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Dead by Daylight is an indie horror game developed and published by Behaviour Digital Inc.. Dead by Daylight is both an action and survival horror multiplayer game in which one crazed, unstoppable Killer hunts down four Survivors through a terrifying nightmarish world in a deadly game of Cat & Mouse. It was released on 14 June 2016 for PC, 20 June 2017 for Xbox One and PS4, 24 September 2019 for Switch and 16 April 2020 for Mobile.


Features

  • As a Survivor, go in alone or team up with friends to face an unknown threat. Use Items at hand, Unlocked Abilities and Environmental Objects to outwit the monster and escape from its killing ground.
  • Set in a procedurally generated World, you'll never know what to expect, what you're facing and how to get away. You will have to make stressful choices under desperate circumstances. Every decision impacts your chances of survival.
  • Killers come from all horror genres, from brutal slashers to terrifying paranormal entities. Master these monsters' unique powers and exploit the knowledge of your “home” to track, hunt down, break and sacrifice your victims before they get a chance to escape to safety.
  • The asymmetry, procedural factors and unique thinking of human individuals make each Dead by Daylight match an unexpected scenario where the combined behaviour of each player creates a truly terrifying and thrilling narrative.
  • Dead by Daylight Characters each have a deep progression and Unlockables which can be customized into your own personal strategy. Use your experience, Skills and load-out to climb up the competitive ladder and you might eventually discover the truth beyond the fog.


Artwork


Screenshots


Downloadable Content

CHAPTER I: The Last Breath Chapter


CHAPTER II: The HALLOWEEN® Chapter

CHAPTER III: Of Flesh and Mud

PARAGRAPH I: Left Behind

CHAPTER IV: Spark of Madness

CHAPTER V: A Lullaby for the Dark

PARAGRAPH II: LEATHERFACE™

CHAPTER VI: A Nightmare on Elm Street™

CHAPTER VII: The SAW™ Chapter

CHAPTER VIII: Curtain Call

CHAPTER IX: Shattered Bloodline‎‎


CHAPTER X: Darkness Among Us‎‎

CHAPTER XI: Demise of the Faithful

PARAGRAPH III: Ash vs Evil Dead

CHAPTER XII: Ghost Face®

CHAPTER XIII: Stranger Things

CHAPTER XIV: Cursed Legacy

CHAPTER XV: Chains of Hate

CHAPTER XVI: Silent Hill

Trailers

Original Launch Trailer 2016 Console Launch Trailer 2017 CHAPTER I: The Last Breath Chapter
CHAPTER II: The HALLOWEEN® Chapter CHAPTER III: Of Flesh and Mud PARAGRAPH I: Left Behind
CHAPTER IV: Spark of Madness CHAPTER V: A Lullaby for the Dark PARAGRAPH II: LEATHERFACE™
CHAPTER VI: A Nightmare on Elm Street™ CHAPTER VII: The SAW™ Chapter CHAPTER VIII: Curtain Call
CHAPTER IX: Shattered Bloodline‎‎ CHAPTER X: Darkness Among Us CHAPTER XI: Demise of the Faithful
CHAPTER XII: Ghost Face® CHAPTER XIII: Stranger Things CHAPTER XIV: Cursed Legacy
CHAPTER XV: Chains of Hate CHAPTER XVI: Silent Hill


Old Tutorial Videos

Before the implementation of the playable Tutorial Maps, Dead by Daylight featured short Tutorial videos to give new Players an idea of how to play the Game. There were 6 videos: 3 for the Killer and 3 for the Survivors:

Killer 1: How To Win Killer 2: How To Hunt Killer 3: How To Find Them
Survivor 1: How To Win Survivor 2: How To Stay Alive Survivor 3: Help Others


Steam Trading Cards

Main article: Steam Trading Cards

Dead by Daylight contains a number of Steam Trading Cards, which are virtual cards earned by playing the game on Steam. After collecting all trading cards, a badge can then be crafted and the player will receive: the next badge level, Steam XP, potential profile backgrounds, and emoticons. Steam Trading Cards can be obtained through playing the game, in which the player will receive free card-drops over a period of time, as well as buying them from the Steam Marketplace, or by trading with other players.


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Trivia

Theme Music

  • The Dead by Daylight Theme is centred around a four-note sequence of E-flat, D, E-flat, and C.
    • This sequence marks the beginning of the Dies Irae (Latin for "The Day of Wrath"), a sequence originating in Gregorian plainchant.
    • In history, it is most commonly found in Requiems, a Mass for the Dead or for Funerals.
    • In contemporary times, it is often used as a theme or musical quotation in conjunction with settings and symbols of death and mortality.

File Cryptonyms

  • For every Chapter and since CHAPTER VI, all data associated with it is internally named after a random country's name, going in alphabetical order, sometimes skipping a letter or two.
    • This most likely started as an internal joke amongst the Developers due to Robert Englund's name (the original actor who portrayed Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street) sounding closely like the country of England and also being spelt similarly.
    • This naming scheme eventually expanded to data associated with major updates and changes to Dead by Daylight, including the Endgame Collapse and Archive Tomes.
    • The Dead by Daylight Mobile port and any data associated with it features a special internal reference: "Atlanta"
    • "Atlanta" is the Capital of the State of Georgia in the US and finds its origins in "Atlantic", a reference to the transcontinental Atlantic-Pacific Railroad.
    • "Guam" and "Atlanta" are the only cryptonyms that do not represent countries, both Guam and Atlanta being part of the United States:
      • "Guam" is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in Micronesia.
    • "Xipre" is the Catalan name of the Republic of Cyprus, an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Data Cryptonym
Dead by Daylight Mobile "Atlanta"
A Nightmare on Elm Street™ "England"
The SAW™ Chapter "Finland"
Curtain Call "Guam"
Shattered Bloodline "Haiti"
Shattered Bloodline Mid-Chapter "Japan"
Darkness Among Us "Kenya"
Darkness Among Us Mid-Chapter "Laos"
Demise of the Faithful "Mali"
Endgame Collapse "Nepal"
Ghost Face "Oman"
Stranger Things "Qatar"
Mid-Chapter 3.3.0 "Rwanda"
Tome I - Awakening
Cursed Legacy "Sweden"
Mid-Chapter 3.5.0 "Togo"
Tome II - Reckoning
Chains of Hate "Ukraine"
Mid-Chapter 3.7.0 "Vietnam"
Tome III - Escalation
Silent Hill "Wales"
Mid-Chapter 4.1.0 "Xipre"
Tome IV - Conviction

Unreal Engine

Dead by Daylight runs on Epic's Unreal Engine.

Patch 1.4.0

  • Updated Engine to version 4.13

Patch 2.4.0

  • Updated Engine to version 4.20

Patch 2.6.0

  • Updated Engine to version 4.21

Patch 3.3.1

  • Updated Engine to version 4.22
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