You know what, it's kinda nice that Dead by Daylight finally snagged Jason
It's nice to see Jason in the Fog after so many years of requests. I think he likes it; it's enrichment for him.
Even if you’re unfamiliar with the specifics of Dead by Daylight lore — there’s a scary god known as the Entity, endless trials, and lots of fog — you’re probably familiar with the game’s expansive cast. Dead by Daylight has an original cast of Killers, but over the years, they’ve acquired a truly astonishing amount of licensed characters, including (but not limited to): Pyramid Head, Albert Wesker, Pinhead, Leatherface, the Xenomorph, Dracula, and some bullshit from Five Night at Freddy’s. It takes a lot for a crossover announcement to surprise me, but hey, Behaviour finally got that rare rookie card to complete their collection. Jason is going to join Dead by Daylight in the next patch.
Behaviour Interactive started relatively small with their crossovers, including characters like Michael Myers and Freddy Kreuger. They fit in well with the initial cast of Killers, which were limited to characters like a burly, feral huntswoman; a big, masked guy with bear traps; and a disfigured guy with a chainsaw who isn’t Leatherface. Jason would have fit right in, but alas, his IP rights have been infamously messy and he was busy starring in his own asymmetrical horror game, Friday the 13th, which launched in 2017. That game shut down in 2025, and that likely opened the door to talks.
Honestly, adding Jason at this point is kind of cute. He’s just a good old fashioned guy with a machete. Yeah, he can use his ghost powers to vanish off the map, but he also has the ability to scavenge improvised weapons and just throw shit at Survivors. It’s kind of quaint when you consider Dead by Daylight’s recent Killers, including an undead priestess who spreads plague in her wake, a skeleton-vomiting Krasue from Thai folklore, a mystery biped that looks like terrible taxidermy, or a murder-tulpa born from the lamentations of a frenzied cult.
Then again, Jason did go to space that one time, and that’s a pretty big deal.
I like to play a little Dead by Daylight here and there, and I’m sure I’ll experience the appropriate millennial nostalgia when Jason chases my ass through a match. The greater Dead by Daylight community seems, from a distance, to be quite intense. I hope they’re pleased with this long requested Killer finally showing up — it does feel a little like watching someone complete Exodia.