A list of tropes relating to the survivors, the killers, and the Entity they serve in Dead by Daylight.
With new characters constantly being added to the game, the sheet has been split between the roles.
Characters with a ✝ symbol have skins which transform them into different characters.
There will be unmarked spoilers for the Guest Fighters' respective franchises. You have been warned.
- The Survivors
- Part 1 Click to Expand Dwight Fairfield, Meg Thomas, Claudette Morel, Jake Park, Nea Karlsson, Laurie Strode, Ace Visconti, William "Bill" Overbeck, Feng Min, David King, Quentin Smith, Detective David Tapp, Kate Denson, Adam Francis, Jeffrey "Jeff" Johansen
- Part 2 Click to Expand Jane Romero, Ashley "Ash" J. Williams, Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington ✝, Kimura Yui, Zarina Kassir, Cheryl Mason ✝, Felix Richter, Élodie Rakoto, Yun-Jin Lee, Leon Kennedy ✝, Jill Valentine ✝, Mikaela Reid, Jonah Vasquez, Yoichi Asakawa, Haddie Kaur, Ada Wong, Rebecca Chambers, Vittorio Toscano
- Part 3 Click to Expand Thalita Lyra, Renato Lyra ✝, Gabriel Soma, Nicolas Cage, Ellen Ripley ✝, Alan Wake ✝, Sable Ward
- The Killers
- Part 1 Click to Expand The Trapper ✝, The Wraith, The Hillbilly, The Nurse, The Shape, The Hag ✝, The Doctor ✝, The Huntress ✝, The Cannibal, The Nightmare, The Pig, The Clown, The Spirit, The Legion ✝
- Part 2 Click to Expand The Plague, The Ghost Face, The Demogorgon, The Oni ✝, The Deathslinger ✝, The Executioner, The Blight ✝, The Twins, The Trickster, The Nemesis, The Cenobite ✝, The Artist, The Onryō, The Dredge ✝, The Mastermind, The Knight
- Part 3 Click to Expand The Skull Merchant, The Singularity, The Xenomorph ✝, The Good Guy ✝, The Unknown
- Non-Playable / Lore Characters Click to Expand The Entity, The Observer, Vigo, Benedict Baker, Carl, Archie MacMillan, Azarov, Max Thompson Sr. & Evelyn Thompson, The Sheriff, Grace Wright, Lazar, Pam, Otto Stamper, Henry Bayshore, Madeleine Deshayes