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Dead by Daylight

Behaviour Interactive Inc. · 2016-06-14

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Jun 23, 2017 (Xbox One), Jun 22, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Sep 24, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S)

10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.

Dead by Daylight is a 2016 Action game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (78% of 926407 reviews).

79,756
playing now
78%
positive of 931k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25,839
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (426 ratings)
70/100
opencritic · fair · 48% recommend
256h
to beat · rushed 77h · completionist 506h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

79,756 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

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 appears 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.

Trailer

Dead by Daylight trailer thumbnail

Dead by Daylight | Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 79,756 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 61,742 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7,718/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23M–56M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 931,090 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.00 at GamersGate (2019-12-19) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 24 of 65 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13k13k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2,608 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 637 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2,158 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 530 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,605 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,366 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 454 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2,107 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 585 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,973 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 984 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,677 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,487 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,764 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 749 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2,249 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 663 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,893 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 677 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7,925 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 903 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2,187 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 665 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2,574 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 807 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,778 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 557 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,484 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,031 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,684 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 907 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,658 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 580 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8,239 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,079 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8,198 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 981 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 498 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,752 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 581 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3,588 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 725 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12,694 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,540 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8,659 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,167 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7,706 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,312 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4,986 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,099 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7,668 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,376 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7,376 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,279 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6,705 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,102 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10,134 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,381 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11,281 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,402 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10,025 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,002 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8,775 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,242 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5,805 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 909 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11,825 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,216 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8,095 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,301 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6,915 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,126 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6,215 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,404 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5,471 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,118 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7,635 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,238 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7,405 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,219 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9,254 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,562 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11,066 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,817 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8,445 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,600 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9,964 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,133 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8,283 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,651 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10,099 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,790 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7,440 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,824 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5,464 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,639 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,979 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,139 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,783 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,131 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,599 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 818 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,280 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 852 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5,189 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 991 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4,787 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,563 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3,989 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,080 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3,809 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 953 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,539 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 798 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5,660 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 785 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,470 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 704 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,146 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 743 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,643 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 668 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,822 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5,203 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,925 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,422 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,701 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,021 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,683 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 964 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,803 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,033 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4,073 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 957 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,303 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 927 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,966 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 754 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7,256 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 831 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,106 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 723 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,981 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 730 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3,340 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 814 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4,316 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 977 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,102 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 933 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,100 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 971 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,439 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,110 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4,986 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,133 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4,963 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,189 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,149 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 928 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,444 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 956 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,688 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 856 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,074 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 829 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,614 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9,180 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,768 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,066 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,337 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 938 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4,018 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,293 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3,815 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,062 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7,738 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,735 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8,672 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,847 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7,013 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,828 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4,189 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,623 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5,947 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,899 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7,921 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,854 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5,019 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,369 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7,441 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,748 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6,026 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,366 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5,003 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,431 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4,265 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,309 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4,684 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,634 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8,014 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,518 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7,721 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,194 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 289 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

99k31k2026-08-06 16:00 — 65,848 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 38,549 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 63,026 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 59,891 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 55,518 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 75,642 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 38,287 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 55,397 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 98,895 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 49,089 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 71,083 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 70,101 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 55,292 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 76,749 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 48,301 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 61,664 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 82,529 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 42,097 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 65,019 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 71,423 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 39,928 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 60,056 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 33,334 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 45,445 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 59,004 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 38,803 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 57,847 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 59,300 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 38,467 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 59,926 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 34,052 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 63,765 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 72,959 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 37,966 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 56,543 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 70,392 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 52,361 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 76,514 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 53,867 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 79,756 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#13#222026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #182026-08-07 — #182026-08-08 — #182026-08-09 — #182026-08-10 — #182026-08-11 — #182026-08-12 — #132026-08-13 — #132026-08-14 — #162026-08-15 — #162026-08-16 — #162026-08-17 — #162026-08-18 — #172026-08-19 — #172026-08-20 — #172026-08-21 — #192026-08-22 — #212026-08-23 — #222026-08-24 — #222026-08-25 — #222026-08-26 — #182026-08-27 — #142026-08-28 — #142026-08-29 — #152026-08-30 — #16
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
4004002026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 171 new positive2026-08-07: 66 new negative2026-08-08: 186 new positive2026-08-08: 49 new negative2026-08-09: 172 new positive2026-08-09: 80 new negative2026-08-10: 178 new positive2026-08-10: 49 new negative2026-08-11: 177 new positive2026-08-11: 70 new negative2026-08-12: 172 new positive2026-08-12: 35 new negative2026-08-14: 154 new positive2026-08-14: 66 new negative2026-08-15: 165 new positive2026-08-15: 62 new negative2026-08-16: 172 new positive2026-08-16: 60 new negative2026-08-17: 170 new positive2026-08-17: 54 new negative2026-08-18: 155 new positive2026-08-18: 60 new negative2026-08-19: 186 new positive2026-08-19: 40 new negative2026-08-20: 121 new positive2026-08-20: 48 new negative2026-08-21: 119 new positive2026-08-21: 49 new negative2026-08-22: 111 new positive2026-08-22: 41 new negative2026-08-23: 148 new positive2026-08-23: 55 new negative2026-08-24: 170 new positive2026-08-24: 71 new negative2026-08-25: 166 new positive2026-08-25: 71 new negative2026-08-26: 400 new positive2026-08-26: 173 new negative2026-08-27: 214 new positive2026-08-27: 188 new negative2026-08-28: 157 new positive2026-08-28: 144 new negative2026-08-29: 190 new positive2026-08-29: 114 new negative2026-08-30: 244 new positive2026-08-30: 138 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$0.002016-04-232026-08-262016-04-23 — best price $17.992017-02-03 — best price $19.992017-07-10 — best price $11.992018-05-27 — best price $9.992018-09-15 — best price $8.502018-11-21 — best price $9.992019-03-22 — best price $9.992019-07-08 — best price $8.502019-09-25 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $6.002020-01-23 — best price $6.002020-03-26 — best price $17.992020-07-13 — best price $19.992020-09-28 — best price $19.992020-12-11 — best price $8.502021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-04-22 — best price $19.992021-07-09 — best price $0.002021-09-08 — best price $8.492021-12-21 — best price $19.992022-03-22 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $6.992023-06-21 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-09-10 — best price $19.992025-02-18 — best price $19.992025-07-03 — best price $19.992025-08-13 — best price $17.982025-11-26 — best price $19.992026-02-20 — best price $19.982026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5.2k7652026-05-13 — 963 pageviews2026-05-16 — 946 pageviews2026-05-19 — 932 pageviews2026-05-22 — 895 pageviews2026-05-25 — 1,647 pageviews2026-05-28 — 1,383 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1,169 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,079 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,424 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,180 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,105 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5,200 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,672 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,648 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1,368 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,942 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1,297 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1,488 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,180 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,046 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,134 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1,038 pageviews2026-07-18 — 949 pageviews2026-07-21 — 927 pageviews2026-07-24 — 905 pageviews2026-07-27 — 941 pageviews2026-07-30 — 885 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,003 pageviews2026-08-05 — 928 pageviews2026-08-08 — 895 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,062 pageviews2026-08-14 — 863 pageviews2026-08-17 — 898 pageviews2026-08-20 — 858 pageviews2026-08-23 — 955 pageviews2026-08-24 — 920 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35k1.9k2026-08-16 16:12 — 10,453 viewers2026-08-17 06:12 — 9,314 viewers2026-08-18 00:12 — 4,393 viewers2026-08-18 15:12 — 5,146 viewers2026-08-19 08:12 — 4,774 viewers2026-08-19 22:12 — 7,650 viewers2026-08-20 10:12 — 4,333 viewers2026-08-21 05:12 — 11,185 viewers2026-08-22 00:12 — 5,602 viewers2026-08-22 21:12 — 4,190 viewers2026-08-23 09:12 — 2,492 viewers2026-08-24 02:12 — 10,215 viewers2026-08-24 16:12 — 7,973 viewers2026-08-25 11:12 — 2,987 viewers2026-08-25 23:12 — 16,866 viewers2026-08-26 11:12 — 7,175 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 28,440 viewers2026-08-27 03:12 — 9,692 viewers2026-08-27 09:12 — 5,970 viewers2026-08-27 15:12 — 12,893 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 19,457 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 22,001 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 9,741 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 19,754 viewers2026-08-29 00:12 — 10,443 viewers2026-08-29 06:12 — 4,268 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 16,046 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 24,850 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 20,023 viewers2026-08-30 07:12 — 4,030 viewers2026-08-30 13:12 — 8,243 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 25,839 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
62.9%
earned "It wakes"
26.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor Alternatives38 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)185,2031%125
Steam (Steam)144,3700%303
PS5 (PlayStation)74,1781%297
Windows (Xbox)10,6860%296
Switch (Nintendo)5350%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

GoreBloodCo-opActionHorrorStealthViolentSurvivalTeam-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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