Dead by Daylight — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2016 · Action · Behaviour Interactive · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 72
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Optimize Dead by Daylight for your PC
This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.
My Dead by Daylight Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 4/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. 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 |
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.
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Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the Dead by Daylight optimization card is computed
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.