Behaviour Interactive posted the 10.2.2b Backend Patch for Dead by Daylight on Steam on November 9, further refining the balance changes it made to The Executioner and The Good Guy towards the end of October.
The headline change raises the delay between each segment of Punishment of the Damned to 0.015s, up from the 0.001s the studio set in its October 29 patch, with the post also recapping how the Backend Tunables system pushes small balance changes out without waiting for full patch releases.
What the post does not mention is the creator collab that has been dragging the game's Steam reviews around for more than a week.
Recent reviews sat at 26% negative before the backlash started, swung to 52% negative, sank as far as 82%, and had climbed back to 54% negative by November 7, with November 4 alone logging 1,285 negative reviews against 147 positive.
Over the last 3 days the game picked up 252 negative and 376 positive reviews, a 40% negative split, and November 9 came in at 93 positive against 58 negative.
None of that anger is about Executioner timings – according to reviews, players are furious that Behaviour Interactive backed away from the collab under pressure, and several of the most helpful reviews this week claim the studio's own staff were harassed while it did so.
"You guys are just enabling cyber bullying and harassment," reads one of the top reviews, while a reviewer with 121.8 hours put it more bluntly: "Do not support this game or this developer."
A Punishment of the Damned tweak is not the punishment anyone was asking about.
If you were waiting for the studio to explain its collab decision, the Steam news feed since late October offers Executioner and Good Guy tuning, Terrifier PTB patch notes, a Diablo cosmetics drop and an Alienware laptop sweepstakes, but not a single line on the issue driving the reviews.
The numbers are drifting back toward where they started, yet 40% negative is still well off the 26% baseline, and according to reviews, players are still hung up on the studio caving on the collab rather than standing by its decision, not on another balance pass.
Steam reviews, day by day
| Day (UTC) | Positive | Negative | Negative share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | 227 | 75 | 25% |
| 2026-11-01 | 210 | 116 | 36% |
| 2026-11-02 | 211 | 262 | 55% |
| 2026-11-03 | 157 | 448 | 74% |
| 2026-11-04 | 147 | 1,285 | 90% |
| 2026-11-05 | 155 | 222 | 59% |
| 2026-11-06 | 127 | 154 | 55% |
| 2026-11-07 | 136 | 98 | 42% |
| 2026-11-08 | 147 | 96 | 40% |
| 2026-11-09 | 93 | 58 | 38% |
The story so far
- 2026-11-03: Dead By Daylight Hit With Steam Review Wave Over Content Creator Collab
- 2026-11-05: Dead By Daylight Reviews Sink Further On Steam As Collab Backlash Grows
- 2026-11-07: Dead By Daylight Steam Reviews Climb Back As Collab Backlash Cools Off
Sources: Dead by Daylight on Steam (user reviews), Dead by Daylight developer announcements. Figures checked 2026-11-09 20:51 UTC.
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