Short answers, pulled from the story.
Dead by Daylight was released for Windows on the 14th of June 2016, following a closed beta that began on the 29th of May that year. It later reached PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2017, Nintendo Switch in 2019, and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2020.
Dead by Daylight was developed and published by Behaviour Interactive, a studio based in Canada. Starbreeze Studios of Sweden published the game from 2016 until 2018, when Behaviour Interactive bought back the publishing rights.
Dead by Daylight surpassed 60 million players by November 2023, after climbing from more than 25 million in August 2020 to 36 million in May 2021 and 50 million in May 2022. It sold more than 270,000 copies in its first week and passed 1 million copies within two months of release.
NetEase announced in December 2024 that Dead by Daylight Mobile would permanently shut down by March 2025. The app was removed from iOS and Android storefronts in January 2025 and became inaccessible on the 20th of March 2025.
The Entity is a hostile presence that exists between dimensions and feeds on the emotions of the Survivors it sacrifices, taking a piece of their souls when they die. It pulls Killers, most of whom are serial murderers or victims of tragedy, out of reality to hunt for it.
Yes, a film adaptation is being produced by Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions and James Wan's Atomic Monster alongside Behaviour Interactive, first reported by Variety in March 2023. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Alexandre Aja were hired to write the script in February 2026.