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Steam News6 April 20262mo ago

📢 Patch 1 - Perk system, new actions, lobby improvements and more

Hey everyone, here is everything new! If you run into bugs, feel free to report them here or in the community discussions. Your reports genuinely help us track things down faster.

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Full Dead by Instinct update

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Hey everyone, here is everything new! If you run into bugs, feel free to report them here or in the community discussions. Your reports genuinely help us track things down faster.

What changed

1 fix2 additions6 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • UI and audio
  • Maps
  • Performance
addedHey everyone, here is everything new! If you run into bugs, feel free to report them here or in the community discussions. Your reports genuinely help us track things down faster.
changed3 outfits for survivor and 2 dino types
changedmore UI pop ups (hunters and survivors)
fixedmap layouts are now fixed not random
addedadd up to 6 bots
changedgpu spiking on loading

Dead by Instinct changes

addedHey everyone, here is everything new! If you run into bugs, feel free to report them here or in the community discussions. Your reports genuinely help us track things down faster.
changed3 outfits for survivor and 2 dino types
changedmore UI pop ups (hunters and survivors)
fixedmap layouts are now fixed not random
addedadd up to 6 bots

Features

  • 8 perks for hunter players to use

  • useable lockers

  • 3 outfits for survivor and 2 dino types

  • manly use vault, sliding hiding (was auto before)

  • private lobbies/invite only

  • able to see all 8 players in the lobby

  • more UI pop ups (hunters and survivors)

  • match timer changes depending on the number of players in the match

  • map layouts are now fixed not random

  • add up to 6 bots

Fixes

  • p2p multiplayer

  • spiking cpu on loading

  • gpu spiking on loading

  • red stain of dino showing even if the remove perk is equipped

  • audio sounds for dino and survivor

  • loading times improved (getting stuck on load)

  • fps and graphics assistant on load up (game will pick the best settings for your system but you can change them anytime)

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who has wish listed and supported the game. Your interest and encouragement are greatly appreciated. More updates will be shared soon.

— The Dev

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Steam News / 6 April 2026

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