It’s wild to consider that Dead by Daylight, one of the most crossover-heavy horror games around, has never had a Friday the 13th collaboration before. That changes on June 16, when Jason Voorhees officially joins the roster.
Jason Finally Enters Dead by Daylight
Jason Voorhees is one of the defining slasher villains in horror history, a character who did plenty to make hockey masks permanently unsettling. After more than four decades of movies, the Friday the 13th icon is finally making his way into Behaviour Interactive’s asymmetrical horror game.
The crossover feels overdue. Jason has already appeared in several major pop culture crossovers over the years, including matchups with Freddy Krueger and appearances in franchises such as Mortal Kombat, Call of Duty, and Fortnite. Dead by Daylight, despite already featuring an enormous lineup of horror legends, had somehow never added him until now.
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Jason Voorhees will join Dead by Daylight on June 16, finally bringing Friday the 13th into the game’s long-running lineup of horror crossovers. Behaviour Interactive has confirmed the release date, but details about Jason’s in-game powers have not been revealed yet.
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A Horror Icon Joins the Lineup
Jason Voorhees remains one of the most recognizable slasher villains ever created. Across decades of films, he became a symbol of the genre and one of horror’s most enduring antagonists.
That legacy makes his arrival in Dead by Daylight especially notable. The game has spent years building a roster filled with famous killers and survivors from across horror, but Jason’s absence was always conspicuous given his status in the genre.
A Long-Overdue Crossover
Jason is no stranger to crossover appearances. Over the years, he has collided with other major horror names and stepped into several games outside his own franchise. That history only made his absence from Dead by Daylight feel stranger.
Behaviour Interactive’s game has become one of the biggest gathering points for horror characters in video games, so bringing Jason in feels less like a surprise and more like the closing of a long-open gap.
What We Still Don’t Know
For now, there are still plenty of unknowns around Jason’s inclusion. Specific gameplay details have not been shared yet, including what his killer power will be or how closely his design will draw from particular Friday the 13th films.
With a little over two weeks between the announcement and release, Behaviour Interactive still has time to reveal more before Jason makes his debut.
An Almost Perfect Release Date
There is one mildly disappointing detail: Jason arrives on June 16 rather than on an actual Friday the 13th. It would have been a neat bit of timing, but the nearest fitting date after March is not until November.
Even so, Dead by Daylight is finally getting one of horror’s most obvious missing icons, and that alone makes June 16 a notable date for the game’s fans.