Dead by Daylightis again asking its players to roll for initiative as developer Behaviour Interactive expands on the game’sDungeons & Dragonschapter. This new collaboration with the popular TTRPG franchise comes as player counts are starting to dip for the popular survival horror asymmetrical multiplayer game.
Behaviour Interactive released anew trailerforDead by Daylight’sDungeons & Dragonscollection,showing off new cosmetics that will expand on characters originally released earlier this year.Dead by Daylightis no stranger to collaborations with popular brands, mostly horror-related ones, bringing in characters and themes from franchises likeChild’s Play,Alan Wake, and more.
Dead by Daylightallows players to take on the roles of either survivor or killer, choosing whether to hunt down players by themselves as a powerful slasher-themed villain or survive the night as a regular person with limited ways to defend themselves.Dungeons & Dragonsis a departure from most of their collaborations, as the popular fantasy franchise isn’t outright horror, but has plenty of monsters and villains that fit the survival horror genre.
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As part of the game’s initial collaboration withD&D, players gained access to the killerThe Lich (aka Vecna), survivor Aestri Yazar, and exclusive items for the survivors and killer.This most recent collaboration now focuses on new outfits for The Lich, Adam Francis, Gabriel Soma, Élodie Rakoto, and Zarina Kassir. The outfits shown in the trailer include Mending Magic, Seeker of Secrets, and The Lich’s alternate outfit “Decaying King.”
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Also in the trailer,there was a first glimpse at the “Cunning Action” ability that looked to allow the survivor to escape a pack of Vecna’s minions. While the trailer was short, it showed off survivors traversing more of the “Forgotten-Ruins” map, and running into monsters besides the killer. This collection rounds out the survivors who didn’t get D&D-themed skins on the first release of the collaboration. Shortly after this trailer, the developers announced the return of thechaos shuffle modifier, which randomly assigns the player’s load-outs, running from January 16th to 18th.
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This Latest Collaboration Comes At A Crucial Time
As of this writing,36,417 players on Steamare playingDead by Daylightwith a 24-hour peak of 39,064 players. While this only accounts for players using Steam to play the game, this has been part of a recent decline inDead by Daylight’splayer numbers.The all-time peak for the game came about three and a half years ago at 105,093 players.Dead By Daylighthas been out for almost a decade, and it’s only natural the game would lose some of its audience.
But canDungeons & Dragonsbring some of that audience back?It’s hard to say when releases like Child’s Play only moved the needle for a limited time. However,D&Dis a widely popular franchise outside the traditional horror realm and could get people interested inD&Dto try outDead by Daylight.Importantly though, the developers need to keep trying collaborations fans want, like one with thehorror podcast CreepCast, to at least keep the core audience excited.
