Any decent DbD competitors out there?

[Nuk]

Are there currently any DbD alternatives with a decent population? The latest DLC was the nail in the coffin when it comes to me having hope in this EA-wannabe so I'd love to just jump ship onto something better.

[TTV BriannaStar19]

For an "EA-wannabe" to be consistently in the top 15 games by player count over the 4+ years its been available, and for you to have put almost 500 hours into it, I'd call that game a bigger success than games like Skyrim and The Witcher 3, but hey everyones entitled to their opinion.

[Nuk]

Yes, I'm entitled to thinking that the developers shouldn't ship out products when they're still as broken as they were during the first few days of PTB. The bar for BHVR lowers every single update and like I said, I'd love to jump ship onto something better. The only reason I have all this time on DBD is because afaik there aren't any competitors that are alive.

[Deadi†e]

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For an "EA-wannabe" to be consistently in the top 15 games by player count over the 4+ years its been available, and for you to have put almost 500 hours into it, I'd call that game a bigger success than games like Skyrim and The Witcher 3, but hey everyones entitled to their opinion.

god, i love when people check profiles but hide their own, that's such a egirl thing to do lmao.

[Nuk]

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Postat inițial de BriannaStar19 PH:

For an "EA-wannabe" to be consistently in the top 15 games by player count over the 4+ years its been available, and for you to have put almost 500 hours into it, I'd call that game a bigger success than games like Skyrim and The Witcher 3, but hey everyones entitled to their opinion.

god, i love when people check profiles but hide their own, that's such a egirl thing to do lmao.

That's just the average defender of BHVR for you

[Deadi†e]

as for the question..

last year was one but it failed

friday the 13th was one but it failed.

phasmophobia is probably the best game you can get horror like co-op.. and the DEV (1 BTW, 1... 1 dev.. read that again... 1) is actually doing fun updates and the bugs ain't nearly as bad as you have in this game.

[Nuk]

Phasmophobia is a completely different style, but I agree there. The guy behind it found something with a ton of potential and so far he's doing a great job.

[TTV BriannaStar19]

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For an "EA-wannabe" to be consistently in the top 15 games by player count over the 4+ years its been available, and for you to have put almost 500 hours into it, I'd call that game a bigger success than games like Skyrim and The Witcher 3, but hey everyones entitled to their opinion.

god, i love when people check profiles but hide their own, that's such a egirl thing to do lmao.

Whats hidden on my profile? I have my twitter and my discord in my profile im not hiding anything lmao.

[76561199087640604]

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as for the question..

last year was one but it failed

friday the 13th was one but it failed.

phasmophobia is probably the best game you can get horror like co-op.. and the DEV (1 BTW, 1... 1 dev.. read that again... 1) is actually doing fun updates and the bugs ain't nearly as bad as you have in this game.

If that game has 1 dev you better just dont expect it to be better than this game or any other similair game in the past.

[TTV BriannaStar19]

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god, i love when people check profiles but hide their own, that's such a egirl thing to do lmao.

That's just the average defender of BHVR for you

I'm not defending anyone I'm pointing out from an economic standpoint that DBD is a massive success in the game industry. You don't hold a top 20 spot for player count for 4 years without doing some things right, surely even by your logic you can't argue against what I just said otherwise what kind of world do we live in?

[Defenestration]

Nope, chances are if you've never heard of it, it either doesn't exist or is a dead game.

[Boshedo]

At least Phasmophobia's one Dev is active in the community and listens to his audience. He's busting his butt fixing bugs and trying to create new content for people. Granted people keep griping about him taking to long to release new content but its only been out for a short while. My thinking is that he didn't expect it to sell this good so he's probably overwhelmed. People keep saying that: "Why doesn't he hire help?". Its a double edge sword. You need to hire the right people who you can trust that won't steal your ideas, etc. I have faith in this Dev and play everyday. I've done about everything there is to do in the game and am pretty high level. I switch back and forth between Dbd, Phasmophobia and Gears 5.

[james sunderland]

ea wannabe? even EA treats his games better than this forum dictators

[Nuk]

EA unironically has done a better job with their latest games.

[ItsFlowwey]

Monstrum II exists, but it hasn't been released yet. It probably won't have enough of an audience to be a competitor though.

[mldb88]

Its not very active in terms of community (maybe 50 some odd players at a time) but White Noise 2 is a lot of fun if you get a bunch of friends together. And I feel you OP, I've pretty much given up on DBD since the devs just keep implementing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ business practices.

Grindy season passes inspited by predatory mobile game market practices? Check
Overpriced Skins that cost more than most new DLC content? Check
Completely out of touch with their own community and run their forums with an iron fist censoring criticism? Check
Releasing DLC that barely constitutes as alpha in terms of quality regarding content and functionality? Also check
The game's successful simply because it has no competition, and has a somewhat addictive gameplay loop, not because it's anywhere near a quality product at this point. Maybe in the earlier days it had potential, but ever since the 4 year aniversary its taken a sharp downturn.