Days Gone

April 26, 2019ShooterESRB M

Available on

PlayStation 4 PC PlayStation 5

Genres

Shooter Adventure Action

Overview

About Days Gone

Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Released in April 2019 for PlayStation 4 and later for PC in May 2021, the game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where players control Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter navigating a landscape overrun by "Freakers," zombie-like creatures created by a global pandemic. The gameplay focuses on exploration, combat, and survival elements, with players able to use various weapons, craft supplies, and upgrade Deacon’s motorcycle, essential for travelling across the vast and hostile environment. Days Gone combines narrative-driven missions with an open world filled with dynamic events, enemy camps, and environmental challenges.

Story setup

Deacon St. John, a former outlaw and drifter, searches for purpose in a world ravaged by a pandemic that has turned much of humanity into mindless, violent creatures called Freakers. Driven by the hope that his wife, Sarah, may still be alive, he navigates the dangers of the Pacific Northwest, facing hostile factions, freakish threats, and his own haunting memories. As he fights for survival, Deacon forms new alliances, confronts his past, and seeks answers about his wife’s fate, uncovering harsh truths about resilience and loss in a world on the edge.

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At a glance

Released: April 26, 2019
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Action
Play modes: Single Player
Age rating: ESRB M
Time to beat: ~42 hours

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for Days Gone.

Rushed: 36hoursMain story only
Typical: 42hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist: 58hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 10 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

Days Gone offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Days Gone. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBMA 15+

Strong themes and violence

CEROZ

Violence

CLASS_IND16

Violência (Violence)
Drogas Lícitas (Legal Drugs)
Linguagem Imprópria (Inappropriate Language)

ESRBM

Blood and Gore
Drug Reference
Intense Violence
Sexual Themes
Strong Language

GRAC19+

Violence
Language
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug

PEGI18

Violence
Bad Language

This game features scenes of graphic violence. The player's character is able to inflict violence against human-like zombies, using a mixture of firearms and bladed weapons, which results in sight of blood and injuries. Zombies can be decapitated or dismembered and their throats can be slit. The game also features scenes of torture, including characters being tied up and attacked with blowtorches. At one point, human characters are tied up and shot in their heads. The game also contains strong language ('fuck').

USK18

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Coverage

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Best Open World Games on PlayStation Plus (2026)

#15

Days Gone gets undersold. The Pacific Northwest map is legitimately atmospheric, the bike traversal gives the open world a rhythm that most post-apocalyptic games lack, and the freaker horde encounters are some of the most genuinely tense open-world moments on PS4. It missed the top 10 mainly because the story takes too long to get interesting and the first eight hours feel like setup rather than payoff. Players who get through that opening stretch tend to finish the whole game. Players who bounce off it usually do so before the world properly opens. If you can stomach a slow burn, give it more time than you think it deserves.

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