Dead by Daylight

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
Gamesplanet
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Silent Hill Edition also available.
Steam		Ultimate Edition also available.

All versions require Easy Anti-Cheat DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Version differences[edit]

The Ultimate Edition includes Killer and Survivor Expansion Pack.

The Deluxe Edition includes the official soundtrack, digital art book, and two masks for Payday 2.

Monetization[edit]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Hellraiser Chapter
Resident Evil Chapter
Survivor Expansion Pack
Killer Expansion Pack
All-Kill Chapter
A Binding of Kin Chapter
Descend Beyond chapter
Silent Hill Chapter
Stranger Things Chapter
Chains of Hate Chapter
Cursed Legacy Chapter
Ghost Face
Ash vs Evil Dead
The Halloween Chapter
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Saw Chapter
Leatherface
Demise of the Faithful
Shattered Bloodline Chapter
Darkness Among Us
Curtain Call Chapter
Spark of Madness Chapter
Of Flesh and Mud
A Lullaby for the Dark Chapter	Automatically included with game
The Last Breath Chapter	Automatically included with game
Left Behind	Automatically included with game
Charity Case
The 80's Suitcase
The Bloodstained Sack
Headcase

Microtransactions[edit]

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Skins for characters.
Currency	Auric Cells are the currency used for in-game purchases and require real money.
Free-to-grind	Iridescent Shards can be earned by playing the game and used to purchase some of the in-game store items.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\DeadByDaylight\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\BehaviourInteractive.DeadbyDaylightWindows_b1gz2xhdanwfm\LocalCache\Local\DeadByDaylight\Saved\Config\GRDKNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/381210/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video[edit]

Video settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game uses desktop resolution, with in-game resolution option affecting quality of in-game render. See Widescreen resolution for custom resolutions.
Multi-monitor		FOV is Vert-. See Widescreen resolution to play at 16:9.
Ultra-widescreen		FOV is Vert-. See Widescreen resolution to play at 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	The default FOV is 87° and can only be changed with unlockable perks to increase visibility, and only for the Killer.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	The fullscreen mode is borderless windowed.^[1]^[2]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Enabled by default, may cause input lag. See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Changing the resolution^[3]
Put "-ResX= -ResY=" with the desired values in the game launch options (e.g.`-resx=1920 -resy=1080`). If settings do not take effect in fullscreen mode, press `Alt`+`↵ Enter` to switch to windowed mode.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)[edit]

Enable anisotropic filtering^[4]

Go to the configuration files location.
Open Scalability.ini.
Add the following lines:

[TextureQuality@1]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

[TextureQuality@2]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

[TextureQuality@3]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Anti-aliasing (AA)[edit]

Disable Anti-aliasing^[5]

Go to the configuration files location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following lines:

[/script/engine.streamingsettings]
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0

Vertical sync (Vsync)[edit]

Toggle Vsync^[6]

Go to the configuration files location.
Open GameUserSettings.ini.
Find the following line, and set to the desired value (true/false).

bUseVSync=false

High frame rate[edit]

Change FPS cap^[7]

The maximum that can be set is 120 due to a hard cap.

Default value of 0.000000 is a 60 FPS cap.

Go to the configuration files location.
Open GameUserSettings.ini.
Find the following line and set it to the desired value:

FrameRateLimit=120

Input[edit]

Input Controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Separate Survivor/Killer controls.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Different sliders for Killer and Survivor. See Mouse sensitivity for advanced config.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Combined for both Keyboard/Controller
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Combined for both Keyboard/Controller

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Visible during QTEs.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		As of Feb 2021, the new UI may result in unwanted button prompt switching behaviour. Does not affect functionality.

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Survivor Controls
Killer Controls

Mouse sensitivity[edit]

Set mouse sensitivity^[8]

Go to the configuration files location.
Open Input.ini.
Add the following lines, changing the Sensitivity value as desired:

[/Script/Engine.InputSettings]
AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="MouseX",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.000000,Sensitivity=0.015000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False))
AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="MouseY",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.000000,Sensitivity=0.015000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False))

Audio[edit]

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only Main and Music sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish

Network[edit]

"Play as Killer", "Play as Survivor" and "Survive with Friends" will affect ranks, "Kill your Friends" mode will not.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		5	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		Was used before the switch to Dedicated.
Dedicated		Since October 2019.^[9]

Other information[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	3.3 with APEX 1.3
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Scaleform
Multiplayer	Steamworks
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat	^[10]

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4170 AMD FX-8120	AMD FX-8300
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 8800 4 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 11 compatible
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/381210/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (381210) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-08-04
Removed GameUserSettings.ini and ran the game, resulting in it defaulting to borderless (FullscreenMode=1 in the file) and remaining as such after fullscreen was switched off and on.
↑ window borderless - last accessed on 2021-08-04
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-01-29
Successfully forced 2560x1440 at 2560x1080.
↑ Reddit: /r/deadbydaylight - last accessed on 2020-11-28
↑ Steam forums: Dead By Daylight - last accessed on 2020-11-28
↑ Reddit: /r/deadbydaylight - last accessed on 2020-11-28
↑ Official Dead by Daylight Forums - last accessed on 2020-11-28
↑ Steam Guides - last accessed on 2020-11-28
↑ Offical Game Forums: Dedicated Servers Live Test - last accessed on 2020-12-04
↑ Easy Anti-Cheat

[Proton_path_note-1] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/381210/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (381210) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Verified by User:Rose on 2021-08-04
Removed GameUserSettings.ini and ran the game, resulting in it defaulting to borderless (FullscreenMode=1 in the file) and remaining as such after fullscreen was switched off and on.

[3] window borderless - last accessed on 2021-08-04

[4] Verified by User:Rose on 2020-01-29
Successfully forced 2560x1440 at 2560x1080.

[5] Reddit: /r/deadbydaylight - last accessed on 2020-11-28

[6] Steam forums: Dead By Daylight - last accessed on 2020-11-28

[7] Reddit: /r/deadbydaylight - last accessed on 2020-11-28

[8] Official Dead by Daylight Forums - last accessed on 2020-11-28

[9] Steam Guides - last accessed on 2020-11-28

[10] Offical Game Forums: Dedicated Servers Live Test - last accessed on 2020-12-04

[11] Easy Anti-Cheat

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Developers

	Behaviour Interactive
Publishers
2016-2017	Starbreeze Studios
2018-present	Behaviour Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	June 14, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	71
OpenCritic	69
IGDB	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Currency, Free-to-grind, Unlock
Modes	Multiplayer
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Survival horror
Themes	Horror, Supernatural