Dead by Daylight Mobile Removed From Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India

Dead by Daylight Mobile developers just confirmed the removal of the game from app stores in India. The people behind the mobile adaptation of the hit multiplayer survival horror title revealed that they removed the game after an intervention from the Government of India.

Hello People of The Fog,

We are committed to providing a unique mobile horror experience to our global audience while also complying with regional regulations.

— Dead by Daylight Mobile (@DbDMobile) March 23, 2023

Dead by Daylight Mobile removed from mobile app stores in India, details

Going through the announcement, we did not get any additional details about the reason for this move. All the developers stated was that they were following an “interim order from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in India.”

We are grateful for your support and will provide further updates on the status of Dead by Daylight Mobile in India when possible.

— Dead by Daylight Mobile (@DbDMobile) March 23, 2023

Dead by Daylight Mobile is currently inaccessible for players in India. Developers will share further updates about the future of the game in the future.

The mobile adaptation of the Behaviour Interactive-developed title sees players participating in 4v1 multiplayer mode. The players either play as a survivor or the killer chasing the survivors. Inspired by slasher films, Dead by Daylight Mobile features several perks and skills to boost up your killer or survivor avatar. While the aim of the game for the killer is to hunt down all the survivors, the rest must band together to escape from the eerie killer and its environment.

Behaviour Interactive assigned China-based game developer NetEase with the task of creating Dead by Daylight Mobile. It is possible that the title might be facing a situation like that of other banned titles in India such as PUBG Mobile and BGMI. While the former was banned on September 2, 2020, its replacement BGMI was suspended on July 28. Several reports have suggested that the latter could make a return with several restrictions provided by the government.

IGN India has contacted the developers of Dead by Daylight Mobile and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for more details around this move. We will update this piece if and when we get a response from the Government of India and/or NetEase.