Hooked On You: A Dead By Daylight Dating Sim Lets Fans Romance Their Favorite Horror Villains

Most of Dead by Daylight is spent running away from its stable of horror villains, but a surprise visual novel will soon have players running toward familiar characters like The Trapper... for romance.


At a recent anniversary event, Behaviour Interactive announced a new dating sim titled Hooked On You: A Dead By Daylighting Dating Sim. Developed by Psyop, the creators of I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator, it will feature "romance, steamy references and... shirtless outfits."

Hooked On You's stars will be four familiar Dead By Daylight killers who inhabit something called a magical land called "Murderer's Island:" The Huntress, The Spirit, The Trapper, and The Wraith. Here's how the official release describes it:

Death’s a beach.

Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™ – out this summer on Steam! Learn more: https://t.co/vmler13PlF pic.twitter.com/rJd6azSxEN

— The Narrator (@HookedByBHVR) May 17, 2022

On top of its new dating sim, Behaviour Interactive also announced another crossover with Resident Evil titled "Project W"; a new original chapter titled "Roots of Dread"; an Attack on Titan collaboration, and a major update for its mobile game.

Now seven years old, Dead by Daylight has grown to include some 31 survivors and 28 killers, collaborating with famous franchises such as Hellraiser, Ringu, and Stranger Things. As for its quirky new dating sim, Hooked On You will be out this summer on Steam.


Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

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