This is an accepted version of this page Dead by Daylight is an online asymmetric multiplayer survival horror video game developed and published by Canadian studio Behaviour Interactive.

[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.

If they are hooked a second time, they enter a phase in which they must resist the Entity as it attempts to take them out of the game by performing skill checks until they are either killed or rescued.

A significant amount of the gameplay revolves around chases, with Survivors using their environment and wits to outmanoeuvre the Killer and escape them or at least buy time for their allies to complete objectives.

Some Killers have the ability to suppress their terror radius and red stain under certain conditions, enabling them to surprise unaware Survivors.

While being carried, the Survivor can attempt to wiggle out of the Killer's grasp by successfully hitting consecutive skill checks before they reach the hook.

If the Killer closes the hatch, the exit gates become powered as though the generator objective was completed, allowing the remaining Survivor a way to escape the trial.

Examples of Survivor perks include a burst of speed when running from the Killer, the ability to self-heal without a med-kit, briefly sabotaging sacrificial hooks without a toolbox, and many more.

Perks, add-ons, and items can be unlocked through the Bloodweb, a skill tree where each character can spend in-game currency.

The majority of Killers, most of whom are serial murderers or victims of terrible tragedy, are pulled out of reality by the Entity and convinced or forced to do its bidding.

[e] In order to maintain its existence, the Entity requires sacrifices and demands that they hunt and kill the Survivors so it can feed off their emotions and steal a piece of their souls upon death.

Each original Survivor and Killer also has their own individual backstory which explains their personality and their unique abilities, along with how they end up in the realm of the Entity.

Once the PTB has been out for roughly two weeks, it is disabled for further maintenance on the upcoming DLC, such as bug fixing and adding missing features.

19 of the currently released DLCs have featured licensed Killers and Survivors from both popular horror franchises and other video games.

Cosmetic items have also been added from video game franchises such as For Honor, Meet Your Maker,[28] PUBG: Battlegrounds,[29] Rainbow Six Siege,[30] and Naughty Bear.

[31] Collaborations with real people have resulted in cosmetic items inspired by heavy metal bands Iron Maiden and Slipknot, as well as actor Nicolas Cage being a playable Survivor.

[82] GameSpot awarded it a score of 9 out of 10, saying, "At launch, Dead by Daylight suffered because of its reliance on peer-to-peer hosting and absent social features, but over time it rectified these issues.

"[87] Luke Winkie of PC Gamer awarded it a score of 88 out of 100, saying, "In the five years since Behaviour Interactive released Dead by Daylight on Steam, the game has developed razor-sharp mechanical intrigue, an ultra-complex web of versatile builds and strategies, and a diverse suite of characters, each equipped with relative strengths and weaknesses.

[98] Dead by Daylight has become increasingly popular in Japan due to Behaviour catering to Japanese players with the release of Japanese-themed chapters like "The Shattered Bloodline" and "The Cursed Legacy", as well as expanding the lore of its in-game universe, which the Japanese gaming community tends to favor in video games.

In return, the country has become one of the biggest markets for the game,[99] becoming so popular that a Dead by Daylight-themed Entity Café opened on the fourth floor of the Tokyo Skytree in August 2021.

By playing at least one match of the special PUBG game mode, players were given a unique code to unlock cosmetics in Dead by Daylight.

[108] On June 19, 2019, Behaviour Interactive Inc. announced the plan to release Dead by Daylight on iOS and Android for free in an attempt to make the game more accessible to players around the world.

Dead by Daylight Mobile was initially slated for launch in 2019, however the developers had to push the release to 2020, citing their need for more time to work on bugs and optimize.

Following original survivors Dwight, Claudette, and Feng Min, players must defeat enemies in order to power up generators and escape.

[128] Featuring a branching narrative, players follow the stories of different characters set across multiple time periods, all centering around the killer Frank Stone and the paranormal Entity.

[129] An untitled spin-off game was announced on May 19, 2023, described as a four-player co-op PvE experience "centered around greed and the lust for power.

Players use perks, items, props, and powers to traverse the map in order to either repair generators and escape or hunt down and kill the survivors.

On October 29, 2022, Behaviour Interactive tweeted an announcement for a comic series featuring the four members of The Legion, which details more of their backstory.

It is published by Titan Comics, written by Nadia Shammas, illustrated by Dillon Snook, and colored by Emilio Lecce.

[141] In March 2023, it was reported by Variety that Jason Blum and James Wan were producing a film adaptation through their Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster banners, respectively alongside Behaviour Interactive.