Most of Dead by Daylight is spent running away from its barn by horror villains, but a surprising visual novel will soon make players run towards well-known characters like The Trapper … for romance.
At a recent anniversary event, Behavior Interactive announced a new dating sim titled Hooked On You: A Dead By Daylighting Dating Sim. Developed by Psyop, 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 well-known Dead By Daylight killers who live in something called a magical land called “Murderer’s Island:” The Hunter, the Spirit, the Beast and the Wraith. This is how the official release describes it:
Death is 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
Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim takes players on Murderer’s Island. Their companions: four dead-sex murderers who, under their murderous exterior, just want a little romance. Fans flirt into the hearts of The Huntress, The Spirit, The Trapper and The Wraith, revealing dark twists along the way. Will they find true love, make friends or be hacked to death? Only they can decide. As the mystery unfolds, it’s their job to make sense of it all. What brought them here? Where did these killers come from? Why are they showing so much interest? And most importantly, if only one were to be chosen for love … who would it be?
In addition to its new dating sim, Behavior Interactive also announced another crossover featuring Resident Evil titled “Project W”; a new original chapter entitled “Roots of Dread”; an Attack on Titan collaboration and a major update to its mobile game.
Now seven years old, Dead by Daylight has grown to include around 31 survivors and 28 killers collaborating with famous franchises such as Hellraiser, Ringu and Stranger Things. As for its whimsical new dating sim, Hooked On You is coming out this summer on Steam.