‘You just added more fog:’ players claim Dead by Daylight UE5 update made the game look worse

In Patch 7.7.0, Behaviour Interactive quietly ported Dead by Daylight to the Unreal Engine 5. However, things haven’t turned out as expected, and players have been largely disappointed with the game’s graphics following the update, with some claiming it made the game look worse.

An April 24 Reddit thread posted by user Mitokovo compared the previous and current versions of Dead by Daylight on Unreal Engine 4 and 5. They looked at the same areas in both and sought to highlight the key differences in graphics, which mostly concerned the lighting. The UE5 version of DBD looks more grey, has thicker fog, and lacks some contrast compared to UE4. The lights also don’t work the same, and either due to a bug or feature, are significantly less pronounced. Those replying generally think the update made the game “washed out,” as one user said, and didn’t add anything significant.