Dead by Daylight Mobile Dies in March 2024 as Shutdown Announced

Netease and Behaviour announced that Dead by Daylight Mobile, the Android and iOS adaptation of the asymmetrical horror multiplayer game, will be shutdown on March 20, 2025. Prior to that, it will become more difficult to even play. It will be removed from Apple’s App Store and Google Play on January 16, 2025. 

So if you want to play Dead by Daylight Mobile for now, you must download the game before January 16, 2025. After that date, it will be completely removed from storefronts. So even if you owned it in the past, you won’t be able to redownload it and access it again. January 16, 2024 will also be the last day to make in-app purchases for Auric Cells, SP packages, or the Weekly or Monthly Passes. 

It might be wise to at least download and play the free-to-play game once, especially if you play Dead by Daylight on consoles or PCs. This is because Netease and Behaviour will eventually offer us a Welcome Package in that version of the game for mobile players. You need to download the game, play, then follow the in-game link in the app and log into your Behaviour Account. As long as you do so before March 20, 2025, you’ll get the Welcome Package.

Said Welcome Package’s contents vary depending on how much you played or paid in the mobile game. So everyone who gets this bonus gets 500,000 Bloodpoints and 2,250 Iridescent Shards. The following additional bonuses are given depending on how much money you spent:

• $0.01 to $4.99 USD – 150 Auric Cells and 1,800 Iridescent Shards  
• $5.00 to $9.99 USD – 300 Auric Cells and 3,600 Iridescent Shards  
• $10.00 to $29.99 USD – 600 Auric Cells and 10,800 Iridescent Shards  
• $30.00 to $49.99 USD – 1,000 Auric Cells and 18,000 Iridescent Shards  
• $50.00 to $99.99 USD – 2,000 Auric Cells and 35,640 Iridescent Shards  
• $100.00 to $149.99 USD  – 3,000 Auric Cells and 54,000 Iridescent Shards  
• $150.00 to $199.99 USD  – 4,000 Auric Cells and 72,000 Iridescent Shards  
• $200 or more – 5,000 Auric Cells and 108,000 Iridescent Shards  

And here’s what you get depending on your Player Level in Dead by Daylight Mobile:

• 720 to 27,419 Total XP Earned (equivalent to Player Level 2-15) – 500,000 Bloodpoints  
• 27,420 to 55,619 Total XP Earned (equivalent to Player Level 16-25) – 1,000,000 Bloodpoints  
• 55,620 to 104,519 Total XP Earned (equivalent to Player Level 26-39) – 1,500,000 Bloodpoints   
• 104,520 XP Earned or more (equivalent to Player Level 40+) – 2,000,000 Bloodpoints

As for refunds, whether you get one as a result of the Dead by Daylight Mobile shutdown depends on where you live. People in the UK and Europe get a 14 day window to request a refund after making a purchase. People in Taiwan can get refunds between January 16, 2025, after its removed, and April 19, 2025. In Japan and South Korea, the refund period starts after the final closure date on March 20, 2025, then ends on June 26, 2025. For those of us in the US and North America, there is no refund process. The announcement only said, “Refunds for past purchases are not available. Players will be able to spend their remaining in-game currency and items before the game closes on March 20, 2025.”

Dead by Daylight Mobile is available on Android and iOS devices until January 16, 2025, after which the game leaves Google Play and the App Store and will shutdown on March 20, 2025.