Dead By Daylight

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This video game contains 59 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
169 supporters
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9
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angrydoberman
In the archives, Hill Billy killed police dogs. The Clown has also killed dogs. All of this is lore though, it does not show up in the gameplay.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is an animal sad?
39 supporters
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0
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
37 supporters
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Yes
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Is there on-screen pooping?
19 supporters
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
19 supporters
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Is autism misrepresented?
17 supporters
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Are there nude scenes?
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Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
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0
Is someone crushed to death?
12 supporters
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Is there decapitation?
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Abandonment
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S0L3SURVIV0R
The Skull Merchant’s father leaves her as a child
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Is an animal abandoned?
46 supporters
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1
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2
Abuse
Yes
5
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S0L3SURVIV0R
The Hillbilly’s parents in his backstory abuse him for his birth defects, and The Spirit’s father is the one that kills her, turning her into a ghost.
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Is someone stalked?
12 supporters
Yes
33
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0
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thenumbereleven
Every match involves Survivor players being hunted down/stalked by Killer players. Worthy of note is Michael Meyers, who gains power by stealthily staring at Survivors from a distance.
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trickedboon
There is no violence on-screen but some character backgrounds may involve it; The Hillbilly was abused as a child.
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MakutaTexxidos
The Spirit is a young Japanese woman who has been abused by her father and becomes a vengeful ghost killer. - This is however all contained in the character's optional backstory.
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Is someone gaslighted?
22 supporters
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Is a child abused?
60 supporters
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15
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15
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trickedboon
There is no abuse on-screen, but many characters' backgrounds include childhood trauma.
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Addiction
10
BriarRosePatch
The character “the Clown” attacks survivors by throwing bottles of chemicals at them, which makes them dizzy. In his backstory these are said to be drugs. It does not affect the players very much, only blurring the screen and making them cough.
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Is there addiction?
7 supporters
Yes
22
No
4
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BriarRosePatch
“The Pig” has a backstory in which she used to be an addict, but it is barely mentioned even in her backstory.
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23
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DialgaMatthews
Alcohol is mentioned at various points in the game’s lore (such as a survivor’s backstory involving a hangover) but is never shown.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
61 supporters
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Does a horse die?
49 supporters
Yes
11
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18
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GrimKim
On one map there is a horse with it's ribs visible. It is obviously sick/dying or undead.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
88 supporters
Yes
31
No
2
7
BriarRosePatch
In multiple levels you can find dead pigs hung as if in a butcher shop. One character wears a dead pig as a mask, but it is never shown alive or being killed.
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Are animals abused?
102 supporters
Yes
7
No
18
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JennaLafontaine
While no animals are seen being abused, several animal carcasses can be found in levels, along with an apparently live horse that appears badly injured.
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30
Yes
27
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1
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FandomLover
Multiple carcasses are shown as well as hanging pigs
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Are rabbits harmed?
35 supporters
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2
Does a cat die?
92 supporters
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7
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JennaLafontaine
One of the Demogorgon's add-ons references a cat that was killed by it in the series Stranger Things.
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Does a pet die?
80 supporters
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Yes
1
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4
Does a dragon die?
16 supporters
Yes
1
No
27
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FandomLover
There are no dragons in the game.
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
Yes
29
No
2
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BriarRosePatch
The entity, which is the main antagonist of the game, resembles a spider. The killer player’s goal is to feed survivors to her, and it is impossible to play the game without seeing this regularly.
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Are there snakes?
10 supporters
Yes
3
No
21
1
JohnnyBerry_13
The character "The Hag" has an outfit themed around snakes, and has one strewn around her body. This will only be seen if you pick that outfit, or go against a player with that outfit.
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Are there bugs?
17 supporters
Yes
29
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2
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kirk
There are cockroaches that can be seen in the basements of the houses in the Springfield Maps.
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
13 supporters
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Yes
2
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1
Is there pedophilia?
58 supporters
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0
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4
Is someone held under water?
8 supporters
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0
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4
Is rape mentioned?
39 supporters
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0
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4
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S0L3SURVIV0R
In The Spirit’s tome story cutscene, she is attacked by a group of bullies
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7
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0
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MakutaTexxidos
One of the main mechanics involves the killer characters picking up helpless survivors over their shoulder - in the memento mori death animation of certain killers, the survivors are also restrained by force or supernatural means
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teapotcutie
Some of the crossover characters have sexually assaulted others, but it's never mentioned or depicted ingame.
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0
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3
Bodily Harm
Yes
29
No
1
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kirk
Lacerating survivors is a key part of the gameplay.
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26
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1
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BriarRosePatch
The character “the Nurse” wears a pillowcase on her head which restricts breathing. Several of the killers breathe in a ragged way.
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Is there cannibalism?
21 supporters
Yes
28
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0
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WitchAndroid
Leatherface from Texas chainsaw massacre is a playable character nicknamed "the cannibal" and while he doesn't on screen eat anyone like the hag, many of his items reference it
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Is someone choked?
11 supporters
Yes
4
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0
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S0L3SURVIV0R
All killers have a special kill animation known as a Memento Mori and The Nurse’s involves her strangulating the survivors with her hands
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BriarRosePatch
One of the characters available to play as/against is Freddy Kruger from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, who is a vengeful ghost who was murdered by fire. His design reflects this as he is covered in burns.
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1
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23
3
Anon149
In the Pinhead Mori, the survivor is chained to a log with spiked and dragged down through a blue portal in the floor, which closes up behind the survivor.
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Is there body horror?
25 supporters
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7
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Is there amputation?
11 supporters
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29
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0
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JennaLafontaine
The Clown's mori (kill) animation shows him removing a victim's finger.
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33
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2
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PigRidingZombie
The clown has a mori where he smashes their head on the ground till death then takes a finger
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
11 supporters
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4
Is there a hanging?
18 supporters
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31
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0
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DanieT
there are images of nooses on a map that contains gallows. players are hung on a hook by killers as a means of killers winning
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6
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0
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MakutaTexxidos
The Nurse can strangle Survivors in her memento mori animation
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22
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4
2
Raccaine
In a Tome cutscene for Nea's story "Rebel With a Cause," a mayor gets in a car wreck and we see him dead in the aftermath of the wreck, with multiple teeth fallen out. In additional Tome cutscene, for "Go For Broke," the character Ace Visconti gets in a bar fight where his face, and teeth, are damaged.
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Yes
23
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1
0
FandomLover
The Deathslingers background shows him breaking his leg after beating and killing his prison warden
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Yes
2
No
23
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MakutaTexxidos
The Onryo's Condemn kill animation induces in the survivor player character either a seizure or a heart attack - this happens rarely but it does
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koroneinugami
as far as i know, there's not any sexual content in dead by daylight.
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33
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0
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DemetrioZannetti
when the clown uses a memento mori to kill a survivor he chops of their right index finger and tastes it before storing it on their person after violently stomping their head
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Is someone tortured?
53 supporters
Yes
38
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0
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BriarRosePatch
You cannot play this game and avoid seeing torture. The main purpose of the game is for the player acting as the killer to hunt down and kill four players who are survivors. [TRIGGER WARNING] This is done by hanging them on meat hooks, which slowly kills them. The Pyramid Head can trap survivors in cages of barbed wire instead, and The Pig (who is from the Saw series) places a trap from the series around survivor’s heads.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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0
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6
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Anonymous
* also want to note there is also no fall damage in game
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Yes
30
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1
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thenumbereleven
The Doctor's eye sockets are held open by his headgear in a rather disturbing fashion.
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Yes
4
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1
0
d1zzy
The game and mori's show blood but no actual gore. It still looks graphic though
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
10 supporters
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4
Does a kid die?
25 supporters
Yes
6
No
17
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trickedboon
Not on-screen, but one or more of the characters' backstories involve children
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Is a minor sexualized?
56 supporters
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Yes
0
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5
Death
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d1zzy
Survivors can take hits for each other or "trade" being on hooks. If someone dies by a Hook, the game considers it a "sacrifice"
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Does someone die?
8 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
d1zzy
If the killer is successful
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
20 supporters
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Yes
0
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6
Family
Yes
29
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0
8
PigRidingZombie
The entity pulls people into his realm and they are never seen again
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
Yes
13
No
11
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JennaLafontaine
The Spirit's backstory does mention the violent death of her mother.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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0
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18
Is a child's toy destroyed?
13 supporters
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
27 supporters
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35
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0
5
DemetrioZannetti
this is a playstyle some killers like michael myers, the wraith, and the pig can use against survivors
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Yes
5
No
18
3
BriarRosePatch
Several of the killers are either hinted to be possessed, or are ghosts and demons themselves. As of now, players cannot be possessed by other players in combat, but because the game is always adding more characters there is a possibility this could change.
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Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
Yes
33
No
0
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DialgaMatthews
One killer (The Spirit) is the ghost of a mutilated young woman. Freddy Krueger also makes an appearance, and two killers (Wraith and Nurse) have ghost-like traits. Ghostface is also in this game.
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Are there clowns?
8 supporters
Yes
40
No
0
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DemetrioZannetti
a playable killer is a killer clown named the clown this is all
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Yes
3
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1
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d1zzy
the Spirit has small glass shards in her skin that made me pretty uncomfortable and i have trypophobia
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Are there razors?
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4 supporters
Yes
5
No
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S0L3SURVIV0R
The Nightmare has several razors attached to a glove and The Clown has at least one cosmetic that changes his butterfly knife into a straight razor
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25
0
koroneinugami
there are showers in the maps, but you can't use them.
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Are there mannequins?
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4
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0
Gross
Yes
2
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13
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EdgionTG
Sort of. In the trailer cutscene for Tome VIII - Deliverance, there is a flashback sequence in which a young Jeffrey Hawk (The Clown) wets himself in fear of his father's alcoholic rage.
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Does someone vomit?
54 supporters
Yes
42
No
1
7
fetishfangirl
the plague vomits on survivors and the map and causes survivors to vomit as well
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Is someone eaten?
15 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
S0L3SURVIV0R
The Hag’s momento mori aninimation has her pulling out an organ from a survivor’s body and The Demogorgon’s memento mori has it biting down on the survivor’s head and shaking them violently
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Does someone spit?
7 supporters
Yes
14
No
12
6
miitsuri
the killer "the deathslinger" spits on the ground when you select him in the menu but that's about it
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Is there audio gore?
26 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
4
FandomLover
Plenty of sounds of stabbing and being impaled.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
8 supporters
Yes
1
No
12
1
ManyBees
Some licensed character are positively portrayed cops but for original characters there's a CIA guy who was involved in a war crime and a short story in the archives about a cop being haunted by the ghosts of all the dogs he's shot.
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Are there transphobic slurs?
22 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Is there bisexual cheating?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Medical
Yes
39
No
0
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BriarRosePatch
The character known as “the Doctor” hunts down survivors and electrocutes them, and this is called “shock therapy” in the game. However, this is not realistically portrayed at all in game. The Doctor’s backstory does show that he used to perform realistic shock therapy, however.
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Yes
26
No
4
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thenumbereleven
Some Med-Kit add-ons use needles and syringes as their icons, but they are not modelled/ever shown in-action.
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JennaLafontaine
Two levels take place in abandoned mental hospitals. One of them, Lery's Memorial Institute, features sounds of shock therapy and screams as background noise.
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Yes
33
No
2
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DemetrioZannetti
stage called lery's memorial hospital
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Yes
5
No
22
4
BriarRosePatch
One very minor reference. The character “the Pig” has a power up that references someone she knows who has cancer, specifically his medical file. This character is absent in the game, and this power up can be avoided by not playing as the Pig.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
24 supporters
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Yes
6
No
0
Yes
19
No
9
8
BriarRosePatch
The character “the Pig” has a power up in the form of a small box with razors in it, and the text on the power up explains that she uses this to self harm and it gives her strength. This power up can be avoided by not playing as the Pig.
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Yes
15
No
0
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sparksfly
The Nurse is implied to have mentally “snapped,” causing her to kill people. A few of the other Killers are implied to be mentally ill. On the other side of the spectrum, multiple Survivors are implied to have mental illnesses or neurodivergency, and said survivors are not aggressive.
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S0L3SURVIV0R
In The Artist’s backstory it describes her attempt to kill herself after the death of her younger brother. This event is also referenced in several of her cosmetics and power add ons
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Is there misophonia?
21 supporters
Yes
13
No
0
4
FandomLover
The players show fear, heavy breathing, whenever they hear a load heartbeat sounding. This indicates when the killer is nearby.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
22
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
6
No
15
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trickedboon
No, but there is a loud heartbeat that represents your terror. The heartbeat tells you when the killer is near.
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Yes
3
No
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trickedboon
No, but you can choose to hide inside a locker (though you can see outside of the locker).
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BriarRosePatch
In the backstory of the character “the Hag,” it is described that she was starved nearly to death. Additionally while not an eating disorder (but I do not know where else to categorize this), multiple characters engage in cannibalism.
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9
No
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sparksfly
In Claudette’s lore, she’s heavily implied to be autistic, and her mother treated her coldly because of this, just wanting her to be like the other kids. (In actuality, her mother really wanted for her not to be bullied, however this isn’t stated at first in her lore.) Another character, Felix, is told by his father to get help for his social issues.
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BriarRosePatch
One of the characters is a ghost, who is designed with a pillow covering her head in reference to suffocation.
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
16 supporters
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Yes
4
No
0
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Is there shakey cam?
22 supporters
Yes
8
No
14
4
BriarRosePatch
The player controls the camera, and can make it as shakey as they please.
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S0L3SURVIV0R
The Trickster curses when being stunned by a pallet. However the most extreme it gets is “motherfucker”
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BriarRosePatch
The doctor has an ability to electrify people, which results in your screen flashing static until you can remove this status effect. Attempting to remove it can result in more flashing static.
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Paranoia
Yes
8
No
0
4
ShellChiki
Maybe if this counts idk but The Trickster will sometimes look back at the screen and wink as if he's winking at the player (personally I like it but if this would bother you I hope this helps as a warning)
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
12 supporters
Yes
0
No
24
2
Anonymous
no, however one of the killers is a parasitic twin and so when the adult twin lets the parasite out,(tw if even the mention will put you off)

it looks like a baby jumping out of her stomach, so you just have to judge if that sounds too close to it for you.
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Are there abortions?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
27
Are there babies or unborn children?
8 supporters
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Yes
4
No
2
Does someone miscarry?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
27
Does a pregnant person die?
8 supporters
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Yes
0
No
24
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
24 supporters
Yes
1
No
22
1
FandomLover
The clown is considered a fat character but this is not joked about or mentioned.
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Yes
5
No
22
11
BriarRosePatch
You can play as a black character, and it is possible that you may be the first to die, but it is not an intentional or scripted event.
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Yes
1
No
21
5
Anon149
The post-match chat is heavily moderated, but sometimes stuff slips through. You have the option to report if this happens. Also the usernames of your teammates aren't moderated, but you can report them through Steam.
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Yes
0
No
24
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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2
No
9
Is there hate speech?
14 supporters
Yes
10
No
17
6
Raccaine
The character Sally Smithson, more commonly referred to as The Nurse, has additional lore through the Tome system in which she and other characters say hateful things in regards to mentally ill and disabled patients.
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Yes
3
No
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JennaLafontaine
No characters in the game have confirmed sexualities or transgender identities.
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BriarRosePatch
The majority of the killers fall into the “mentally ill” horror tropes, and one of the locations is an asylum.
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Are there n-words?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
21
Is there aphobia?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
21 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Sex
Yes
2
No
26
3
BriarRosePatch
Survivor players often “t-bag” the killer as a joke which is in reference to a sexual activity, but it is more of a joke or a taunt than anything truly sexual.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
21 supporters
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Yes
0
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4
Is there bestiality?
45 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Are there incestuous relationships?
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44 supporters
Yes
1
No
26
1
FandomLover
There are no incesturous relationships.
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Sexism
Yes
0
No
5
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
4 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Social
Is someone homeless?
3 supporters
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Yes
3
No
1
Are there fat suits?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Spoiler
Yes
3
No
22
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parathingum
one of the playable killers (the clown) has a santa claus cosmetic set.
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Yes
21
No
4
7
PigRidingZombie
It is an endless game of cat and mouse you die you go back in you escape you go back in
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
3 supporters
Yes
6
No
13
1
becquerei
A car crashes into a tree in the unlockable cutscene for Nea Karlson in Tome 5.
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Does a plane crash?
4 supporters
Yes
2
No
18
5
Saraza
On the new RPD map you can find a burning helicopter on the roof that has clearly crashed, but you don't see this happening.
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Is someone hit by a car?
6 supporters
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Yes
0
No
23
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
25
Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
Yes
35
No
0
7
BriarRosePatch
The entire purpose of the game is to either attempt to kill other players, or avoid being killed. Blood and gore are main mechanics of the game, and if that is troublesome the game should be avoided because there is no way to avoid this mechanic.
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Does someone drown?
9 supporters
Yes
5
No
18
5
kensheda
In The Artist’s backstory, her little brother Matias falls into a creek & drowns.
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Yes
25
No
4
8
DialgaMatthews
One killer, The Deathslinger wields a rifle that can fire out a chain. No actual bullets are seen but when playing as a survivor against him, a loud bang can be heard across the map
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