Year 10 for the famous survival game Dead by Daylight began in June 2025, featuring new characters and events. This famous survival game has regularly introduced new themes and characters by collaborating with various franchises. The start of year 10 has seen a licensed crossover with Five Nights at Freddy’s, adding the killer animatronic and map, security room. In this article, we are going to tell you about several other additions and planned future updates.
The year 10 roadmap will have 5 new chapters, 2 of which will have original characters. The other 3 chapters are going to be licensed crossovers. It is being speculated that the next crossover will be from The Walking Dead. The cause of this deduction is the letters on the year 10 roadmap, which were spotted by fans. It spelled “The ones who live”, a phrase from The Walking Dead.
Therefore, the gaming community believes that the new characters are probably going to be Rick & Michonne. They starred in The Ones Who Live series of The Walking Dead. As far as the other chapters are concerned, one will be released in September 2025, with one killer and one survivor. During the PAX East 2025 panel, it was revealed that this update will have its roots in Asian horror folklore. It will be followed by another chapter in November 2025 with 2 survivors and 1 killer. Finally, a new chapter will be released in March 2026 with a new realm and 1 survivor.
Dead by Daylight Year 10 Roadmap: Here’s everything you need to know
New rifts will continue to be released in between chapters with additional rewards to unlock. New events and modifiers will be regularly released, and the 2v8 mode will be featured in August and November with new killers. Holiday events like Haunted by Daylight will run at their usual times, while the 10th anniversary is likely to happen in 2026. As mentioned earlier, the new killer animatronic is Springtrap from Five Nights at Freddy’s. He’ll have a cosmetic based on the movie’s Yellow Rabbit costume and his kit will also include a throwable axe. The Phantom Fear ability has been added that causes survivors to scream anytime they see Springtrap and also Help Wanted’s ability to compromise generator repairs.
The Quality of Life initiative from the developer’s end is another major thing to consider. They have said that it might affect the release of new updates. This initiative was taken to address several concerns from the players end and is going to be rolled out in 2 phases. Some features of this initiative will include gamma adjustment to enhance playability in the dark. New spawn rules according to which players will spawn within 12 meters of one another. The developers have said that they are working to improve their AFK bot detection to identify and penalize them accordingly. Also, for speeding up general Bloodweb activity, developers will add a button that allows you to spend Bloodpoints in bulk. There are a lot of other improvements that can be viewed on the official website.
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