Dead by Daylight's Blood Moon event has proven that the game can grow in plenty of interesting directions in the future. While far from the first event that Dead by Daylight has seen, 2025's Blood Moon shook up the trials in a way that the developers should take note of. A lot of live-service games can benefit from evolving, and Dead by Daylight is no exception. With this latest event, there is now a clear blueprint that can be used for future developments. The main question is how else the developers can follow this plan in the future.
The latest update to Dead by Daylight brought about the Blood Moon event in addition to the usual list of adjustments and bugfixes. However, this was not the first time that Dead by Daylight had featured the Blood Moon. 2024 saw an in-game event with the same name, although that version of the event was far different. 2024's Blood Moon saw the introduction of Blood Basins, which let players collect droplets to create Blood Zones to grant themselves temporary advantages. Clearly, the development team wanted to bring back the Blood Moon event. However, its second occurrence is a far different experience from the first.
Why You Should Get into Dead By Daylight in 2025
Dead by Daylight has brought fun co-op scares for nearly a decade, and its recent crossovers make 2025 a great year to jump back in.
Blood Moon's Blood Generators Are Dead by Daylight's Biggest Gameplay Shift Yet
Dead By Daylight's Blood Moon Offers a New Kind of Generator
In 2025's version of Dead by Daylight's Blood Moon event, a new mechanic was introduced in the form of blood generators. Blood generators replace 4 of the generators that would normally spawn on the map, and can only progress by being filled with blood cans from blood pumps that will also spawn on the map. While these generators get repaired faster than normal gens, the requirement to bring blood cans to them leaves a vital opportunity for the Killer to intercept the Survivors. Blood Generators are something wholly unique to Blood Moon, and a big part of what makes the event so notable.
Dead by Daylight's Main Gameplay Loop is Usually Unchanged
What separates Blood Moon from previous events like Dead by Daylight's Chaos Shuffle is how it changes the objectives. Past events shuffled the formula, like Chaos Shuffle giving everyone randomized perks, 2v8 featuring 2 Killers and 8 Survivors, or Lights Out making maps extremely dark. However, in those modes, the end goal of powering the generators was always the same. Blood Moon's blood generators completely change one of the game's core mechanics. Survivors actually need to change up their usual strategy in order to win trials in Blood Moon mode. It's the biggest change that any event has made to Dead by Daylight's formula.
While 2v8 featured cages instead of hooks, they were mechanically similar to the cages Pyramid Head uses with his power.
Future Events Can Further Modify Dead by Daylight's Primary Objectives
Blood Moon and its generators makes a fantastic case for future events in Dead by Daylight to provide more meaningful changes. By changing up the goals of the trial, these events will not only give players an extra challenge, but the events themselves will be more exciting. Breaking up the usual formula every once in a while could be good for the overall health of the game. When events make players challenge themselves in new ways, it makes them a lot more memorable. Blood Moon changing the generators themselves is a major example, so Behaviour should be open to future events modifying the players' objectives.
Dead by Daylight has an excellent opportunity in the wake of its Blood Moon event. The general rules of Dead by Daylight may be updated as new perks and Killers come along, but the end goal has always been the same. Blood Moon's blood generators marked a significant change in formula. Switching up the primary objectives for Survivors and Killers in future events is definitely worth exploring again, possibly with even more dramatic changes. After Blood Moon, Dead by Daylight has more future options than ever.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 70 /100 Critics Rec: 47%
- Released
- June 14, 2016
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Behaviour Interactive
- Publisher(s)
- Behaviour Interactive
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
WHERE TO PLAY
Ever wished to play as one of the characters from your favorite horror movies? Dead by Daylight is a 1v4 multiplayer game that draws from all corners of the horror world from a powerful slasher to a terrifying paranormal entity.
Choose between playing an unstoppable Killer and one of 4 Survivors trying to evade a gruesome death. Each character has their own deep progression system and plenty of unlockables that can be customized to fit your personal strategy. Work together to escape, or stalk and sacrifice every Survivor.
This Edition of Dead by Daylight gives you access to a roster of 7 Killers (The Trapper, The Hillbilly, The Wraith, The Nurse, The Hag, The Huntress and The Doctor) and 9 Survivors (Meg Thomas, Claudette Morel, Jake Park, Dwight Fairfield, Ace Visconti, Nea Karlsson, Bill Overbeck, Feng Min and David King). It also includes two cosmetic add-ons packed with outfits for various characters.
- Genre(s)
- Horror, Survival
