Why is this game so popular?

[YARMOLENKO]

I don't say the game is not good, it's a good game but it's still on steam's most active games list. Why do you think that this game has succeeded this much? I only played 8 hours and as I saw that it's still on most played list, redownloading it.

[광화문 freak]

Because DBD is unique in its genre. There isn’t any other game like this.

[Ricardo]

dank memeyz

[ColonGlock]

You can play for thousands of hours and still learn new things. Leveling up your characters is addictive and rewarding.

[[SF]Lone_Walker]

The devs constantly give us new killers/survivors and if you really like the game you can level up every character to P3-50 (I have 200h and have only did that to 3 chars)

[Orangeup]

Originally posted by Ladies First:

Because DBD is unique in its genre. There isn’t any other game like this.

Well there are others they just died

[spookophonic™]

"because my fav streamers play this game" jk... i just love this game

[MarylandManson]

Originally posted by ★ Gedo Mazo ★:

I don't say the game is not good, it's a good game but it's still on steam's most active games list. Why do you think that this game has succeeded this much? I only played 8 hours and as I saw that it's still on most played list, redownloading it.

Because it plays on two childhood favorites of most people, hide and seek the first and tag the second.

[Bagel_Dish]

Originally posted by Tucking Friggered:

Originally posted by ★ Gedo Mazo ★:

I don't say the game is not good, it's a good game but it's still on steam's most active games list. Why do you think that this game has succeeded this much? I only played 8 hours and as I saw that it's still on most played list, redownloading it.

Because it plays on two childhood favorites of most people, hide and seek the first and tag the second.

[Guaranteed Floyd]

Originally posted by Ladies First:

Because DBD is unique in its genre. There isn’t any other game like this.

there was, but it had a... lawsuit

[Lamb Sauce]

Because the devs did a pretty good job so far. Clearly the number one reason, otherwise people would've abandoned this game shortly after launch (see other similar games).

[Yoghurt shot]

Its fun to kill each other and to be toxic. This game has plenty of it. Just look at the new killer - thats the next level of our toxicity.

[Grab 'em by the Gens]

Asymmetric and horror games are not getting a lot of love from most game companies these days. Not to mention this game is not a shooter. So Dead by Daylight fills an unfilled niche. Lucky for the developers their main competitors (Friday the 13th, Evolve, Last Year) have all had rocky lifes. Only Idenity V has been as successful as DbD. That game is mobile only and Behviour helped with the development of it anwyays.

DbD has establish a monopoly on their genre. This has afforded the devs the opportunity to provide constant updates for the game. At this point no one can compete with them because any new game launched in this genre will always have less content than DbD.

It also helps that the game has content from famous horror franchises (Halloween, SAW, Nightmare on Elm Street, L4D, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) with more crossovers to come.

[Alsend_Drake]

Originally posted by Ladies First:

Because DBD is unique in its genre. There isn’t any other game like this.

Not true.

Identity V is a thing, and I'd argue they get more characters, AND survivors are more than skins.

Since it's global launch in July they have gotten like, at least 5 survivors and hunters.
There's now iirc, 18 survivors and like, 11 hunters?

[★ NӠK ★]

Just search "Pretty good job so far" on YouTube. It's an entire encyclopedy about this game.

[Grilled Cheese]

i dunno why its so popular but i like it because i like to die