
🛠️ Dead by Daylight update history
Official announcements the developer posts on Steam—patches, new content, and events—sorted by date. Click a title to read the full post.
October 2026
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10/14Wed🛠️ Patch / update v10.2.110.2.1 | Bugfix Patch
FeaturesSurrender and End TrialSurrender OptionSurvivor Condition - When there are no other human survivors, and at least one bot, the remaining player gets the option to Surrender. (was Abandon)Survi…
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10/6Tue✨ New content v10.2.010.2.0 | Mid-Chapter
FeaturesSurvivor Intent SystemSurvivors can send and receive text messages during a matchBy pressing and holding the scroll-button when using a Mouse, or the right d-pad input on controllers, players …
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10/6Tue🛠️ Patch / update v10.2.0Developer Update | 10.2.0 PTB to Live Changes
With the release of 10.2.0 just around the corner, we wanted to take some time to talk to you about a handful of the many changes that will be happening from PTB to the Live release - and a few change…
September 2026
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9/17Thu🛠️ Patch / update v10.1.2a10.1.2a | Patch Notes
Reverted the Divine Light curve window while Zealous to 0.6s (was 0.8s)Reverted the Divine Light curve window when non-ZealousDev note: The Judgment's performance skyrocketed following HF2. We are rev…
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9/15Tue🛠️ Patch / update v10.2.010.2.0 | PTB Patch Notes
FeaturesSurvivor Intent SystemSurvivors can send and receive text messages during a matchBy pressing and holding the scroll-button when using a Mouse, or the right d-pad input on controllers, players …
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9/15Tue🛠️ Patch / updateDenuvo Anti Cheat Trial Update
At 11am ET, there will be an update that ends this current Anti Cheat Trial and removes Denuvo from Dead by Daylight. We thank everyone for participating and providing valuable feedback; we will be re…
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9/14Mon🛠️ Patch / update v10.2.0Dev Update | 10.2.0 Perks Update
Greetings, Fog Dwellers. Today we wanted to talk to you about some of the perk changes (spoiler alert: 58 perks are changing) and content that you can expect in the next PTB, as well as the reasonings…
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9/8Tue🛠️ Patch / update v10.1.210.1.2 | Bugfix Patch
ContentThe JudgmentIncreased the Divine Light curve window while Zealous to 0.8s (was 0.6s)Dev note: In hotfix 1 we increased the Zealous Curve window to 0.6s. However, that duration was shorter based…
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9/5Sat📢 AnnouncementDress to the Divines with the Dead by Daylight: Chorus of Sin Merch Collection
Celebrate Dead by Daylight: Chorus of Sin with a limited-edition merch collection inspired by the divine horror of The Judgment. Ephemeral as the whims of the divine, the Chorus of Sin collection will…
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9/2Wed📢 AnnouncementAnti-Cheat Trials are now Live
Last week, we announced our plans to kick off our Anti-Cheat Trials initiative, and today it's here!Starting today, we will be trialing Denuvo's Anti-Cheat solution. Note that this does not and will n…
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9/1Tue🛠️ Patch / update v10.1.110.1.1 | Bugfix Patch
ContentKiller UpdatesThe JudgmentIncreased the Divine Light curve window while Zealous to 0.6s (was 0.3s) Dev note: The decoupling of the curve window from the delay phase was good, but the duration o…
August 2026
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8/26Wed📢 AnnouncementAnti-Cheat Trials
Greetings Fog Dwellers! Recently, we shared a survey asking for your thoughts on anti-cheat in Dead by Daylight. One message came through loud and clear: you feel we could be doing more. We hear you a…
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8/25Tue🛠️ Patch / update v10.1.010.1.0 | Chorus of Sin
ContentNew Killer: The JudgmentPOWER: WILL OF THE GODSDIVINE LIGHTPress and hold the Power Button to summon Divine Light for up to 3s.Divine Light moves away from The Judgment and is controlled with c…
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8/15Sat🛠️ Patch / updateDeveloper Update | Player Intent System
Last week, we hosted a Reddit AMA and on top of having a blast answering your questions, we noticed some topics really got you talking. One of those was the “chat wheel” system we’re working on to hel…
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8/4Tue🛠️ Patch / update v10.1.010.1.0 | PTB Patch Notes
FeaturesNew Killer: The JudgmentPOWER: WILL OF THE GODSDIVINE LIGHTPress and hold the Power Button (M2) to summon Divine Light for up to 3s.Divine Light moves away from The Judgment and is controlled …
Source: official Steam announcements (updated every 6–24 hours). Titles and summaries are copyright of the original developers.