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Games like Dead by Daylight

What to play if you like Dead by Daylight

Start with Risk of Rain 2, Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition, No Man's Sky. These games share the strongest Game DNA signals with Dead by Daylight, then show where the experience changes.

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Risk of Rain 2 cover83% shared experience

Risk of Rain 2

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition cover83% shared experience

Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Exploration

No Man's Sky cover82% shared experience

No Man's Sky

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Exploration

Resident Evil 6 cover82% shared experience

Resident Evil 6

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Narrative density

FOR HONOR™ cover81% shared experience

FOR HONOR™

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Back 4 Blood cover80% shared experience

Back 4 Blood

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Narrative density

Red Dead Redemption 2 cover80% shared experience

Red Dead Redemption 2

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Narrative density

Muck cover80% shared experience

Muck

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Base building

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- cover80% shared experience

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Co-op dependency

Need for Speed™ Heat cover80% shared experience

Need for Speed™ Heat

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Pacing

Tom Clancy’s The Division™ cover79% shared experience

Tom Clancy’s The Division™

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Progression and Narrative density

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition cover79% shared experience

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Complexity

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced cover78% shared experience

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Narrative density

Killing Floor 2 cover78% shared experience

Killing Floor 2

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Crossout Remastered cover78% shared experience

Crossout Remastered

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Session length and Grind

Hunt: Showdown 1896 cover78% shared experience

Hunt: Showdown 1896

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Resource management

Cry of Fear cover77% shared experience

Cry of Fear

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Session length

War Thunder cover77% shared experience

War Thunder

Preserves: Social dependency and Competitive intensity

Changes: Session length and Grind

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