Games like Dead by Daylight
If Dead by Daylight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Left 4 Dead 2, Backrooms: Imposter and Carnival Hunt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its asymmetrical horror tension, chaotic match outcomes and perk synergies matter. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Dead by Daylight is an asymmetrical multiplayer action game released in 2016 by Behaviour Interactive Inc., currently available for 7.99 USD and verified to run on Steam Deck. Players face a challenging experience where four Survivors match against a single Killer in short-burst sessions that can extend to a massive overall length. The game features mechanics including an exhaustion system, item exploitation, perk synergy, and the possibility of teammate abandonment. Players describe the atmosphere as dark and tense, with horror tension that creates stressful moments throughout matches. Reviewers highlight chaotic match outcomes and split-second survival decisions, while noting that perk synergies matter and teammate behavior remains unpredictable. The game holds an 80% positive rating from over 253,000 Steam reviews.
About Dead by Daylight: Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
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Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Dead by Daylight.
Top pick for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Backrooms: Imposter
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Work together to escape the Backrooms, but choose carefully who you trust. An imposter hides among your team, turning survival into a deadly mind game.
Carnival Hunt
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Carnival Hunt is an asymmetric multiplayer horror game set inside a living, ever-shifting mechanical carnival designed by the Puppetmaster. One player becomes the Carnival Monster, while others play as puppet Bunnies struggling to survive, ascend, and escape the hunt.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Dead by Daylight.
Ranked #4 for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Dead by Daylight.
Ranked #5 for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares asymmetrical multiplayer with Dead by Daylight.
Ranked #6 for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Plan your own alien invasion and harvest humans as the iconic Killer Klowns, or gather a team of survivors to fight the extraterrestrial threat, in a game based on the ‘80s cult classic movie. Welcome to a new, craazzy take on the asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience!
White Noise 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Ranked #7 for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
Friday the 13th: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares asymmetrical multiplayer and an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Ranked #8 for Dead by Daylight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
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Until Dawn™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Reviewers of Dead by Daylight cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Oxenfree
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Reviewers of Dead by Daylight cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
INSIDE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Reviewers of Dead by Daylight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Reviewers of Dead by Daylight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Reviewers of Dead by Daylight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Scooby Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Dead by Daylight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Solve the mystery of Kraken Cove with Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of the Mystery Machine Gang or help Bugs and Daffy discover who is behind the dastardly defective MOCME products that are creating chaos.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Reviewers of Dead by Daylight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead by Daylight at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Streets of Rogue
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead by Daylight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Head-to-head comparisons
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Other recommendable Steam games by Behaviour Interactive Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade
WHY THIS
Another title from Behaviour Interactive Inc., the studio behind Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Eldar, Orks, Chaos or Space Marines, in the fiercest battles for universal peace, through any means. Try the Free Demo - or buy the Full Premium Game below. We will not give up.
Meet Your Maker
WHY THIS
Another title from Behaviour Interactive Inc., the studio behind Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Meet Your Maker is a building game of brutal expression and conquest. Unleash your inner evil genius in co-op or single-player to build the ultimate fortress of devious deathtraps, or take on those built by others in a high-stakes heist to steal resources essential for your survival.
What the Fog
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead by Daylight.
Another title from Behaviour Interactive Inc., the studio behind Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
What the Fog?! You’ve been sucked into a cursed boardgame! Now you and a friend will need to work together to survive. Run, jump, dash, and shoot to escape swarms of angry monsters in this chaotic co-op roguelite from the world of Dead by Daylight.
Disney•Pixar Brave: The Video Game
WHY THIS
Another title from Behaviour Interactive Inc., the studio behind Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
Brave: The Video Game invites players to run, jump and battle their way through the rugged landscape of mythical and mysterious Scotland. By using their wits and bravery, gamers will also be able to wield a sword and bow and arrow to defeat fierce enemies, break a magical curse and save a kingdom.
Knightfall: Rivals
WHY THIS
Another title from Behaviour Interactive Inc., the studio behind Dead by Daylight.
Knightfall: Rivals is a free-to-play, card-collecting battle game. Unlock, collect and upgrade over 100 unique cards. Build your own strategic deck and battle others in full 3D with real-time matchmaking and gameplay. Compete in casual mode or climb the ranks of the Templars on an ever-changing global leaderboard.
Flippin Misfits
WHY THIS
Another title from Behaviour Interactive Inc., the studio behind Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with Dead by Daylight.
An absolutely bonkers online melee party brawler, where 2-4 friends can flip and fight across high-intensity arenas filled with opportunities and hazards. Every surface is in play, attacks can come from anywhere, and gravity can flip with the push of a button.
Frequently asked about Dead by Daylight
- Is Dead by Daylight verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Dead by Daylight is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Dead by Daylight cost?
- Dead by Daylight is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dead by Daylight have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dead by Daylight supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Dead by Daylight?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead by Daylight are Left 4 Dead 2, Backrooms: Imposter, Carnival Hunt.
- Who developed Dead by Daylight?
- Dead by Daylight was developed by Behaviour Interactive Inc..
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