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Does Dying Light: The Beast Have Early Access?

Whenever a game is delayed, the desire to play it as soon as possible intensifies. Dying Light: The Beast fans have had to experience this pain, which is why early access would be a terrific boon to lessen the wait.

Dying Light: The Beast was delayed by 4 weeks. If it was the game you were most looking forward to in 2025, I can imagine you’ve been in your own zombie-like state throughout August and the early parts of September. Techland seems confident in The Beast’s revised release date. I can tell you that Insider Gaming’s recent hands-on preview should give you cause for excitement.

It’s hit and miss if single-player games have early access—which is where Dying Light: The Beast comes into the undead equation.

Can You Play Dying Light: The Beast With Early Access?

kyle doing parkour in dying light the beast
A hop, a skip, and a thump. Credit to Techland

As of writing, there is no Dying Light: The Beast early access, meaning the first real opportunity to play the game is via its September 19 release date.

Dying Light: The Beast does have a special deluxe edition. But it doesn’t feature 24, 48, or even 7-day early access. It includes special cosmetic skins, the game’s official soundtrack, and other handy in-game items. But there’s definitely no early access to get you to part ways with more money.

In fairness, the deluxe edition is only a handful of dollars more than the standard edition. If it did offer early access, I expect there’d be a greater discrepancy in price. As an old-school gamer, I’m happy when games don’t offer this, as it’s better when everyone can jump in together on the same day, avoid spoilers, and get a chance to experience the hilarious and bizarre antics in unison.

Is There A Dying Light: The Beast Demo?

There’s not even a Dying Light: The Beast demo for you to get a small taster of what’s to come.

Techland is adamant about the game’s content. The only way you play Dying Light: The Beast is on release day. If you need snippets of gameplay and details on the game and its development, though, the Insider Gaming Trailers YouTube page has a ton of Dyihng Light: The Beast content to watch.

Check out the Blood & Guts Trailer right here.


The Insider Gaming forum is home to daily gaming conversations. Here, you can talk about your love for Dying Light as a whole and why The Beast could be an upgrade on Dying Light 2.

Insider Gaming has a ton of other Dying Light: The Beast content to browse. We have the complete set of minimum and recommended PC Specs, as well as all Dying Light: The Beast Pre-Order bonuses.

Written by
Andrew Highton
Evergreen Editor

Andy is Insider Gaming's Senior Evergreen Editor and has been in the games journalism sphere in one way or another for over 7 years. His video game taste is as…

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