How many people are playing Dead by Daylight right now?

Dead by Daylight has 28,132 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 65,304 and an all-time peak of 168,845 on Jun 2026.

What is the all-time peak player count of Dead by Daylight?

168,845 concurrent players on Jun 2026.

When was Dead by Daylight released on Steam?

Dead by Daylight was released on Steam on 14 Jun 2016.

Dead by Daylight Patches

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Dead by Daylight Patches · SteamPeaks

4 published · from the developer’s Steam news feed

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Latest 14 days ago

Published	Title	Build
14 days ago	10.1.0 \| Chorus of Sinmajor Content New Killer: The Judgment POWER: WILL OF THE GODS DIVINE LIGHT · Press 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 damage Survivors. · If Divine Light passes through obstacles, it slows down . · While controlling Divine Ligh…	—
3 months ago	10.0.0 \| Jason Patch Notesmajor Content NEW KILLER: THE SLASHER POWER: OMNIPRESENT EVIL · Press the Active Ability button to activate Omnipresent Evil. The Slasher becomes invisible and gains Undetectable, but cannot see Survivors or their Scratch Marks. Mist Clouds reveal the location of Survivors who are not moving. Footprints reveal the path of Survivors who are walking or running. · Omnipresent Evil is deactivated by usin…	—
4 months ago	9.6.2 \| Bugfix Patch Important · The Pig's Amanda's Letter add-on has been re-enabled. Bug Fixes 2v8 · Fixed an issue where the Play buttons were greyed out in the Overview tab after viewing the Quests. Audio · Fixed an issue where The Krasue had missing SFX when Hooking Survivors in Body and Head Form. · Fixed an issue where The Nightmare activates the Dream Snare attack and the SFX audio is distorted for the Surv…	—
4 months ago	9.6.1 \| Bugfix Patch Features Diminishing Returns Update · Diminishing Returns section in the Game Manual updated. · Now lists all Action Speeds and Modifiers affected by Diminishing Returns in a Trial. Progress Bar Update · Adjusted the arrows animation on the progress bar to better reflect the speed of the bar filling. Content Killer Updates The Doctor · Decreased delay of Shock Therapy attack to 0.65 seconds . (…	—

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Date	Day	Time	Patch title	Build ID	Branch	Depots	Download Δ
2 Sep 2026	Wed	14:58	No patch notes · unannounced build	24978220	public	—	—

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