Does Dead by Daylight have cross progression? There are two main questions players ask when a game is available on multiple platforms: “Can I play with friends on other platforms?” and “Can I access my save data on multiple platforms?” Known as crossplay and cross progression, these are two of the most important online features, especially in multiplayer games.
Dead by Daylight is one such game, and if you have ever seen a single post or livestream from the devs, you’ll surely know that the many of the comments, even with no relation to the original post, are about the availability of these features in the horror game. So, we take a look right here at the availability of both DBD cross progression and crossplay.
Dead by Daylight cross progression
Dead by Daylight has cross-progression between all platforms. As long as you own the game on each platform of choice and sign in to your Behaviour account, your progress is saved across all platforms.
In-game currency and DLC is also shared across all platforms – with the exception of the Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, for now, DLC and paid-currency purchased on the Switch is not carried across to other platforms. DLC and paid-currency is carried over from other platforms to the Nintendo Switch, however. In other words, don’t buy your content on your Switch any more, unless you want to buy it twice.
The ability to play DBD across different platforms and take your characters, Bloodpoints, and other progress with you has been a feature demanded by fans for years. Its omission for so long was surprising in this day and age, especially given that the game is available on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
If you have already purchased the same DLC on multiple platforms, you are compensated after syncing your accounts. Instructions on how to do that are below.
How to enable DBD cross-progression
It’s not enough to just link your accounts on the Behavior website, you must also sync your progress on each platform, allowing the system to detect all progress, currency, DLCs, and more.
To do this, log into your Behaviour account and head to the Dead by Daylight page. Here, click on ‘Enable cross-progression’ and choose any one of your platforms. Follow the instructions to import data, and do the same again on every other platform on which you play Dead by Daylight.
It doesn’t matter which order you do this, as currencies are combined, and purchased DLC (aside from Nintendo Switch) appears on all platforms once synced.
Note that if an error shows and your platforms don’t appear as having synced, check in-game, as it may still have worked.
Dead by Daylight crossplay
Dead by Daylight does have crossplay enabled as standard, so your lobbies can include players across Steam, Epic Games, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. DBD crossplay can be disabled in the Online section of the game’s settings.
This feature was added to the game in 2020, following the release of next-gen consoles. As crossplay is linked to platform, turning it off on Steam prevents you from playing with other PC players on Epic Games, as well as those on console. As with cross progression, crossplay on the main game doesn’t include those playing on mobile, as DBD Mobile is a separate game.
So, as it stands, you can play Dead by Daylight with your friends on other platforms thanks to crossplay, but we’re still waiting on cross progression. While you wait, make sure your main account has all the latest free cosmetic items with the newest DBD codes and DBD Twitch drops, and check out which of the DBD killers is currently the strongest.