on consoles. Don't do it unless you get a really good sale price!
  14. brearick82
    Jun 24, 2017
    2
    This game had the potential to be something amazing. With that said, this game has some of the worst framerate and controller lag I've ever experienced in my life. I want this game to be so fun, but if you're like me and cant get past lag every 15 to 20 seconds, and im talking about the worst lag you've ever expierenced, then dont waste your frusterations on this. Oh...and the graphics areThis game had the potential to be something amazing. With that said, this game has some of the worst framerate and controller lag I've ever experienced in my life. I want this game to be so fun, but if you're like me and cant get past lag every 15 to 20 seconds, and im talking about the worst lag you've ever expierenced, then dont waste your frusterations on this. Oh...and the graphics are low budget early Ps2 days bad.… Expand
  15. StealthMonkee55
    Jul 8, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (Xbox One) The premise of the game is good and that's what attracted me to it. The wonky combat, glitchy zombies, technical issues, tedious UI, graphics and frame rate issues just totally ruined it for me. By day 14 I could no longer ignore the fact that this game was more frustrating than fun. I couldn't defend myself on the highest game play level against zombies because of the ridiculous combat mechanic coupled with the game freezing momentarily each time I desperately needed a head shot -or -walking off a platform in my base straight into the horde below because the frame rate drops to 0 as I'm moving forward to line up a shot. Why even put the effort into digging trenches and building massive spike walls when most of the frantic zombies just glitch spin right over your defenses during horde attacks? The game has real potential but the execution is abysmal. This is half a game and was not ready for full release on console.… Expand
  16. WeRLeRd
    Mar 19, 2017
    1
    7 Days to Die drops you into a randomly generated map that looks dated at best and feels sloppily put together. When you first start you'll be given a small number of basic quests that don't provide any information on what do, what the survival mechanics are or even how to play, leading to a quick frustrating death. The AI is broken at best and appearence of the map poor and badly7 Days to Die drops you into a randomly generated map that looks dated at best and feels sloppily put together. When you first start you'll be given a small number of basic quests that don't provide any information on what do, what the survival mechanics are or even how to play, leading to a quick frustrating death. The AI is broken at best and appearence of the map poor and badly generated. This game demands learning by your mistakes or locating guides and consuming your time in this broken 'my first sim' style game. Save your money and steer clear of this one unless you want to flush $20 down the drain on this cesspool of a game.… Expand
  17. Janker
    Jul 23, 2017
    4
    There was an ad about colon cancer which popped up just before I wrote this review.
    That should pretty much sum up this Ps4 port.
    The game mechanics aren't bad themselves but I don't think the game should be available for purchase in its current ps4 state. Lighting is extremely screwed at the moment with shadows being so overbearing that you can barely make out the zombies. Melee    There was an ad about colon cancer which popped up just before I wrote this review.
    That should pretty much sum up this Ps4 port.

    The game mechanics aren't bad themselves but I don't think the game should be available for purchase in its current ps4 state. Lighting is extremely screwed at the moment with shadows being so overbearing that you can barely make out the zombies. Melee combat and hitboxes are a bit of a joke. Lag, very noticeable popup, can't destroy your blocks and buildings. If there is a major discount I would recommend it. For the current full price it really is a rip off.    … Expand
  18. Sem_Kadosch
    Jun 4, 2018
    2
    Ok I bought this game in Nov 2016 on PS4. After 1 and a half year playing the game & watching carefully the companies behind the game, I felt the need to express my thoughts.

    Well folks, it's bad, really bad. And the main reason is the non existent optimization of the game for the console. Telltale Publishing & Iron Galaxy should be really ashamed of calling themselves game company.    Ok I bought this game in Nov 2016 on PS4. After 1 and a half year playing the game & watching carefully the companies behind the game, I felt the need to express my thoughts.

    Well folks, it's bad, really bad. And the main reason is the non existent optimization of the game for the console. Telltale Publishing & Iron Galaxy should be really ashamed of calling themselves game company. Cause at this point, it's not a game, it's still a early draft of a game. But there is an explanation for this : the PC version of the game is still in early access (after 5 years of dev). But the console version is marketed as a full & finished game. IT IS NOT!

    It's a game in alpha state, with tons of bugs, lags, crashes and more. The AI 15 years late, the frame-rate vary between 10 to 25 fps, the UI & graphics will hurt your eyes, there is no end game or story or whatever that motive you to keep playing. You just build base, wait for it to be destroyed by zombie horde, rebuilt it, wait for the next wave, and it keep going over and over. There no lore, no story, no secret.

    The game also seriously suffer from a lack of content. Telltale & Iron Galaxy don't even bother anymore to bring the same content the PC version has. They do not communicate anymore about the future of the game. And the way they speak to the console community is unacceptable. They blame the players for having consoles that "aren't powerful enough to support a good experience, or the same content as the Pc version" (sic).
    Well you know what? I'm not the one who tried to port the game on console and sell it as a finished product, Telltale & IG are! If they saw during the early test that the game will not be playable correctly on consoles, they should not have port the game. It's that simple ! Also be aware that, on the PSN there are no screenshots or actual in game video of the game. The store page shows only a live action trailer which does not describe the game as it is.

    Also I need to talk to you about multiplayer : it's broken. The splitscreen feat is unplayable cause it's so laggy and the online multiplayer only support 4 players on the same room with a lot of freeze, input lag and disconnections. And when people ask about dedicated servers the answer from Telltale & IG is that "it will be to expensive". But there is dedicated server on PC ! And more, on some games the players pay to have their own dedicated servers (battlefield, cod, and more) so it will not be THAT expensive.

    There is good ideas and mechanics in this game and more to come, but it will surely be dropped out by The Fun Pimps (creators of the PC version) who mainly survive on the mod community. For the console version, it has obviously been abandoned by Telltale & IG months ago...
    People **** about Sean Murray on No man's sky, but Hello Games have done more in 1 year to improve No man's Sky than Iron Galaxy did on 7 days to die in 2 & half years !

    So to conclude this rant, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ! I made the mistake to give money to companies that are obvious cash grabber, so please do not make the same mistake ! And If somehow, you are reading this and work at Telltale Publishing or Iron Galaxy, please, if you have at least a small amount of honor, leave the game industry... forever !    … Expand
  19. Haxorinator
    Sep 30, 2018
    4
    7 Days To DIe is a game with great potential but (very) poorly excuted.

    This game is plagued with performance issues and an "art style" a couple of decades too far back. The console versions also suffer greatly from input lag, making any precise movements or aiming rather difficult. This is a great co-op player game and even includes couch-co-op! Game-play is fun, zombies are    7 Days To DIe is a game with great potential but (very) poorly excuted.

    This game is plagued with performance issues and an "art style" a couple of decades too far back.

    The console versions also suffer greatly from input lag, making any precise movements or aiming rather difficult.

    This is a great co-op player game and even includes couch-co-op! Game-play is fun, zombies are fun, and traversing a rather large world is a blast with friends.

    That is.. if you can get past the core issues of the game.

    Who knows the future of this game after the shut down of Tell Tale Games (the porters of the console versions).

    If you haven't played 7 Days to Die I do not recommend starting here on the consoles. The PC version is better, though still plagued by issues, its to a much lesser degree.    … Expand
  20. SirSloppith
    Oct 2, 2018
    4
    Great concpet terrible execution. I wish time would be put into development before slapping some unfinished game down. Also it runs horribly on PS4 on my PC I average 70-80 even with High Specs. There is potential in the game. However it's up to the developers to reach that standing.
  21. Al3xx
    Jul 3, 2021
    0
    Horible port on ps4... bad graphic, bad control... hard to shot because of broken control with controller
  22. mikemormai
    May 7, 2019
    4
    Cara jogo bem merda nos console, no pc jah nao sei, paguei 50, foi igual a rasgar dinheiro
  23. Daniel0809
    Jul 23, 2022
    3
    awful graphics. bad controls. doesn't let you play only co-op. Im always open to playing new games but this is a waste of $30.
  24. Com123465
    Feb 5, 2020
    0
    Полный провал! Эта игра должна была остаться в раннем доступе стима но нет, её портировали на консоль
  25. MonkdemMan
    Jan 30, 2022
    2
    This game is bad!! On ps4 at least, poor Controls, the map sucks, giving coordinates to find your team mate, just give me an icon! I get its survival but that's just tedious. It's clearly made for PC with no adaptions made for ps4.
  26. happyfoot725
    Mar 2, 2020
    0
    The only thing i found wrong with the game is the lack of updates if whoever owns the right see this review plz start working on ps4 update in the long run it would make you a lot of money but it will cost you to start the project but it will be worth the profit
  27. PRODIGYwest
    Apr 5, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game have a potential to be a best survival game but you can't see good things at this game...zombies such as a 2YO kids! anyway don't play this game… Expand
  28. Sleeper321
    Jul 30, 2020
    0
    Makes minecraft look like call of duty. I've never played such a terrible survival game. You can't adjust the brightness & it destroys your eyes.
  29. ShakesBeer
    Feb 16, 2021
    3
    I almost never give scores this bad, but when a developer decides to stop updating an unfinished game and still sell it for $30, they deserve a 3/10. If you have a PC and love sandbox survival with friends, the game looks like a lot of fun. But on console, expect bad graphics (even for voxel) and bugs, with no hope of fixes in sight. I'm only not giving it a 0 because there's a goodI almost never give scores this bad, but when a developer decides to stop updating an unfinished game and still sell it for $30, they deserve a 3/10. If you have a PC and love sandbox survival with friends, the game looks like a lot of fun. But on console, expect bad graphics (even for voxel) and bugs, with no hope of fixes in sight. I'm only not giving it a 0 because there's a good building survival game in there somewhere, but it's impossible to find for any but the most patient gamers.… Expand
  30. RahaMonicas
    Dec 20, 2021
    0
    Игра лагает дико, играть не возможно 15 епта фпс плюс фризы, думал куплю поиграем с другом но нет сука, говнище даже за бесплатно не берите.
  31. Robin-kunYT
    Apr 10, 2023
    1
    I hate this game. It's just f**kin horrible. Played it for like 2 hours and had to uninstall it. It's really boring.
  32. JamieWarner200
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game shouldn’t be €40 when it’s clearly unfinished, untested and not fun at all to play. There are better survival games that look better than this game and some you don’t even have to pay for.
  33. Agt_Killionaire
    Oct 7, 2022
    2
    This is a big let down. They have left this behind in order to work out and polish it for a future release. With this game not getting updated it will stay in its disheveled state. A big reason why I tried this game was to play with a friend but it felt pretty bad for me.
  34. Panovich
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Im gonna be honest. If this games released in 2004 on ps2 it would be very good game. Unlikely its released in 2016.
  35. Littlefelix
    Apr 9, 2023
    0
    The game looks like one of those games where it steals your money as a startup game unlike the bible I like corinthians in the bible :angry emoji:
  36. Velvetvelvet
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    Оптимизация тут конечно... Отбивает всякое желание играть)) ФПС-то нормальный, но всё равно выглядит как кусок Г, греющий видеокарту непонятно от чего и чем.

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#36 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#22 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

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Metascore
47

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 9 out of 17
  1. Cubed3
    Jun 30, 2025
    80
    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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  2. GameCritics
    Sep 12, 2016
    30
    Even three months and numerous patches after release, it’s clear that this project is nowhere near complete.Worse, the developers are clearly prioritizing the more successful PC version over this compromised port job. Console-owning fans of the survival genre may find something to enjoy in 7 Days To Die, but my advice is to steer clear all the same.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Sep 6, 2016
    48
    A compelling zombie concept thoroughly ruined by frighteningly horrid execution. [Sept 2016, p.74]
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