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| Developer(s) | Behaviour Interactive |
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| Producer(s) | Stéfan Beauchamp-Daniel |
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| Writer(s) | Farah Daoud-Brixi |
| Composer(s) | Michel F. April |
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| Genre(s) | Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Dead by Daylight is an online asymmetric multiplayer survival horror video game developed and published by Canadian studio Behaviour Interactive. It is a one-versus-four game in which one player takes on the role of a Killer and the other four play as Survivors;[a] the Killer must hunt and impale each Survivor on sacrificial hooks to appease a malevolent force known as the Entity, while the Survivors have to avoid being caught and power up the exit gates by working together to fix five generators.
The game was released for Windows in 2016;[1] PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2017;[2][3][4] Nintendo Switch in 2019; Android, iOS, PlayStation 5, Google Stadia, and Xbox Series X/S in 2020;[5] and Steam Deck in 2023.[6][b] Swedish studio Starbreeze Studios published the game on behalf of Behaviour from 2016 until 2018, when Behaviour bought the publishing rights.[7][8] Italian company 505 Games publishes the Nintendo Switch version, while Austrian company Deep Silver publishes physical copies for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions. Cross-play was added to the game in 2020 to allow play with people on other platforms, while cross-progression followed in 2024 to allow players with accounts on different platforms to share everything they had unlocked across each account.[9] The game ran on Unreal Engine 4 from 2016 to 2024,[10] when it upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.[11]
Dead by Daylight received mixed reviews upon release, but was a commercial success; it has since attracted more than 60 million players and improved its ratings. In 2023, it was announced that production companies Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster had begun developing a film adaptation.
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- ^ "Dead by Daylight is Steam Deck Verified!". Steam. May 11, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Starbreeze sells rights to Dead by Daylight to Behaviour for USD 16 million" (Press release). Starbreeze Studios. March 21, 2018. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Herrera, Kayla (February 10, 2016). "Dead By Daylight Is Just Another Upcoming Slasher Horror Game—Or Is It?". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ "DBD cross progression and crossplay explained". PCGamesN. July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ Rowe, Brian (October 28, 2016). "Living Through Dead by Daylight". Unreal Engine. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Cooper, Dalton (April 23, 2024). "New Dead by Daylight Update Is Good News for PS5 and Xbox Series X Gamers". GameRant.