4. Dead by Daylight

“Asymmetrical Horror Game”

Dead by Daylight is a newly released survival horror online multiplayer game by indie developer Behaviour Interactive Inc. Since coming out in June 2016, this game has made quite a splash. There are not many survivor horror games that you can play online with friends, making this one quite unique.

In Dead by Daylight, you play a character being chased through the woods by a crazed murderer. You and three other players can either team up or go it alone in order to try to survive. You are able to use whatever you can to survive – seemingly useless objects may help you along the way as you attempt to make your escape.

A dastardly killer is out there somewhere. You don’t want to find him.

You play as one of five characters: Jake Park, the son of a wealthy businessman who has decided to leave home and live off the grid at the edge of the woods; Meg Thomas, a high school track star who gave up college to care for her mother; Dwight Fairfield, a nerd who got a little too wasted at a company team-building get together in the woods and woke up completely alone; Claudette Morel, a college student and lover of botany who took a stroll in the woods and found herself out of her element, or one of three killers.

Each character has their strengths and weaknesses and every decision they make will either help them find a way out of imminent death, or put them in harm’s way. Character abilities can be unlocked and used against the murderer as well.

Will you get caught in The Trapper’s cleverly hidden traps?

Each game has a world that is procedurally generated which means that no one map will be the same, and with three possible killers, you will never know which one is lurking in the shadows. Each murderer has their own gruesome backstories.

There is The Trapper, who, as his name implies, sets up bear traps around the world. His monstrous father passed down the murderous skill of hiding these traps so that you will not see them coming until it’s too late.

Miscellaneous items found in the woods like this generator can either help you take out the killer or be your undoing.

Then there’s The Wraith, who after not realizing he had unknowingly murdered hundreds of innocents, snapped. The Wraith uses the skull and spinal column of his long-dead boss as a powerful weapon to kill and he can even go invisible.

Finally, there is The Hillbilly. From birth, he has lived life hidden away due to his terrible disfigurement. His parents were ashamed and did not want him. As revenge, he killed them both, which was the start of his path as a murderer. His primary weapon is the hammer, and he can sprint faster than any human should be able to.

You may have to sacrifice a friend to get away

Dead by Daylight is a fascinating and unique new game that provides players with hours of blood-chilling fun. You must make strategic decisions and use your surroundings to help you to survive the maddening world that you are subjected to.