50 free Dead by Daylight trivia questions with answers — technology quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free Dead by Daylight trivia questions with answers. Dead by Daylight has been running trials in the Fog since June 2016, and with 70 million players it calls itself the most played horror game in history. This DBD trivia quiz covers the whole thing: the one-versus-four rules, generators and exit gates, hook stages, perks, hexes and boons, the Bloodweb, and the lore of the Entity and its campfire. There are questions on the original killers and survivors, the licensed chapters that made the game a hall of fame of horror, from The Shape and Laurie Strode in 2016 through Freddy, Pyramid Head, the Nemesis, Sadako, the Xenomorph, Chucky, Dracula and Springtrap, and the chapters that were pulled: Stranger Things, Hellraiser and Halloween. There are also questions on the 2v8 and Lights Out modes, the mobile version, the dating sim, the board game, the comics and the Blumhouse film. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's Dead by Daylight article and its DLC table. Warm-ups on the basic rules come first; the questions about the Deathslinger's map and the Nicolas Cage chapter are for players with a P100.
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Q 01Which Canadian studio developed and publishes Dead by Daylight?
Behaviour Interactive
Sweden's Starbreeze published the game for its first two years until Behaviour bought the rights back in 2018.
Q 02How many Survivors face the Killer in a standard Dead by Daylight trial?
Four
The 2v8 mode, first playable in 2024, doubles both sides for ten-player lobbies on larger maps.
Q 03How many of the map's seven generators must Survivors repair to power the exit gates?
Five
Once the last Survivor is alone, hunting for the escape hatch is usually smarter than working on generators.
Q 04What is the malevolent being that Killers sacrifice Survivors to?
The Entity
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.
Q 05How many hook stages does a Survivor go through before being sacrificed?
Three
On the second hook stage they must pass skill checks to hold the Entity off until rescued.
Q 06How long is the Endgame Collapse timer once the hatch is closed or an exit gate opened?
Two minutes
The timer slows if any Survivor is downed or hooked. When it runs out, everyone still inside is sacrificed.
Q 07What do Survivors hear when they are inside a Killer's terror radius?
A heartbeat
It intensifies as the Killer gets closer. The 'red stain' light on the ground shows which way the Killer is facing.
Q 08What can a Survivor throw down to stun a Killer who is standing too close?
A wooden pallet
Most Killers must then break the pallet or walk around it, while Survivors can vault it, buying precious seconds in a chase.
Q 09How many perks can a Survivor or Killer equip at once?
Four
Each character has three unique perks that unlock for everyone else when that character is prestiged.
Q 10What is the name of the skill tree where players spend currency to unlock perks, add-ons and items?
The Bloodweb
Reaching level 50 lets you prestige a character, up to prestige 100. The Rift is the battle pass, released alongside lore Tomes.
Q 11What are Killer perks tied to totems called, and what are the Survivor equivalents?
Hexes and boons
Survivors can cleanse a hex totem to switch it off for the match; Killers can snuff out a boon until it is blessed again.
Q 12In what year was Dead by Daylight first released, on Windows?
2016
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.
Q 13How many lifetime players did Behaviour say the game had reached ahead of its tenth anniversary in 2026?
70 million
It sold 270,000 copies in its first week and a million within two months, and now averages about a million daily players.
Q 21Which Hellraiser character joined as The Cenobite in 2021, before the content was removed in 2025?
Pinhead
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.
Q 22Sadako Yamamura from Ringu became which Killer in the March 2022 chapter Sadako Rising?
The Onryō
She came with survivor Yoichi Asakawa. The Spirit, Rin Yamaoka, is an original Japanese-themed killer from 2018.
Q 23Which Hollywood actor was added as a playable Survivor, as himself, in July 2023?
Nicolas Cage
Bruce Campbell's Ash Williams had arrived in 2019, but as a character rather than the actor himself.
Q 14What did Dead by Daylight upgrade to in April 2024, having run on its predecessor since launch?
Unreal Engine 5
It had run on Unreal Engine 4 since launch, after an early prototype on a different engine.
Q 15Which was the first licensed chapter, released in October 2016 with The Shape and Laurie Strode?
Halloween
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.
Q 16What is Freddy Krueger called in Dead by Daylight?
The Nightmare
He arrived in October 2017 with survivor Quentin Smith and the Badham Preschool map in Springwood.
Q 17Which Saw killer came with survivor Detective David Tapp and the Gideon Meat Plant map?
The Pig
Amanda Young's pig-masked killer straps reverse bear traps onto Survivors, who must search Jigsaw boxes to remove them.
Q 18Which Stranger Things character was the Killer in Dead by Daylight's 2019 chapter, alongside Steve and Nancy?
The Demogorgon
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.
Q 19Which Silent Hill villain became The Executioner in June 2020, alongside Cheryl Mason?
Pyramid Head
Cheryl Mason is Silent Hill 3's Heather; her legendary skins include Alessa Gillespie, Lisa Garland and Cybil Bennett.
Q 20The Resident Evil chapter of June 2021 added Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine and which Killer?
The Nemesis
Its Raccoon City Police Station map was later split into East and West Wing maps when Project W added Albert Wesker as The Mastermind.
Q 24The August 2023 Alien chapter added The Xenomorph and which Survivor, with a map set in the Nostromo wreck?
Ellen Ripley
Legendary skins let the Xenomorph become the Queen and Ripley become Ripley 8 or Rain Carradine.
Q 25What is Chucky's in-game Killer title?
The Good Guy
He arrived in November 2023 with a Tiffany Valentine skin, and a Chucky-themed 2v8 mode ran in early 2026.
Q 26The 2024 Castlevania chapter added Trevor Belmont and which Killer, titled The Dark Lord?
Dracula
Alucard, Simon and Richter Belmont and Soma Cruz are among the survivor skins. A Castlevania-themed Lights Out mode followed in September 2024.
Q 27Which video game series lent its animatronic Killer and a pizzeria map to a June 2025 chapter?
Five Nights at Freddy's
Legendary skins include the Yellow Rabbit from the film and Glitchtrap from Help Wanted.
Q 28Which two Survivors arrived in the July 2025 Walking Dead chapter?
Rick and Michonne Grimes
It was a survivor-only chapter with a new map, Fallen Refuge, in the Withered Isle realm.
Q 29Stranger Things Chapter 2, released January 2026, added Eleven and Dustin Henderson plus which Killer?
The First
The First is Vecna. Eddie Munson is available as a Dustin skin.
Q 30Which Left 4 Dead character was DBD's first licensed Survivor, released free in March 2017?
Bill Overbeck
Left Behind was one of three free chapters, with The Last Breath and A Lullaby for the Dark.