Behaviour Interactive has announced that Jason Voorhees will arrive in Dead by Daylight on June 16, 2026. The addition marks the first appearance of the Friday the 13th character in the asymmetrical horror game.
The reveal teaser shows the iconic hockey mask and machete with the tagline, 'The mask is on. The machete is dripping. The massacre has begun. Dead by Daylight: Jason.' Behaviour Interactive confirmed the June date in the video description while describing the core gameplay loop of survivors facing a killer in a realm of eldritch evil.