Dead by Daylight: Chucky Chapter

1. Summary

The Chucky Chapter was a hit at launch and stayed popular with the people who play him. What reviewers praise most is that Chucky is fun to play and unlike the rest of the roster: he is tiny, he plays in third person, he can hide his terror radius and dash at survivors, and he talks constantly. The voice work by Brad Dourif (and Jennifer Tilly on the Tiffany skin) is the other big draw, and reviewers quote his insults back at each other. Child's Play fans call the adaptation faithful, and some launch buyers were pleased that it cost about five dollars with no outfit bundled in to raise the price.

Survivor-side players describe Chucky as miserable to face: too small to see over loops, stealthy on top of that, with dash hits that connect when they look like they shouldn't. Killer players turned on him later, after a December 2024 patch that reviewers say removed his free Scamper under pallets, and those who had loved him wrote that he became dull and weak. Reviews written between December 2024 and September 2025 were 41% positive (49 reviews), against 87% in the first five weeks after launch. The perks split opinion too. Friends 'til the End is the one reviewers single out, and those who go through the whole set often call the other two weak. Reviews written from late October 2026, after players learned the chapter would leave the Steam store, swung back to 93% positive (41 reviews) as owners urged others to buy it before it went.

2. What keeps coming up

What players praise

A fun, different killer to playHigh

No theme comes up more. Short reviews ("Such a fun killer," "One of the most fun killers to play as") make up much of it, and the longer ones explain why. He is a stealth killer who can close distance with his Slice & Dice dash and peek corners because of his height, and one review described him as the entertainment value of Ghostface and Wesker in one. A few reviewers say he drew them back to Dead by Daylight or over to the killer side. One player who mostly plays survivor wrote that Chucky "has actually been making me want to bootup the game to play the other role". Some called him easy to pick up with room to improve, and one long review recommended him to beginners buying their first licensed killer. A smaller group found the power shallow, with one negative review calling him "Just another mid range anti-loop killer at 110% speed". Some players still enjoyed him after the nerfs: "Even though it got nerfed multiple times, It's still a fun killer to play."

Voice lines, swearing and the original actorsHigh

Chucky talks through the whole match, insults survivors, reacts to hooks and stuns, and swears, and players love it. Reviewers credit Brad Dourif for returning to voice him and Jennifer Tilly for voicing Tiffany, and several mention how many lines were recorded. One review reads, in full, "Just hearing Chucky talk is worth it." Another player wrote, "I got him to P100 and I've never gotten bored of hearing his voice." Some reviews are nothing but his catchphrases or insults quoted back ("bedwetter," "Don't fuck with the Chuck"). Only a few disagree: one long negative review found the lines repetitive after many matches, one player wanted an option to turn voice lines off, and one complained that survivors hear a censored version of the swearing.

A faithful Child's Play adaptationMedium

Fans of the films praise the look and personality. One was glad the design follows the first trilogy instead of the scarred later version, and others point to the mori, the animations, and add-ons and skins full of franchise details. One fan wrote that "they nailed his personality from the movies", and another said, "This DLC actually made me go back in time to watch Chucky movies again." A few reviewers were surprised he was added at all, and some had assumed his size made him impossible. A few fans disliked the shadow figure of Charles Lee Ray that appears when Chucky carries a survivor, with one calling those animations "very low effort."

Fair price, nothing forced into the bundleMedium

Some launch reviewers praised the price, quoted as $5, £5 or 4.99€, and a couple compared it with recent chapters that bundled an outfit to push the cost up. "Thank you for not bundling and outfit with this for no reason," one review says, and another called it "actually correctly priced DLC, unlike the last few. and a really fun killer." Others felt the effort that went into the chapter made it good value at that price.

The third-person cameraMedium

Reviewers point out that Chucky is the only killer who plays in third person, switching to first person only while carrying a survivor, and those who mention the camera mostly like it. They say it makes his small size workable and opens up mind games around loops, and several call it what made the chapter feel new. A few survivor-side reviews count it against him because it lets him see over vaults and around corners. Among players who use it, the complaints are small. One detailed review noted that his body can block the view and make basic hits feel off, another found the dash steering stiff, and two players reported motion sickness: "Overall interesting chapter, but take precaution if you are prone to motion sickness."

Where players are split

How strong Chucky isMedium

Players never agreed on his power level, and the answer changed over time. At launch, survivor-side reviewers called him overtuned ("Killer is over tuned") and compared him to the strongest killers in the game, while killer players replied that he was balanced and the complaints were a skill issue. After the December 2024 changes the argument flipped: negative reviews called him "nerf to f tier" and told people to play Blight instead, while some positive reviews held that he was "in a perfect spot balance wise." One positive review that called him "Very annoying to play against, fun to play as" also asked for a nerf.

Perks: one great, two weakMedium

Friends 'til the End is the perk players mention most, and a few reviewers recommend the chapter for it even to people who don't plan to play Chucky himself. Some survivor-side players called it too strong at launch. Reviewers who go through the whole set often call Batteries Included and Hex: Two Can Play weak or niche: "One good perk, two bad ones," as one review sums it up, and another said "Great and unique character, Sadly only 1 good perk." Others call his perks good, or even overpowered, without singling one out.

What frustrates players

Miserable to play againstMedium

The most common complaint at launch came from survivor-side players. They say Chucky is too small to see over loops and in grass, that his stealth mode stacks on top of his size, that his footsteps and red stain are hard to spot, and that dash hits connect when they shouldn't. "Honestly was a awesome idea, but the killer is too small to see in most loops so playing against them isn't very fun," one review says. A few reviewers saw survivors disconnect from matches once they realized the killer was Chucky. Some positive reviews agree and recommend him anyway, like one that calls him an "Annoying little sh#t to play against," and a negative review puts the split in one line: "Fun to play as but miserable to go against."

Nerfs took out what made him funMedium

Complaints about nerfs were scattered through 2024. They became the main subject of negative reviews after a patch in December 2024 (one reviewer names it as 8.4.1) that, reviewers say, removed his ability to scamper under pallets except during his dash. Killer players say this cut his mobility and made him boring to play: "The removal of scamper sure didn't make him weaker, but it definitely made him lame and uninteresting." One points out that the trailer still shows him scampering, and a few negative reviews say they paid for a different killer than the one they ended up with. Requests are specific: bring back manual Scamper, even with a longer animation or cooldown. Between December 2024 and September 2025, 41% of reviews were positive (49 reviews).

Killer only: no survivor or mapLow

The chapter adds Chucky and nothing else, and some fans of the films wanted Andy Barclay or Kyle as survivors and a Good Guy doll factory map. Several treat it as a minor letdown ("only thing that makes me sad is no map to come with it"), but a few made it the reason for a negative review.

Bugs and hit registrationLow

A small number of reviews report bugs: hits that don't register after a scamper ("After you scamper a pallet survivors can instantly vault back and the obvious hit wont register"), a bug that breaks his power until he lands a basic attack, inconsistent dash hitboxes, and one report of a blue screen while dashing. One review written in 2025 still called him "buggy as can be."

The chapter is leaving the Steam storeLow

Reviews written in late October 2026 report that the chapter would be pulled from the store on 24 November 2026, with a last-chance sale at 50% off starting 10 November. These reviews are mostly farewells. The most detailed one explains that "As long as you've purchased the DLC, you will still have access to Chucky as a killer," and says the same held for earlier delisted killers.

Extras not included in the Steam purchaseLow

A few buyers were caught out by what the Steam DLC leaves out. The Tiffany skin and an alternate Chucky skin are sold separately, which one fan called "scummy and greedy," and others say the Steam purchase did not include the banner, badge or charm they expected.

Long killer queues at launchLow

A few launch reviewers could not get matches as Chucky because so many players switched to killer, with one noting "the queues for Killer are oversaturated." A couple of others blamed the base game's matchmaking for bad experiences with the chapter.

3. The player conversation

Most of the conversation is warm and comes from fans. Reviews arrived in a burst at launch: 58% were written in the first five weeks, and that period was 87% positive, with launch week alone at 89% (286 reviews). A large share of those launch reviews are one-liners: catchphrases, jokes about his height, and quoted insults, written by fans celebrating a character they had wanted for years. The detailed negative reviews from the same weeks come mostly from survivor-side players, who object to facing him and say little against playing him.

From 2024 the volume dropped to a few reviews a week, and the complaints moved from the survivor experience to killer players upset about nerfs. That peaked after the December 2024 patch, when reviews ran mostly negative for months and several asked for Scamper back. From October 2025, positive reviews returned, including from players who picked him up later and found him fun despite the changes.

The last wave came in late October 2026, when players learned the chapter was being delisted. Those 41 reviews were 93% positive and read as goodbyes ("RIP chucky, you are fun") and buying advice.

4. What the developers could do

1. Restore manual Scamper in some form. Most negative reviews from the months after the December 2024 removal complain about it, and several asked for it back even with a longer animation or cooldown.
2. Make Chucky easier for survivors to read. Survivor-side reviewers say his size, stealth, faint red stain and footsteps that don't always show through walls leave them guessing, and clearer audio or visual cues would answer the launch-era complaints without cutting his power.
3. Fix dash hitboxes and hit registration. Both sides complain about hits that connect when they shouldn't and hits that fail after a scamper or vault, which feeds the balance arguments.
4. Buff Batteries Included and Hex: Two Can Play. Reviewers who go through the perks often say only Friends 'til the End is worth taking, so the other two give buyers little.
5. Tell owners plainly what the delisting means. Players explained to each other in reviews that owners keep Chucky after removal and when the last sale runs; a clear store-page notice would cover both.
6. Include the expected extras in the Steam purchase. Buyers expected the banner, badge and charm and were annoyed to find Tiffany and the alternate skin behind a second purchase.
7. Give future licensed chapters a survivor or a map when the source allows it. Some Child's Play fans asked for Andy, Kyle or a Good Guy factory map, and a few made the absence the reason for a negative review.