Most Killer lists are a screenshot of a character select screen from two years ago. This one is a working roster: every Killer, the human underneath, the power they hold, the chapter that sold them, the day they arrived, and the two numbers that decide how they play — movement speed and terror radius — in the same row.
It also answers the question other lists skip: which of these you can still buy. Two Killers have already left the store, a third leaves on 24 November 2026, fifteen are permanently discounted, and the rest sit at full price. Checked against the live build, Patch 10.2.2, on 27 October 2026.
Quick answer. Dead by Daylight has 44 Killers as of Patch 10.2.2. The community wiki counts "44 Killers featured in Dead by Daylight, of which 25 are Original Characters (created by BHVR) and 19 are Licensed Characters (licensed from other IP holders)." Behaviour's own website lists 42, because The Shape and The Cenobite have been retracted and no longer have character pages. The newest Killer is The Judgment (Chorus of Sin, 25 August 2026). The Good Guy (Chucky) stops being sold at 11am ET on 24 November 2026, and anyone who unlocks him before then keeps him. The next Killer is Art the Clown from the Terrifier chapter, which BHVR has dated only as November 2026.
How many Killers are in Dead by Daylight in October 2026?
Forty-four, and that number has not moved since August. The three Patch 10.2 updates since then, the 10.2.0 Mid-Chapter on 6 October and the 10.2.1 and 10.2.2 bugfix patches on 14 and 20 October, added features, perk changes and fixes but no new Killer.
The four most recent arrivals came quickly: The Krasue on 23 September 2025, The First on 27 January 2026, The Slasher on 16 June 2026 and The Judgment on 25 August 2026.
There is a second number you will see. Behaviour's official character roster carries 42 Killer pages and 53 Survivor pages as of 27 October 2026. The gap is exactly The Shape and The Cenobite, whose chapters were retracted. They still exist in the game for owners, so 44 is the count of Killers in Dead by Daylight, and 42 is the count you can see on Behaviour's site. Chucky's exit on 24 November takes one Killer off that purchasable list; whether the total then reads 41 or 42 depends on whether Art the Clown has arrived first.
The split is 25 Original Killers designed by Behaviour Interactive and 19 Licensed Killers from film, television, games and manga. That ratio matters for your wallet. Original Killers can be unlocked with Iridescent Shards, the free currency you earn by playing. Licensed Killers cannot — every licensed character is priced in Auric Cells or real money only.
What are all 44 Dead by Daylight Killers, with speed and terror radius?
Sorted by release order, which is also the internal CharID order (The Trapper is K01, The Judgment is K44). Speed is base movement speed. Terror radius (TR) is the default heartbeat range. A dash in the real-name column means the character has no revealed human identity.
| # | Killer | Real name | Power | Chapter | Released | Speed | TR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Trapper | Evan MacMillan | Bear Trap | Base Game | 14 June 2016 | 115% | 32 m |
| 2 | The Wraith | Philip Ojomo | Wailing Bell | Base Game | 14 June 2016 | 115% | 32 m |
| 3 | The Hillbilly | Max Thompson Jr. | Chainsaw | Base Game | 14 June 2016 | 115% | 40 m |
| 4 | The Nurse | Sally Smithson | Spencer's Last Breath | The Last Breath Chapter | 18 August 2016 | 96.25% | 32 m |
| 5 | The Shape | Michael Myers | Evil Within | The HALLOWEEN Chapter | 25 October 2016 | 105-115% | 0/16/32 m |
| 6 | The Hag | Lisa Sherwood | Blackened Catalyst | Of Flesh and Mud | 8 December 2016 | 110% | 24 m |
| 7 | The Doctor | Herman Carter | Carter's Spark | Spark of Madness | 11 May 2017 | 115% | 32 m |
| 8 | The Huntress | Anna | Hunting Hatchets | A Lullaby for the Dark | 27 July 2017 | 110% | 20 m |
| 9 | The Cannibal | Bubba Sawyer | Bubba's Chainsaw | LEATHERFACE | 14 September 2017 | 115% | 32 m |
| 10 | The Nightmare | Freddy Krueger | Dream Demon | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 26 October 2017 | 115% | 32 m |
| 11 | The Pig | Amanda Young | Jigsaw's Baptism | The SAW Chapter | 23 January 2018 | 115% | 24 m |
| 12 | The Clown | Kenneth Chase | The Afterpiece Tonic | Curtain Call | 12 June 2018 | 115% | 32 m |
| 13 | The Spirit | Rin Yamaoka | Yamaoka's Haunting | Shattered Bloodline | 18 September 2018 | 110% | 24 m |
| 14 | The Legion | Frank, Julie, Susie, Joey | Feral Frenzy | Darkness Among Us | 11 December 2018 | 115% | 32 m |
| 15 | The Plague | Adiris | Vile Purge | Demise of the Faithful | 19 March 2019 | 115% | 32 m |
| 16 | The Ghost Face | Danny Johnson | Night Shroud | Ghost Face | 18 June 2019 | 115% | 24 m |
| 17 | The Demogorgon | — | Of the Abyss | Stranger Things | 17 September 2019 | 115% | 32 m |
| 18 | The Oni | Kazan Yamaoka | Yamaoka's Wrath | Cursed Legacy | 3 December 2019 | 115% | 32 m |
| 19 | The Deathslinger | Caleb Quinn | The Redeemer | Chains of Hate | 10 March 2020 | 110% | 32 m |
| 20 | The Executioner | Pyramid Head | Rites of Judgement | Silent Hill | 16 June 2020 | 115% | 32 m |
| 21 | The Blight | Talbot Grimes | Blighted Corruption | Descend Beyond | 8 September 2020 | 110% | 40 m |
| 22 | The Twins | Charlotte and Victor Deshayes | Blood Bond | A Binding of Kin | 1 December 2020 | 115% | 32 m |
| 23 | The Trickster | Hak Ji-woon | Showstopper | All-Kill | 30 March 2021 | 110% | 24 m |
| 24 | The Nemesis | Nemesis T-Type | T-Virus | Resident Evil | 15 June 2021 | 115% | 32 m |
| 25 | The Cenobite | Elliot Spencer | Summons of Pain | Hellraiser | 7 September 2021 | 115% | 32 m |
| 26 | The Artist | Carmina Mora | Birds of Torment | Portrait of a Murder | 30 November 2021 | 115% | 32 m |
| 27 | The Onryō | Sadako Yamamura | Deluge of Fear | Sadako Rising | 8 March 2022 | 115% | 24 m |
| 28 | The Dredge | — | Reign of Darkness | Roots of Dread | 7 June 2022 | 115% | 32 m |
| 29 | The Mastermind | Albert Wesker | Virulent Bound | Resident Evil: PROJECT W | 30 August 2022 | 115% | 40 m |
| 30 | The Knight | Tarhos Kovács | Guardia Compagnia | Forged in Fog | 22 November 2022 | 115% | 32 m |
| 31 | The Skull Merchant | Adriana Imai | Eyes in the Sky | Tools of Torment | 7 March 2023 | 115% | 24 m |
| 32 | The Singularity | HUX-A7-13 | Quantum Instantiation | End Transmission | 13 June 2023 | 115% | 32 m |
| 33 | The Xenomorph | — | Hidden Pursuit | Alien | 29 August 2023 | 115% | 32 m |
| 34 | The Good Guy | Charles Lee Ray | Playtime's Over | Chucky | 28 November 2023 | 110% | 32 m |
| 35 | The Unknown | — | UVX | All Things Wicked | 12 March 2024 | 115% | 32 m |
| 36 | The Lich | Vecna | Vile Darkness | Dungeons and Dragons | 3 June 2024 | 115% | 32 m |
| 37 | The Dark Lord | Dracula | Vampiric Shift | Castlevania | 27 August 2024 | 115% | 32 m |
| 38 | The Houndmaster | Portia Maye | Scent of Blood | Doomed Course | 28 November 2024 | 115% | 32 m |
| 39 | The Ghoul | Ken Kaneki | One-Eyed Terror | Tokyo Ghoul | 2 April 2025 | 115% | 40 m |
| 40 | The Animatronic | William Afton | Fazbear's Fright | Five Nights at Freddy's | 17 June 2025 | 110% | 24 m |
| 41 | The Krasue | Burong Sukapat | Unbodied Flesh | Sinister Grace | 23 September 2025 | 115% | 32 m |
| 42 | The First | Henry Creel | Test Subject #001 | Stranger Things Chapter 2 | 27 January 2026 | 110% | 32 m |
| 43 | The Slasher | Jason Voorhees | Omnipresent Evil | Jason | 16 June 2026 | 110% | 32 m |
| 44 | The Judgment | — | Will of the Gods | Chorus of Sin | 25 August 2026 | 110% | 32 m |
For the same roster ranked by strength, our DBD Killer tier list grades all 44 at Patch 10.2.2. For how often each one actually wins, see DBD kill rates and pick rates.
How fast is each Dead by Daylight Killer?
Movement speed is the single stat that shapes how a Killer plays, and there are only four base values in the game. Survivors run at 4.0 m/s, and everything is balanced against that number.
| Speed | Count | Killers |
|---|---|---|
| 115% / 4.6 m/s | 31 | Every Killer not listed below |
| 110% / 4.4 m/s | 11 | The Hag, The Huntress, The Spirit, The Deathslinger, The Blight, The Trickster, The Good Guy, The Animatronic, The First, The Slasher, The Judgment |
| 105% / 4.2 m/s | 1 | The Shape, in Stalker Mode only |
| 96.25% / 3.85 m/s | 1 | The Nurse |
Every 110 percent Killer is paying for something — hatchets, a ranged gun, a phase-walk, a dash. The Nurse is the outlier both ways: slowest walk in the game, and the only Killer whose Blink ignores walls entirely.
The Shape is the trap for list-makers. He moves at 105 percent in Stalker Mode, then 115 percent in Pursuer Mode and Evil Incarnate. Any list that gives him one speed value is wrong, which is why our table shows a range.
Which Killers have the biggest and smallest terror radius?
Terror radius decides whether Survivors hear you coming, and the spread is wider than most players assume.
- 40 metres (4 Killers): The Hillbilly, The Blight, The Mastermind and The Ghoul. All four are mobility Killers, and the oversized heartbeat is the tax on crossing the map fast.
- 24 metres (8 Killers): The Hag, The Pig, The Spirit, The Ghost Face, The Trickster, The Onryō, The Skull Merchant and The Animatronic.
- 20 metres (1 Killer): The Huntress, the smallest default radius in the game — the trade-off for a lullaby that carries 45 metres anyway.
- 32 metres (31 Killers): the default. The Shape is conditional again: Undetectable, with no heartbeat at all, in Stalker Mode, then 16 metres in Pursuer Mode and 32 metres in Evil Incarnate.
Stealth Killers lean on their powers rather than the base number. Ghost Face, The Pig and The Onryō all start at 24 metres and become Undetectable — no heartbeat at all — while their stealth power is active.
Which Killers are licensed, and which are original?
Nineteen Killers come from a licence: The Shape (Halloween), The Cannibal (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), The Nightmare (A Nightmare on Elm Street), The Pig (Saw), The Ghost Face (Fun World's Ghost Face licence, not the Scream films), The Demogorgon and The First (Stranger Things), The Executioner (Silent Hill), The Nemesis and The Mastermind (Resident Evil), The Cenobite (Hellraiser), The Onryō (Ring), The Xenomorph (Alien), The Good Guy (Child's Play), The Lich (Dungeons and Dragons), The Dark Lord (Castlevania), The Ghoul (Tokyo Ghoul), The Animatronic (Five Nights at Freddy's) and The Slasher (Friday the 13th).
The other 25 are Behaviour's own, and the practical difference is permanence. A licence is rented, not owned. That is why two of those nineteen are already unbuyable, a third is on its way out, and no original Killer has ever been removed from the store.
Which Killers can you no longer buy, and who is leaving next?
Two are gone, and one more leaves next month. All three are licensed.
The Shape — gone since 19 January 2026. Behaviour's notice was explicit: "On January 19th, 2026, 11 AM ET, The Halloween Chapter and all associated content will no longer be available to unlock in Dead by Daylight." It did not just take Michael Myers. The Haddonfield realm and its Lampkin Lane map left the map pool for everyone, owners or not. Laurie Strode's perks were renamed into General Perks for non-owners — Decisive Strike became Will To Live, for example.
The Cenobite — gone since 4 April 2025. Behaviour's Hellraiser FAQ ran the exit in two stages: the DLC left every platform store except Switch on 4 March 2025 (Switch followed on 13 March), and The Cenobite stayed unlockable from the in-game store only "until April 4th at 11am ET". For non-owners, Deadlock, Hex: Plaything and Scourge Hook: Gift of Pain were renamed into General Perks. Chucky's exit is simpler: his FAQ removes the DLC from all platform stores on the same 24 November date that in-game unlocks end.
The Good Guy — leaving 24 November 2026. This is the live one. Behaviour's Chucky FAQ, posted on 23 October, states: "Chucky content in Dead by Daylight will be unavailable to acquire after 11am ET on November 24th 2026." Anything unlocked before that cutoff stays playable. His perks follow the same pattern as the others. Owners keep the original names; everyone else gets them in the General pool as Hex: Eye For An Eye (was Hex: Two Can Play), One Track Mind (was Friends Til the End) and Gaining Steam (was Batteries Included).
A last-chance discount of 50 percent is running, but it does not start everywhere at once — a point that tripped up players in the subreddit this week, where one commenter found the PlayStation sale "doesn't begin until November 2". The first-party schedule is Epic, Xbox, Windows and Switch (North America) from 26 October, Switch (Europe) on 27 October, Switch (Japan) on 28 October, PlayStation on 2 November and Steam on 10 November, all ending at the 24 November cutoff. Our Chucky leaving guide has the full breakdown.
Every retracted Killer stays fully playable for anyone who bought them first. The one precedent for a return is Stranger Things: delisted on 17 November 2021, restored on 6 November 2023, then extended with a second chapter. A retraction is not automatically permanent. It is also not a promise.
Which Killers are permanently discounted?
Fifteen. This is the part of the roster almost nobody documents, and it is worth real money.
Between January and May 2024, Behaviour retired 16 older chapters and folded them into four bundles: the Maddening Darkness Pack, Macabre Tales Pack, Old Wounds Pack and Endless Hunt Pack. Retired is not the same as retracted — the content is still in the store and still buyable individually. The wiki's wording on each retired chapter is identical. For Of Flesh and Mud: "With the retirement of the DLC, its content has been permanently halved in price, with The Hag and Ace costing 125 Auric Cells or 2,250 Iridescent Shards each."
| Price each | Killers |
|---|---|
| 125 Auric Cells / 2,250 Iridescent Shards | The Hag, The Doctor, The Clown, The Spirit |
| 250 Auric Cells / 4,500 Iridescent Shards | The Legion, The Plague, The Oni, The Deathslinger, The Blight, The Twins, The Trickster, The Artist, The Dredge, The Knight, The Skull Merchant |
Full price for a current character is 500 Auric Cells, or 9,000 Iridescent Shards for an original. So The Blight, still one of the strongest Killers in the game, costs exactly half of what The Judgment does, forever, with no sale required. If you are short on shards rather than cash, the retired list is where your first four or five unlocks should come from. Our Iridescent Shards guide shows how fast you earn them.
Who are the newest Killers, and who is next?
The First (Henry Creel) arrived with Stranger Things Chapter 2 on 27 January 2026. The Slasher (Jason Voorhees) followed on 16 June 2026 in a Killer-only chapter, closing a licence chase players had been asking about since 2016. The Judgment landed with Chorus of Sin on 25 August 2026 alongside Aurora Stardotter and was walked back within a month: hotfix 10.1.2a on 17 September "Reverted the Divine Light curve window while Zealous to 0.6s (was 0.8s)", with the dev note "The Judgment's performance skyrocketed following HF2." The current kit is in our Judgment guide.
Next is Art the Clown, the licensed Killer in the Terrifier chapter, which would make him the 45th. Behaviour's own title card says only "Coming November 2026". Leak accounts have been circulating a 27 October Public Test Build and a 17 November release since early October. As of the evening of 27 October (Moscow time), Behaviour had published no 10.3.0 PTB notes on Steam, no PTB category on its forums and no Terrifier article on its news feed, so treat both dates as unconfirmed until it does. Whether a Survivor ships alongside him is also unannounced. Our DBD roadmap tracks what is confirmed and what is not.
After that, The Casting of Frank Stone is pencilled for March 2027 with an original Killer called The Champion. If both land on schedule, the roster reaches 46 by spring, while the purchasable count drops with Chucky's exit.
More Dead by Daylight guides on timesaver.gg. Pick your next Killer with the data, then build them properly.
- DBD Killer tier list — all 44 Killers ranked at Patch 10.2.2
- Best Killer perks — what to run once you have picked one
- Shrine of Secrets this week — the weekly shard route to perks you do not own
FAQ
How many Killers are in Dead by Daylight? 44, as of Patch 10.2.2 on 27 October 2026. 25 are original Behaviour characters and 19 are licensed. Behaviour's website lists 42 because The Shape and The Cenobite were retracted.
Is Chucky leaving Dead by Daylight? Yes. The Good Guy and his cosmetics can no longer be acquired after 11am ET on 24 November 2026. If you unlock him before then, he stays playable permanently, and his perks keep their original names on him.
Why is the Chucky sale not live on my platform? Behaviour staggered it. Epic, Xbox and Windows, plus Switch in North America, started on 26 October, Switch in Europe on 27 October, Switch in Japan on 28 October, PlayStation on 2 November and Steam on 10 November. Every platform ends at the same 24 November cutoff.
Which Killer should I buy first? If you are spending shards, take one of the 15 permanently discounted retired Killers — The Blight at 4,500 Iridescent Shards is the pick we would make, since it is S tier in our Patch 10.2.2 tier list at half the price of a new Killer. If you are spending real money and want perks that work on every Killer, The Nemesis (Lethal Pursuer, Hysteria, Eruption) and The Knight (Nowhere to Hide) are popular buys for exactly that reason.
Can you unlock Killers for free in Dead by Daylight? Only original Killers, using Iridescent Shards earned by playing: 9,000 for a current Killer, or 4,500 and 2,250 for retired ones. Licensed Killers have no shard price.
Who is the fastest Killer in DBD? No Killer has a base speed above 115 percent, or 4.6 m/s, and 31 of the 44 sit there. The Nurse is the slowest at 3.85 m/s and crosses the map by blinking instead.
When does Art the Clown come out in DBD? Behaviour has said November 2026 and nothing more specific. The 27 October PTB and 17 November release dates come from leak accounts, not Behaviour, and were still unconfirmed on 27 October.
