Dead by Daylight
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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;[lower-alpha 1] 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.
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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 |
The game was released for Windows in 2016,[3] for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2017,[4][5][6] for Switch in 2019, and for Android, iOS, PlayStation 5, Stadia, and Xbox Series X/S in 2020.[7] It became Steam Deck Verified[lower-alpha 2] in 2023.[8] Swedish studio Starbreeze Studios published the game on behalf of Behaviour from 2016 until 2018, when Behaviour bought the publishing rights.[9][10] 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.
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.