Dead by Daylight is one of those exceedingly rare live-service games. As a one-vs-four asymmetrical horror/survival game, the title has just reached its tenth anniversary, with dozens of new Killers and Survivors added over that period. It's a title that has, against all odds, managed to retain a consistent player base, one large enough to help it survive so long.
With its tenth anniversary celebrations in full swing, there's clearly a lot of excitement around the title, and it's just broken its concurrent player record, a staggering achievement for a game of this age.
Dead by Daylight's tenth anniversary update added a lot. The game got its first indigenous Survivor, character reworks, a food-focused event, and, most excitingly, the heavily requested Jason Voorhees as a killer. This, plus a free week for the game, has led to its player count reaching new heights.
Last night, on June 25, 2026, according to SteamDB data, 170,073 players were playing Dead by Daylight on Steam at the same time. This almost doubled the game's peak player count for the entire month of May, which was 86,958, and it jumped by over 50,000 from the previous record of 120,707, set...
