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The game was first released on June 14th, 2016 for purchase on Platform/{{Steam}}. The game was made available for Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on June 20th, 2017 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on September 24th, 2019.

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The game was first released on June 14th, 2016 for purchase on Platform/{{Steam}}. The game was made available for Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/XboxOne on June 20th, 2017 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch on September 24th, 2019.
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* InterfaceSpoiler: The Killer is hidden from the survivors in the lobby, which could make for a couple minutes of tension not knowing who the Killer is. However, this can be ruined because the loading screen before almost every game gives the survivors a tip on how to play against the Killer chosen. This is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]], as sometimes the tips will be generic and not geared towards the Killer, with a chance that a tip towards the Killer might not show up at all.

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* InterfaceSpoiler: The Killer is hidden from the survivors in the lobby, which could make for a couple minutes of tension not knowing who the Killer is. is (especially helpful to stealth killers like Michael Myers or Ghost Face). However, this can be ruined because the each killer has a few specific loading screen before almost every game gives the tips that tells survivors a tip on how to play interact with their power. The first few times a survivor is matched against that killer, the Killer chosen. This is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]], as sometimes the tips first loading screen tip will be one of those hints; Each hint is only shown once, and after a player has seen all of them, any future matches against that killer will only be generic and not geared towards the Killer, with a chance tips, meaning that it's once again a tip towards mystery who the Killer might not show up at all.killer is.
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** Nicolas Cage's perk ''Plot Twist'' allows him to purposely down himself, making himself vulnerable to simply being hauled away by the killer, but the caveat being if he fully recovers he can not only revive himself like with Unbreakable and No Mither, he'll get up fully healed. The unintentional use cases come in that combined with Ash's perk Flip-Flop and Élodie's perk Power Struggle survivors can down themselves in the middle of a chase under a pallet and if the Killer attempts to pick you up, a teammate can come drop the pallet or you can drop the pallet yourself with Power Struggle, and if the killer, [[ProperlyParanoid understandably errs on the side of caution]] you can just revive yourself at full health in their face if they toil for too long.
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* ExpyCoexistence: The Hillbilly and The Spirit are expies of Leatherface and Sadako respectively, both characters who would later join the rooster themselves.

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* ExpyCoexistence: The Hillbilly and The Spirit are expies of Leatherface and Sadako respectively, both characters who would later join the rooster roster themselves.
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*ExpyCoexistence: The Hillbilly and The Spirit are expies of Leatherface and Sadako respectively, both characters who would later join the rooster themselves.
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** Sadako is also able to kill a Survivor without a Mori offering, provided that their Condemned status bar is filled. Much like Pyramid Head, she uses an abridged version of her usual animation to quickly finish off a survivor.

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** Sadako is also able to kill a Survivor without a Mori offering, provided that their Condemned [[StatusLine status bar bar]] is filled. Much like Pyramid Head, she uses an abridged version of her usual animation to quickly finish off a survivor.
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The game came out on June 14th, 2016, and is available for purchase on Platform/{{Steam}}. The game was made available for Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in June 2017 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in fall 2019.

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The game came out was first released on June 14th, 2016, and is available 2016 for purchase on Platform/{{Steam}}. The game was made available for Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in on June 20th, 2017 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in fall on September 24th, 2019.
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''Dead By Daylight'' is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival-horror game made by Behaviour Interactive in which one player is a supernatural SerialKiller, and the remaining players are the hapless Survivors who've stumbled upon their hunting grounds. The gameplay is best described as an elaborate game of Hide and Seek - the Survivors must sneak alone or work together, to hide from or distract the Killer, who relentlessly pursues them through a randomly generated map. The Survivors' main goal is to repair the generators hidden throughout the map, which will power the gates leading to the exits[[note]]Though, if the Killer manages to kill all but one of the Survivors, a hatch will spawn that the Survivor can jump in to escape unless the Killer finds and closes it first.[[/note]], while the Killer's main goal is to hunt down, maim, capture, and ultimately sacrifice the Survivors by impaling them on hooks strewn throughout the map[[note]]But with the right equipment, the killer can personally execute them[[/note]]. Survivors must deal with timing skill checks that can alert the Killer if they fail, while Killers have trouble navigating over obstacles like wooden pallets and windows. Special perks and equipment can radically change the playstyle of both killers and survivors, leaving both sides guessing how their opponents will react to the hunt and chase. Survivors can equip a small variety of special equipment that temporarily boosts their abilities, while each Killer has a unique power (and sometimes sub-abilities) that lets them control the playing field or improve their ability to hunt. And at the start of the match, no player can see the other players' abilities and must deduce their strengths and weaknesses, the most important of which is the type of Killer and their power.

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''Dead By Daylight'' is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival-horror game made by Behaviour Interactive Creator/BehaviourInteractive in which one player is a supernatural SerialKiller, and the remaining players are the hapless Survivors who've stumbled upon their hunting grounds. The gameplay is best described as an elaborate game of Hide and Seek - the Survivors must sneak alone or work together, to hide from or distract the Killer, who relentlessly pursues them through a randomly generated map. The Survivors' main goal is to repair the generators hidden throughout the map, which will power the gates leading to the exits[[note]]Though, if the Killer manages to kill all but one of the Survivors, a hatch will spawn that the Survivor can jump in to escape unless the Killer finds and closes it first.[[/note]], while the Killer's main goal is to hunt down, maim, capture, and ultimately sacrifice the Survivors by impaling them on hooks strewn throughout the map[[note]]But with the right equipment, the killer can personally execute them[[/note]]. Survivors must deal with timing skill checks that can alert the Killer if they fail, while Killers have trouble navigating over obstacles like wooden pallets and windows. Special perks and equipment can radically change the playstyle of both killers and survivors, leaving both sides guessing how their opponents will react to the hunt and chase. Survivors can equip a small variety of special equipment that temporarily boosts their abilities, while each Killer has a unique power (and sometimes sub-abilities) that lets them control the playing field or improve their ability to hunt. And at the start of the match, no player can see the other players' abilities and must deduce their strengths and weaknesses, the most important of which is the type of Killer and their power.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Deathgarden}}'' (2018-2020): An Action SpinOff about a SciFi BloodSport that shares several similar gameplay elements.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Deathgarden}}'' (2018-2020): An Action SpinOff about a SciFi BloodSport that shares shared several similar gameplay elements.



* ''ComicBook/DeadByDaylight'' (2023) - A prequel comic book series published by Creator/{{Titan}}, written by Nadia Shammas, which focuses on the origins of The Legion.

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* ''ComicBook/DeadByDaylight'' (2023) - A prequel comic book series published by Creator/{{Titan}}, Creator/{{Titan}} and written by Nadia Shammas, which focuses on the origins of The Legion.
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* ObviousBeta: Hooo boy. Looking on the Steam forums and in the reviews, there are dozens of reports of bugs, from the game crashing when you try to start a generator to the Trapper's traps clipping through the ground to lag because the killer's player is also the host of the game. Also, there's abundant hacking and griefing the game, and the fact that the developers seem to be constantly balancing the game based upon fan complaints.
** Even after the game was officially released and thus no longer in "beta", things such as keyboard control remapping, a very basic feature necessary for playing on [=non-QWERTY keyboards=], were not added until several months after launch.

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