Halloween: The Game vs Dead by Daylight
The genre's incumbent versus a single-licence game with a story mode.
Is Halloween: The Game like Dead by Daylight?
In format, yes: both are 1v4 asymmetrical horror, one killer against a group of survivors. Beyond that they are built very differently.
Dead by Daylight is a long-running platform with a large roster of killers, including licensed ones sold as chapters, Michael Myers among them. Halloween: The Game is built around that single licence, with Haddonfield as its whole world, playable legacy characters from the 1978 film, and a single-player story mode played as Michael, which Dead by Daylight has no equivalent to.
If what you want is Michael Myers specifically, this game is about him. If you want a large, varied roster, Dead by Daylight is the one that has it.
Why these two get compared
Dead by Daylight is what most people mean by asymmetrical horror, so every new entry gets measured against it. The genres match, the scope does not: Dead by Daylight has been running for about a decade as a crossover platform, with dozens of licensed killers sold as chapters, Michael Myers among them.
That is where the confusion comes from. Michael has been a Dead by Daylight killer for years, so a search for a Halloween game can mean either one. Halloween: The Game is built around that single licence, with Haddonfield as its whole world rather than one map.
The other big difference is the single-player story mode, which Dead by Daylight has nothing like.
Side by side
| Halloween | Dead by Daylight | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | IllFonic | Behaviour Interactive |
| Format | 1v4 asymmetrical horror | 1v4 asymmetrical horror |
| Price | $39.99 standard | $19.99 base, plus paid chapters |
| Licences | One: Halloween, in depth | Many, sold as chapters, Halloween's Michael Myers among them |
| Single-player | A story mode: prologue plus five chapters | None equivalent |
| Crossplay | Yes, PC, PS5 and Xbox | Yes |
Which should you play?
One is a decade-old platform with a huge roster and years of accumulated systems; the other is a new game built around a single film. They scratch different itches. If you want Michael Myers specifically, and a story mode where you play as him, pick Halloween. If you want variety, Dead by Daylight has far more of it.
Common questions
- Which is better, Halloween: The Game or Dead by Daylight?
- It depends on what you want from it. Halloween: The Game has a single-player story mode played as Michael on top of its 1v4 multiplayer. One is a decade-old platform with a huge roster and years of accumulated systems; the other is a new game built around a single film.
- Is Halloween: The Game the same kind of game as Dead by Daylight?
- Not quite. Halloween: The Game is 1v4 asymmetrical horror; Dead by Daylight is 1v4 asymmetrical horror. The formats are close enough that the comparison is fair and different enough that they are not substitutes.
- Who made each of them?
- Halloween: The Game is developed by IllFonic. Dead by Daylight is by Behaviour Interactive.
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