Game overview
Dead by Daylight Gold Edition provides access to the base game along with multiple previously released chapter add-ons. It is an asymmetrical 4v1 multiplayer horror game where one player assumes the role of a Killer and four others play as Survivors attempting to escape an enclosed arena.
Gameplay characteristics
Gameplay centers on asymmetrical objective mechanics across procedurally altered maps:
- Survivors play from a third-person perspective to maintain environmental awareness while avoiding detection.
- Killers play from a first-person perspective and use unique hunting powers to track, down, and sacrifice Survivors.
- Survivors must repair five generators scattered across the map to power exit gates and escape the Trial grounds.
- Progression is tied to the Bloodweb system, allowing players to unlock perks, items, add-ons, and offerings for individual characters.
- Environment layouts, generator spawns, and totem locations change in each match to vary tactical options.
Included content
The Gold Edition bundles the base game together with several extra chapters, unlocking additional playable Killers and Survivors:
- Dead by Daylight Base Game
- Of Flesh and Mud Chapter (The Hag, Ace Visconti)
- Spark of Madness Chapter (The Doctor, Feng Min)
- Curtain Call Chapter (The Clown, Kate Denson)
- Shattered Bloodline Chapter (The Spirit, Adam Francis)
- Demise of Faithful Chapter (The Plague, Jane Romero)
- Cursed Legacy Chapter (The Oni, Yui Kimura)
- Chains of Hate Chapter (The Deathslinger, Zarina Kassir)
- All-Kill Chapter (The Trickster, Yun-Jin Lee)
- Hour of the Witch Chapter (Mikaela Reid)
- Roots of Dread Chapter (The Dredge, Haddie Kaur)
- Resident Evil Chapter (The Nemesis, Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine)