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About This Game

Release Date: May 31, 2016 – 395 Players*

The game that re-defined the zombie genre - fully remastered.

Paradise meets Hell!

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

The Dead Island Experience

Smash heads, crack skulls and slice ‘em up with visceral astounding melee combat and true story-based 4 player co-op in a sprawling open world just waiting for exploration.

Features

  • Includes all previously released DLC!

  • Fully remastered: Experience Dead Island in crisp full HD with Improved graphics, game models and a photorealistic lighting system with physically based shading

  • Adrenaline-Fuelled Combat: Smash heads, crack skulls and slice ‘em up with the weapon of your choice in the visceral astounding melee combat

  • Seamless Coop Multiplayer: Collaborate with your friends, live through a story of the struggle for survival in a world gone mad

  • Discover the Island: Explore the island paradise; from the deserted city, secluded beaches and vast highlands – discover the story behind the zombie outbreak

  • Experience the atmosphere: Experience the dense atmosphere - feel the destruction, the horror and madness. Immerse yourself in the turmoil that is taking place on the Island.

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How To Play Dead Island Definitive Edition on macOS

Playable

Great news, Dead Island Definitive Edition can be played on macOS using any of the methods below:

  1. is the most popular way to play Windows games on macOS. You can play Dead Island Definitive Edition using CrossOver.

See game reports below for details.

Game Reports

See how well this game plays on macOS.

Dead Island Definitive Edition is not natively supported on macOS. See below for ways you can play it that have been tested.

Playable
2 Game Reports
Perfect
0%
Excellent
50%
Good
0%
Poor
50%
Broken
0%

MacGamer

Poor 1080p < 1 Hour Played 16 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    Parallels (Windows)

    v26.0.1

  • Launcher Steam
  • Graphics Preset Custom

Additional Information

The game plays but the frame rate is too low to be playable. I had graphic setting set to best performance.

 

MacGamer

Excellent 1440p < 1 Hour Played 38 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Sequoia, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    v25.0.1

  • Launcher Steam
  • Graphics Preset Custom

Additional Information

I had graphics at Best Quality with motion blur off and FPS was between 38 and 48.

Moving the mouse pointer was screwed up for me. I was unable to use the mouse but my controller worked perfectly.