Dead by Daylight has been around for a long time, as the game will be celebrating its 10th anniversary later this year. It's rare you see a game maintain such popularity for over a decade, with only live service behemoths such as Fortnite (for now), Final Fantasy 14, Dota 2, and GTA Online managing the same amount of longevity.
We've seen plenty of live service games get sequels over the years, such as Overwatch's switch to Overwatch 2 and then back to Overwatch again, and the likes of Counter-Strike, Splatoon, Payday, and Rainbow Six Siege. Plenty of these games have had their struggles though, so deciding what to do with Dead by Daylight isn't an easy choice for Behavior Interactive.
However, the studio has made a choice. In a recent interview with IGN, Dead by Daylight creative director Dave Richard discussed the possibility of a sequel or "remake" to bring the series into the modern era, but Behavior just doesn't seem to be interested. In Richard's eyes, a sequel to a popular live service game "never makes sense for the fans."
"There's always a point where we say, okay, we could do a sequel now, and it would...
