50 Fun Facts About Dead by Daylight

Which Canadian studio developed and publishes Dead by Daylight?

Sweden's Starbreeze published the game for its first two years until Behaviour bought the rights back in 2018.

How many Survivors face the Killer in a standard Dead by Daylight trial?

The 2v8 mode, first playable in 2024, doubles both sides for ten-player lobbies on larger maps.

How many of the map's seven generators must Survivors repair to power the exit gates?

Once the last Survivor is alone, hunting for the escape hatch is usually smarter than working on generators.

What is the malevolent being that Killers sacrifice Survivors to?

It feeds on emotion and steals a piece of a Survivor's soul on death, then loops them back to the campfire so it can hunt them again.

How many hook stages does a Survivor go through before being sacrificed?

On the second hook stage they must pass skill checks to hold the Entity off until rescued.

How long is the Endgame Collapse timer once the hatch is closed or an exit gate opened?

The timer slows if any Survivor is downed or hooked. When it runs out, everyone still inside is sacrificed.

What do Survivors hear when they are inside a Killer's terror radius?

It intensifies as the Killer gets closer. The 'red stain' light on the ground shows which way the Killer is facing.

What can a Survivor throw down to stun a Killer who is standing too close?

Most Killers must then break the pallet or walk around it, while Survivors can vault it, buying precious seconds in a chase.

How many perks can a Survivor or Killer equip at once?

Each character has three unique perks that unlock for everyone else when that character is prestiged.

What is the name of the skill tree where players spend currency to unlock perks, add-ons and items?

Reaching level 50 lets you prestige a character, up to prestige 100. The Rift is the battle pass, released alongside lore Tomes.

What are Killer perks tied to totems called, and what are the Survivor equivalents?

Survivors can cleanse a hex totem to switch it off for the match; Killers can snuff out a boon until it is blessed again.

In what year was Dead by Daylight first released, on Windows?

The first trailer dropped March 2, 2016, and the game launched June 14 after a closed beta. Consoles followed in 2017 and Switch in 2019.

How many lifetime players did Behaviour say the game had reached ahead of its tenth anniversary in 2026?

It sold 270,000 copies in its first week and a million within two months, and now averages about a million daily players.

What did Dead by Daylight upgrade to in April 2024, having run on its predecessor since launch?

It had run on Unreal Engine 4 since launch, after an early prototype on a different engine.

Which was the first licensed chapter, released in October 2016 with The Shape and Laurie Strode?

The game's director has said Michael Myers was the key that unlocked every later licence. The chapter was pulled from sale in January 2026.

What is Freddy Krueger called in Dead by Daylight?

He arrived in October 2017 with survivor Quentin Smith and the Badham Preschool map in Springwood.

Which Saw killer came with survivor Detective David Tapp and the Gideon Meat Plant map?

Amanda Young's pig-masked killer straps reverse bear traps onto Survivors, who must search Jigsaw boxes to remove them.

Which Stranger Things character was the Killer in Dead by Daylight's 2019 chapter, alongside Steve and Nancy?

The chapter and its Hawkins lab map were pulled in November 2021, apparently over Netflix's licensing plans, then returned in a surprise move in November 2023.

Which Silent Hill villain became The Executioner in June 2020, alongside Cheryl Mason?

Cheryl Mason is Silent Hill 3's Heather; her legendary skins include Alessa Gillespie, Lisa Garland and Cybil Bennett.

The Resident Evil chapter of June 2021 added Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine and which Killer?

Its Raccoon City Police Station map was later split into East and West Wing maps when Project W added Albert Wesker as The Mastermind.

Which Hellraiser character joined as The Cenobite in 2021, before the content was removed in 2025?

Doug Bradley reprised the voice role. An NFT firm's use of the character model triggered a review-bombing of the DLC in October 2021.

Sadako Yamamura from Ringu became which Killer in the March 2022 chapter Sadako Rising?

She came with survivor Yoichi Asakawa. The Spirit, Rin Yamaoka, is an original Japanese-themed killer from 2018.

Which Hollywood actor was added as a playable Survivor, as himself, in July 2023?

Bruce Campbell's Ash Williams had arrived in 2019, but as a character rather than the actor himself.

The August 2023 Alien chapter added The Xenomorph and which Survivor, with a map set in the Nostromo wreck?

Legendary skins let the Xenomorph become the Queen and Ripley become Ripley 8 or Rain Carradine.

What is Chucky's in-game Killer title?

He arrived in November 2023 with a Tiffany Valentine skin, and a Chucky-themed 2v8 mode ran in early 2026.

The 2024 Castlevania chapter added Trevor Belmont and which Killer, titled The Dark Lord?

Alucard, Simon and Richter Belmont and Soma Cruz are among the survivor skins. A Castlevania-themed Lights Out mode followed in September 2024.

Which video game series lent its animatronic Killer and a pizzeria map to a June 2025 chapter?

Legendary skins include the Yellow Rabbit from the film and Glitchtrap from Help Wanted.

Which two Survivors arrived in the July 2025 Walking Dead chapter?

It was a survivor-only chapter with a new map, Fallen Refuge, in the Withered Isle realm.

Stranger Things Chapter 2, released January 2026, added Eleven and Dustin Henderson plus which Killer?

The First is Vecna. Eddie Munson is available as a Dustin skin.

Which Left 4 Dead character was DBD's first licensed Survivor, released free in March 2017?

Left Behind was one of three free chapters, with The Last Breath and A Lullaby for the Dark.

What is the Killer from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre called in Dead by Daylight?

Leatherface arrived in September 2017 as a killer-only chapter. The Hillbilly is an original chainsaw-wielder who is getting his own Titan comic in 2026.

Which Killer came with the Dead Dawg Saloon map in the western realm Grave of Glenvale?

Caleb Quinn's harpoon gun arrived in March 2020 with survivor Zarina Kassir.

Which K-pop-inspired Killer, released in March 2021, throws blades and came with survivor Lee Yun-jin?

The All-Kill chapter's music theme returned in the March 2026 chapter All-Kill: Comeback.

The Dungeons & Dragons chapter of June 2024 added which Killer?

Vecna also, in a sense, since the Lich is Vecna. Survivors Aestri Yazar and Baermar Uraz came with the Forgotten Ruins map.

What was the first alternative game mode, added in 2024, that darkens maps and removes perks?

Chaos Shuffle randomises everyone's perks, and My Little Oni was an April Fools' mode with a giant Killer and tiny Survivors.

How many players are in a lobby of the 2v8 mode?

It debuted in July 2024 with larger maps and a class system, and later got Resident Evil, Ghost Face, Silent Hill and Attack on Titan themed runs.

Which Chinese company published Dead by Daylight Mobile, which shut down in March 2025?

The mobile version hit a million downloads in 48 hours and 25 million by 2022, but was banned in India in 2023.

Which four original Killers can you romance in Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim?

Dwight and Claudette act as guides in the parody visual novel developed by Psyop.

Which studio, known for Until Dawn, made the 2024 interactive drama The Casting of Frank Stone?

Frank Stone was going to be a Trapper skin in 2025, but fan backlash means he will get his own chapter as a new Killer.

Which two production companies were announced as backing the Dead by Daylight film adaptation?

Jason Blum and James Wan's shops hired Alexandre Aja to co-write and Þórður Pálsson to direct, with filming planned for 2027 at the time.

The first Dead by Daylight comic miniseries from Titan Comics followed which four-member Killer group?

Each of the four issues followed a different member. A second series about The Hillbilly began in April 2026.

In which city did an official Dead by Daylight themed café open in 2021?

It sits on the fourth floor of the Tokyo Skytree. Japan is one of the game's biggest markets thanks to its Japanese-themed chapters.

Which Swedish studio published Dead by Daylight from 2016 until Behaviour bought the rights in 2018?

505 Games publishes the Switch version and Deep Silver handles physical PS5 and Xbox Series copies.

What are the lore-expanding challenge collections released every few months alongside The Rift called?

The Rift is the game's battle pass, added in 2019 a year after the in-game store arrived.

On what date did all Stranger Things content surprisingly return to the game after its 2021 removal?

No reason was given for the removal; observers blamed Netflix's focus on its own Netflix Games brand.

Which NFT company caused a Steam review-bombing by minting an NFT with the Pinhead character model?

Behaviour said it merely gave model access to the rights holder; Boss Protocol lost the rights back to Clive Barker two months later.

Which anime's cosmetics were added in July 2022, removed a year later, then restored in October 2025?

The Halloween DLC was likewise pulled from sale in January 2026 ahead of a rival Halloween game.

How many copies did Dead by Daylight sell in its first week?

It passed 1 million within two months and 5 million by May 2019, before switching to counting players.

The Entity Café, a themed café opened in 2021, sits on the fourth floor of which landmark?

Japan became one of the game's biggest markets thanks to Japanese-themed chapters and deep lore.

Which Ubisoft fighting game ran the 2021 crossover 'Survivors of the Fog' with the Trapper as an AI enemy?

PUBG: Battlegrounds followed in 2022 with a mode where players repaired generators and fled a killer.