Current version:PlayStation 5
Dead by Daylight

Dead by Daylight

Dead by Daylight is a PlayStation 5 strategy game developed by Behaviour Interactive. It centers on area and route exploration, unit or resource management, and turn or phase decisions, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.

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About this game

Dead by Daylight is a PlayStation 5 strategy game centered on area and route exploration, unit or resource management, and turn or phase decisions. Missions add map constraints, new rules, and tougher opposition, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Maps, unit states, and action feedback determine whether complex situations remain readable, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that tutorial depth, dense menus, controller pointing, and long scenarios increase the learning curve. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

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8.0 / 10PlayStation 5

A more responsive PS5 pursuit game with recurring objectives and a learning commitment

The PS5 edition preserves Dead by Daylight’s strongest idea: an encounter whose outcome changes with the intentions of real opponents. Tracking, hiding, rescuing and escaping turn a recurring objective into different stories. Bloodweb progression gives repeated matches a longer direction, while asking newcomers to learn abilities and player habits gradually. Testing of the initial native upgrade reports better response and shorter loading, making timely movement around obstacles easier to execute. Sharper presentation helps, but planned visual overhauls are not credited as completed work. This historical assessment concerns the core PS5 experience in November 2020. It excludes separately purchased licensed characters, later seasons and assumptions about current server quality, and best suits players who enjoy repeated competitive learning.

Strengths

  • Player-driven tension and cooperation.
  • Improved response and loading.

Weaknesses

  • Recurring core objectives.
  • A substantial learning commitment.

Who it is for: Online horror players who enjoy learning both sides of a chase.

Play notes: Historical 2020 PS5 core; extra characters and present network quality are not assumed.

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Progression sustains practice around a focused set of recurring activities.

Reviewed7.6 / 10Not provided
Dimension

Pursuit and cooperation form a distinctive contest that rewards learning both sides.

Reviewed8.3 / 10Not provided
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Sharper presentation supports horror driven primarily by player encounters.

Reviewed7.7 / 10Not provided
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The native upgrade improves response and loading without proving every online situation flawless.

Reviewed8.3 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Release date
Nov 12, 2020
Platforms
PlayStation 5
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
Player versus PlayerWarTop-downTurn-based TacticsResource Management3D GraphicsHorrorSolo-friendlyExplorationCommand-based CombatReplayableSlow Burn
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
Co-opSingle playerMultiplayer
Perspectives
Third personFirst person

Release editions

Sources

  • www.nintendo.com