After nearly a year on Steam Early access, the asking price for DayZ will soon increase to US$34.99.

Publisher Bohemia Interactive added that there will be two more price increases in the future. The first will come when the game enters beta in late 2015. At that time, DayZ will cost US$43.99.

The second will come with DayZ's full release in 2016, at which time the game will cost US$49.99.

Between then and now there is a substantial list of improvements that Bohemia intends to implement:

Q1 2015

◆ Basic vehicles
◆ Advanced loot distribution
◆ New renderer
◆ New Zombie AI
◆ Basic stealth system (zombies and animals)
◆ Diseases

Q2 2015

◆ Advanced vehicles (repair and modifications)
◆ Advanced animals (life cycle, group behavior)
◆ Player statistics
◆ New UI
◆ Player stamina
◆ Dynamic events

Q3 2015

◆ Traps
◆ Barricading
◆ Character life span + soft skills
◆ Animal predators + birds
◆ Aerial transport
◆ Console prototype

Q4 2015

◆ Animal companions
◆ Steam community integration
◆ Construction (base building)
◆ BETA version, expected price 34,99 EUR / 43,99 USD