10 Indie Horror Games That Changed Everything
6. Dead By Daylight (Behaviour Interactive)
Despite its gigantic following and budget—able to license multiple horror icons as enemies in its games, Dead By Daylight or DBD was created by Canadian indie studio Behaviour Interactive. It was available in early access for many years before it exploded in popularity, taking time to become the smash hit it is today.
With intriguing and surprisingly fluid third person survival horror co-op mechanics, and the option to switch between survivor and killer, it's a unique take in the genre and a success many wish to replicate. Its mechanics are easy to follow, and the difference between the third person view of survivors and the first person view of the killer makes its two main modes feel extremely unique in gameplay.
Since it polished its mechanics, DBD has mainly been getting big name horror villains into its roster of unique killers, allowing it to keep on trucking as an online multiplayer for years since its original release in 2016.
A similar game that released after it was Sony's Friday The 13th video game adaptation, which has a similar appeal, but doesn't quite capture the variety and polish that won DBD its ongoing success.