Dead Island is an action role-playing survival horror video game series published by Deep Silver[1] for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and mobile platforms iOS and Android. There are three installments in the series, with a fourth scheduled to be released on April 21, 2023. Dead Island is centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie-infested open world island with a major emphasis on melee combat.

Dead Island was originally announced at E3 2006,[2] but was pushed back to 2011. It was initially released on September 6 in North America, September 9 in PAL regions, and October 20 in Japan. A stand-alone expansion, Dead Island: Riptide, was released in 2013 while a sequel, Dead Island 2, is in development.

A spin-off, Escape Dead Island, was released in 2014. A MOBA game based on the Dead Island series called Dead Island: Epidemic was cancelled during the open beta phase in 2015. The free-to-play title had been available on Steam early access since May 2014, but eventually never saw a full release and was completely shut down.

Dead Island: Survivors, a mobile platform-based game, was launched on iOS and Android in July 2018.[3]