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
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 |
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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.
Official links
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.
- This base sequence is present in all Chapter themes, though transposed to suit different instruments.
- After the release of the Curtain Call DLC, all Chapters had menu themes that would play on the main menu until the release of the next Chapter or Mid-Chapter update.
- Those include various instruments instruments (Take the following with a grain of salt as it is NOT confirmed):
- Curtain Call: Accordion, Clarinet, Guitar.
- Shattered Bloodline: Drums, French Horn, Contrabass, Guitar, Wood Flute.
- Darkness Among Us: Drums, Guitar, Synthesizer.
- Demise of the Faithful: English Horn, Drums.
- Ghost Face: Oboe, Clarinet, Synthesizer, Drums.
- Stranger Things: Synthesizers.
- Cursed Legacy: Wood Flute, Percussion, Koto, Synthesizer.
- Chains of Hate: Banjo, Keyboard, Synthesizer.
- Silent Hill: Ukulele, Synthesizers, Oboe.
- Descend Beyond: Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass.
- A Binding of Kin: Accordion, Synthesizer, Percussion, Cello.
- Those include various instruments instruments (Take the following with a grain of salt as it is NOT confirmed):
File Cryptonyms
Chapters VI - XVII
- Since CHAPTER VI, all data associated with a specific Chapter or Mid-Chapter update has an internal codename.
For each of these Chapters, the codename was the name of a random country or location, going in alphabetical order.- This most likely started as an internal wordplay joke amongst the Developers, due to Robert Englund's last name being very similar to "England".
- Robert Englund is the actor who originally portrayed Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies.
- This most likely started as an internal wordplay joke amongst the Developers, due to Robert Englund's last name being very similar to "England".
Data | Codename |
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Dead by Daylight Mobile | "Atlanta" |
CHAPTER VI: A Nightmare on Elm Street™ | "England" |
CHAPTER VII: The SAW™ Chapter | "Finland" |
CHAPTER VIII: Curtain Call | "Guam" |
CHAPTER IX: Shattered Bloodline | "Haiti" |
Mid-Chapter 2.3.0 | "Japan" |
CHAPTER X: Darkness Among Us | "Kenya" |
Mid-Chapter 2.5.0 | "Laos" |
CHAPTER XI: Demise of the Faithful | "Mali" |
Mid-Chapter 2.7.0 | "Nepal" |
VFX Updates in 4.2.0 | "Niagara" |
CHAPTER XII: Ghost Face | "Oman" |
CHAPTER XIII: Stranger Things | "Qatar" |
Mid-Chapter 3.3.0 | "Rwanda" |
Tome I - Awakening | |
CHAPTER XIV: Cursed Legacy | "Sweden" |
Mid-Chapter 3.5.0 | "Togo" |
Tome II - Reckoning | |
CHAPTER XV: Chains of Hate | "Ukraine" |
Mid-Chapter 3.7.0 | "Vietnam" |
Tome III - Escalation | |
CHAPTER XVI: Silent Hill | "Wales" |
Mid-Chapter 4.1.0 | "Xipre" |
Tome IV - Conviction | |
CHAPTER XVII: Descend Beyond | "Yemen" |
Mid-Chapter 4.3.0 | "Zambia" |
Tome V - Unleashed |
Since Chapter XVIII
- After reaching the final letter of the alphabet with Mid-Chapter 4.3.0 being titled "Zambia", the Developers changed to a new naming scheme starting from the letter 'A' again, though this time using astronomical terms instead of location names.
Data | Codename |
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CHAPTER XVIII: A Binding of Kin | "Aurora" |
Mid-Chapter 4.5.0 | "Big Bang" |
Tome VI - Divergence |
Dead by Daylight Mobile
- 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.
Name Explanations
- "Aurora" is the Latin terminology used to describe the polar lights, also called "Aurora borealis" (Northern Lights) or "Aurora australis" (Southern Lights).
- "Big Bang" refers to the most popular scientific theory about the creation of the Universe.
- "Guam" is an organised, unincorporated territory of the United States in Micronesia.
- "Niagara" refers to the famous "Niagara Falls" as well as a town of the same name, both in Southeastern Ontario, Canada.
- "Xipre" is the Catalan name of the island of Cyprus, situated in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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
Patch 4.2.0
- Updated Engine to version 4.25