The Horror Crossover Nobody Knew It Needed
Another enormous part of Dead by Daylight's popularity is its willingness to bring together different corners of horror.
The game has become something of a gigantic horror crossover universe.
Michael Myers can hunt Survivors.
Ghost Face can stalk them.
Freddy Krueger can drag them into the Nightmare.
And over the years, the roster has continued expanding with characters and worlds from movies, television, games and other horror properties.
That gives horror fans an unusual reason to keep coming back.
You aren't just playing Dead by Daylight.
You're essentially playing Horror Multiverse: The Murdering.
And Behaviour has become remarkably good at finding ways to make very different horror icons work inside the same basic game.
That's no small accomplishment.
The game has managed to turn recognizable horror villains into playable characters without completely abandoning its core gameplay philosophy.
