Dead by Daylight's Steam reviews have mostly recovered from the creator collab backlash, sitting at 35% negative over the last 3 days, but Behaviour Interactive's official Steam posts still haven't addressed what set players off in the first place.
For context, the game was running at 26% negative before this story began, so the score is back near normal without anyone at the studio having to say anything on Steam about it.
The trouble started in early November, when players accused Behaviour Interactive of caving on a content creator collab, and the recent reviews swung 52% negative by the time the first wave hit.
According to the daily numbers, November 2 brought 262 negative reviews against 211 positive, November 3 brought 448 negative, and November 4 peaked at 1,285 negative against just 147 positive.
That pushed the recent score to 82% negative by November 5, before things cooled to 54% on November 7 and then 40% by the time Behaviour pushed its latest patch.
Players say the anger came from both directions, with reviews claiming a studio employee handed a streamer free DLC on stream and that Behaviour then folded once the harassment started.
The most helpful negative review this week, from a player with 121.8 hours, opened bluntly with "Do not support this game or this developer." and went on to accuse the studio of bowing to people who harassed its own team.
Other reviewers with hundreds of hours blamed the community just as much as the developer, which tells you this was never a simple one-sided pile-on.
So what did Behaviour Interactive actually say about it on Steam – nothing.
Its only post since the story broke was the November 9 "10.2.2b Backend Patch", which bumped the delay between Punishment of the Damned segments on The Executioner to 0.015s and refined changes to The Good Guy, without a single line about the collab.
Before that, the studio's posts covered the October 28 Terrifier PTB, the October 29 backend balance patch, the October 23 Diablo Collection and an October 30 Alienware laptop sweepstakes, all of which predate the backlash.
Going by its official posts, Behaviour Interactive didn't explain itself or apologize on Steam, even as reviews allege the studio folded on the collab – and the daily negative count still dropped, down to 46 on November 11.
Silence, it turns out, is a balance patch too.
For players, the outcome is a score that looks healthy again and a studio that never answered the people who spent a week in its review section through its official Steam posts, and if you were hoping for a straight explanation of how creator partnerships get handled going forward, the official Steam channel still hasn't offered one.
Steam reviews, day by day
| Day (UTC) | Positive | Negative | Negative share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 108 | 65 | 38% |
| 2026-11-10 | 93 | 45 | 33% |
| 2026-11-11 | 88 | 46 | 34% |
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
- 2026-11-09: Behaviour Interactive Ships Dead By Daylight Patch, Says Nothing About Collab Backlash
Sources: Dead by Daylight on Steam (user reviews), Dead by Daylight developer announcements. Figures checked 2026-11-11 22:41 UTC.
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