| Dead by Daylight | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Release Date | Gameplay & Story | DLC & Pre-Order | Review |
| Release Date | |
|---|---|
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June 16, 2016 (PC), June 20, 2017 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One), September 24, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), April 17, 2020 (Android, iOS), November 10/12, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5) More Details | |
| Genre | |
| Survival, Horror, Strategy | |
| Platforms | Price (MSRP) |
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$19.99-29.99 |
| Developer | Publisher |
| Behavior Interactive | Behavior Interactive, Starbreeze Publishing, NetEase |
| Number of Players | Age Rating |
| 5 (Online 4vs1) | ESRB M 17+ |
| Time to Finish | Cross Platform |
| 15-25 Minutes per Match | Yes |
| Official Website | Dead by Daylight Website |
Dead by Daylight Latest News
⚫︎ Dead by Daylight’s new Tokyo Ghoul collaboration killer launches April 2 (PlayStationBlog)
⚫︎ Dead by Daylight is Crossing Over With Tokyo Ghoul (Gamerant)
⚫︎ Hellraiser Is Leaving Dead by Daylight (Dead by Daylight Official News Website)
⚫︎ Dead by Daylight’s 2v8 Mode Is Back, Resident Evil Style: Everything To Know (Dead by Daylight Official News Website)
⚫︎ Dead by Daylight Adds New Outfits for Nemesis (Resident Evil 3), Ada Wong (Resident Evil 4), & More (Dead by Daylight Official News Website)
Dead by Daylight Overview
Dead by Daylight (or DbD) is an asymmetrical horror-survival multiplayer game developed by Behavior Interactive. It was released on June 16, 2016 initially only available on the PC, where over the years after launch, it was ported to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. It received a spin-off mobile game titled ‘Dead by Daylight Mobile’ which was launched in April 2020, but was removed from official app stores by January 2025 and is scheduled to go offline in March 2025.
Dead by Daylight has a group of four survivors spawned in a map with randomly generated obstacles and structures with the goal to repair 5 out of 7 generators, powering the exit gates and escaping alive. They must avoid a powerful, roaming Killer controlled by a lone player whose goal is to injure all survivors and impale them onto hooks, in order to be sacrificed to an eldritch force known as the Entity. The Entity has cosmic powers that are able to bring forth iconic characters from horror franchises in video games, movies, and series, be them humans, villains, or monsters.
Survivors must enter The Fog and escape the Trials in order to escape the Killer, lest they be sacrificed to The Entity and be Dead by Daylight.
| Digital Storefronts | |||||
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| Steam |
Epic |
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| Price | $19.99 | ||||
| PlayStation |
Xbox |
Switch |
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| Price | $29.99 | ||||
Dead by Daylight Gameplay
Dead by Daylight is a 4vs1 survival-horror game where four Survivors must find and repair five Generators across a large enclosed map and power the Exit Gates in order to escape. On the hunt for them is a single Killer with unique powers to trap, injure, capture, enfeeble, and main them in order to hang them on hooks and sacrifice to The Entity.
Survivors must find the randomly scattered Generators and stay in place to fully repair them. During the period, they must perform random skill checks that pop up every once in a while. Failure to succeed in skill checks will result in a visual and auditory notification for the Killer, alerting them of the Survivor’s location.
As a Killer, they must make use of their unique power and strategically track, hunt and chase, and ‘down’ Survivors by striking them with their weapon or power. ‘Downed’ Survivors can then be carried and hung onto Hooks available across the map. Hook a Survivors three times kills and sacrifices them, reducing the total amount of Survivors on the match by one.
The Survivors win if they successfully power the Generators, open the Exit Gates, and escape with their lives. The Killer wins when the majority of Survivors are sacrificed.
Dead by Daylight Trailer
LaunchTrailer
The Dead by Daylight Launch trailer showcases a horrifying cinematic of the Survivors trying their best, to no avail, to avoid the clutches of death by the Killer.
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