Dead by Daylight
Sign in to save2016 asymmetric survival horror video game developed by Behaviour Interactive
Game data
Metacritic 72- Released
- 2016-06-14
- User rating
- 3.50 / 5
- Genres
- Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
- ESRB
- Mature
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Key facts
- Developer
- Behaviour Interactive
- Publishers
- Behaviour Interactive 505 Games Deep Silver NetEase Games (mobile) Starbreeze Studios
- Directors
- Ashley Pannell Dave Richard Mathieu Coté Matthew Spriggens
- Producer
- Stéfan Beauchamp-Daniel
- Programmers
- Fadi Beyrouti Jean-Philip Desjardins Rémi Veilleux
- Artists
- Filip Ivanovic Marc Salha
- Writer
- Farah Daoud-Brixi
- Composer
- Michel F. April
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4 (2016–2024) Unreal Engine 5 (2024–present)
- Platforms
- Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Android (discontinued March 20, 2025) iOS (discontinued March 20, 2025) Stadia (discontinued January 18, 2023) Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 5
- Genre
- Survival horror
- Mode
Article
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; 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 has featured crossovers with many different horror films, television series, and video games.
The game was originally released for Windows in 2016. It has since released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. An iOS and Android version of the game, developed by NetEase, was available from 2020 to 2025. Swedish studio Starbreeze Studios published the game on behalf of Behaviour Interactive from 2016 until 2018, when Behaviour bought the publishing rights. The game was initially released on Unreal Engine 4 until it upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 in 2024.