Dead by Daylight — System Requirements, FPS Estimate & Settings
2016 · Action · Behaviour Interactive · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 72
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG, retrieved 2026-08-21. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: 64-bit Operating Systems (Windows 7, Windows 8 & Windows 8.1) | OS: 64-bit Operating Systems (Windows 7, Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 or above) |
| Memory | Processor: Intel Core i3-4170 or AMD FX-8120 | Processor: Intel Core i3-4170 or AMD FX-8300 or higher |
| Graphics | Memory: 8 GB RAM | Memory: 8 GB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics: DX11 Compatible GeForce GTX 460 1GB or AMD HD 6850 1GB | Graphics: DX11 Compatible GeForce 760 or AMD HD 8800 or higher with 4GB of RAM |
| DirectX | DirectX: Version 11 | DirectX: Version 11 |
| Item 7 | Network: Broadband Internet connection | Network: Broadband Internet connection |
| Item 8 | Storage: 15 GB available space | Storage: 15 GB available space |
Multi-GPU FPS estimate
Estimated average FPS by GPU at 1080p / 1440p / 4K, derived from Dead by Daylight's demand tier (tier 4, Moderate (mainstream GPU)) and published TechPowerUp-style relative-performance indices (RTX 4090 = 100), retrieved 2026-08-29. Planning estimates, not benchmarks.
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 202 | 133 | 77 |
| RTX 4080 Super | 181 | 119 | 69 |
| RTX 4080 | 174 | 115 | 66 |
| RX 7900 XTX | 193 | 128 | 73 |
| RX 7900 XT | 181 | 119 | 69 |
| RTX 4070 Ti Super | 154 | 102 | 59 |
| RX 7800 XT | 154 | 102 | 59 |
| RTX 4070 Super | 145 | 96 | 55 |
| RTX 4070 | 136 | 90 | 52 |
| RX 7700 XT | 140 | 92 | 53 |
| RTX 3070 | 127 | 84 | 48 |
| RX 6800 XT | 153 | 101 | 58 |
| RTX 4060 Ti | 112 | 74 | 43 |
| RX 6700 XT | 136 | 90 | 52 |
| RTX 3060 | 102 | 68 | 39 |
| RX 6600 XT | 116 | 76 | 44 |
| RTX 2060 | 93 | 61 | 35 |
| GTX 1660 Super | 77 | 51 | 29 |
| RX 580 | 89 | 59 | 34 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | 73 | 48 | 28 |
| GTX 1650 | 58 | 38 | 22 |
| Intel Arc A770 | 118 | 78 | 45 |
| UHD 770 (integrated) | 24 | 16 | 9 |
Method: a game's demand tier maps to a “GPU index needed for ~60 FPS at 1080p”; each GPU's relative index produces an estimate via a diminishing-returns curve, then scaled for resolution. Source: TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), 2026-08-29.
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Release & version notes
Official release date: 2016-06-14. Ongoing patches and version history are published by the developer — for the latest patch notes, see the official store or support page. GameFigs summarizes the official release only and does not invent patch dates.
About Dead by Daylight
This asymmetric multiplayer horror game in which one of the players tries on the role of a brutal killer, while the other four try to escape. Survivors play with a third person perspective, and the killer uses the first-person camera. The game has no singleplayer. Players can choose from 13 survivors and 12 killers. Each of them differs from each other with own upgrades system and special actions. There is no need to be polite and cooperative - every player for himself. Each level is procedurally generated, and each new round is offering a unique experience. The game engine selects from 10 presets, The plot of the game tells a story about the supernatural being of The Entity, who created the world and populated it with serial killers. To save players have to perform a number of tasks, which include the repair of generators and other interactions with the items on the map. All actions with objects launch the so-called Skill Check - RNG that decides whether or not the action will be successful.
Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- GPU relative-performance indices via TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), retrieved 2026-08-29.
- FPS estimates on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the demand-tier + GPU-index model — not benchmark results.
How the Dead by Daylight optimization card & FPS estimate are computed
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