https://gamedropdaily.com/updates/dead-by-daylight/ Official Steam announcements and patch notes for Dead by Daylight. en-us Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:50:57 GMT 720 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1847286114034014 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1847286114034014#1792698657 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:50:57 GMT News Whether you were able to tune in live (thanks!) or you're dropping by to get a tl;dr, we're here to give you a recap of some highlights from today's community stream: MMR UPDATE As you may remember, back in 10.1.0, we updated how MMR is calculated. While kills and escapes… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1846651706695628 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1846651706695628#1792508499 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:01:39 GMT Patch ContentKiller Perk UpdatesDark ArroganceYou basic-vault Windows 15/20/25% faster. Your basic-attack cooldown is 10% shorter. (was only missed, and 15/20/25%)Whenever you are blinded or Pallet-stunned, the duration is 25% longer. Dev note: The team has heard the feedback that the… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1846651706674577 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1846651706674577#1791990061 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:01:01 GMT Patch FeaturesSurrender and End TrialSurrender OptionSurvivor Condition - When there are no other human survivors, and at least one bot, the remaining player gets the option to Surrender. (was Abandon)Survivor is considered SurrenderedEnd Trial OptionKiller Condition - When all… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1845383656396647 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1845383656396647#1791297184 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:33:04 GMT Patch FeaturesSurvivor Intent SystemSurvivors can send and receive text messages during a matchBy pressing and holding the scroll-button when using a Mouse, or the right d-pad input on controllers, players can open the messages wheel8 messages are available for players to select and… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1845383656394283 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1845383656394283#1791223220 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:20 GMT Patch With the release of 10.2.0 just around the corner, we wanted to take some time to talk to you about a handful of the many changes that will be happening from PTB to the Live release - and a few changes that won’t. We want to thank everyone who took the time during the PTB to… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1844115010492341 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1844115010492341#1789657207 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:00:07 GMT Patch Reverted the Divine Light curve window while Zealous to 0.6s (was 0.8s)Reverted the Divine Light curve window when non-ZealousDev note: The Judgment's performance skyrocketed following HF2. We are reverting the changes to Divine Light in order to better evaluate Its performance… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704854 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704854#1789484824 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:07:04 GMT Patch FeaturesSurvivor Intent SystemSurvivors can send and receive text messages during a matchBy pressing and holding the scroll-button when using a Mouse, or the right d-pad input on controllers, players can open the messages wheel8 messages are available for players to select and… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704672 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704672#1789480806 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:00:06 GMT News At 11am ET, there will be an update that ends this current Anti Cheat Trial and removes Denuvo from Dead by Daylight. We thank everyone for participating and providing valuable feedback; we will be reviewing all the data and feedback we have received ahead of any future trials… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262701761 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262701761#1789394430 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:00:30 GMT Patch Greetings, Fog Dwellers. Today we wanted to talk to you about some of the perk changes (spoiler alert: 58 perks are changing) and content that you can expect in the next PTB, as well as the reasonings behind them. Back in update 9.6.0, we added Diminishing Returns to the game… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814455826 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814455826#1788877839 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:30:39 GMT Patch ContentThe JudgmentIncreased the Divine Light curve window while Zealous to 0.8s (was 0.6s)Dev note: In hotfix 1 we increased the Zealous Curve window to 0.6s. However, that duration was shorter based on how long Divine Light was controlled - similar to how it was on the PTB… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814447263 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814447263#1788541216 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:00:16 GMT News Celebrate Dead by Daylight: Chorus of Sin with a limited-edition merch collection inspired by the divine horror of The Judgment. Ephemeral as the whims of the divine, the Chorus of Sin collection will be available from August 27 to September 14, 12 p.m. ET One limited release… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814440602 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842846814440602#1788361209 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:00:09 GMT News Last week, we announced our plans to kick off our Anti-Cheat Trials initiative, and today it's here! Starting today, we will be trialing Denuvo's Anti-Cheat solution. Note that this does not and will not include anything related to DRM, as Denuvo Anti-Cheat is different from… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842212951313573 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842212951313573#1788273025 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:30:25 GMT Patch ContentKiller UpdatesThe JudgmentIncreased the Divine Light curve window while Zealous to 0.6s (was 0.3s) Dev note: The decoupling of the curve window from the delay phase was good, but the duration of the window was much too short. As a result, we are doubling it to give… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1841579228678469 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1841579228678469#1787668216 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:30:16 GMT Patch ContentNew Killer: The JudgmentPOWER: WILL OF THE GODSDIVINE LIGHTPress and hold the Power Button to summon Divine Light for up to 3s. Divine Light moves away from The Judgment and is controlled with camera controls (left/right only). While in this state, Divine Light does not… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055897511 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055897511#1785853845 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:30:45 GMT Patch FeaturesNew Killer: The JudgmentPOWER: WILL OF THE GODSDIVINE LIGHTPress and hold the Power Button (M2) to summon Divine Light for up to 3s. Divine Light moves away from The Judgment and is controlled with camera controls (left/right only). While in this state, Divine Light does…