Dead by Daylight

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's objective is to hunt and impale the Survivors on sacrificial hooks to appease a malevolent beast known as the Entity, which manifests both in physical form and spiritually, while the Survivors have to avoid being caught and power up the "exit gates" by working together to fix five separate generators. The game has featured crossovers with many different horror films, television series, and video games. The game was originally released for Windows on Steam 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. Dead by Daylight received mixed reviews upon release but was a commercial success; it has since attracted more than 70 million players and improved its ratings. Since its release, Dead by Daylight has received various spin-offs, including three video games, two comic book miniseries, a physical board game, and a film adaptation in development with Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster.