Dead by Daylight is removing Chucky, months after losing Michael Myers

Dead by Daylight is about to lose another horror icon. Behaviour Interactive has announced that all Chucky content will stop being available to buy next month, so this Halloween is the last one with the doll in the game. If you have been meaning to pick up anything Chucky-themed, the window is short.

What was announced

According to IGN, Behaviour Interactive announced that Chucky content will no longer be available to purchase starting next month. IGN says fans of the game are "beside themselves" over the news.

Polygon frames it as the end of the road for the character. It reports that this is Dead by Daylight's last Halloween with Chucky, and that the horror movie icon is being removed from the game for good.

The reports focus on the purchase cutoff and the removal. They don't say what happens to players who already own Chucky content, and they don't explain why Behaviour is taking the character out.

Second horror icon in months

This is the second big-name exit in a short time. IGN's headline notes that it comes just months after the game lost Michael Myers. Polygon also describes Chucky as "another" horror icon the game is losing.

Neither report says why the two characters are leaving, or whether more departures are planned. What they do show is a pattern: two recognizable horror names gone from the game within a few months.

About the game

Dead by Daylight is developed and published by Behaviour Interactive. It launched on Steam on June 14, 2016, and its store page describes a realm of eldritch evil where four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.

What to do if you want Chucky

Based on what has been reported so far, the practical advice is simple:

• Chucky content stops being purchasable starting next month.
• This Halloween is the last one with Chucky in the game.
• Neither outlet has said whether the character will remain playable for people who already own it, so check Behaviour's own announcement before assuming either way.

Neither IGN nor Polygon quotes Behaviour Interactive directly on its reasons, so the reaction from fans is the clearest signal so far of how the community feels about losing the character.