Behaviour Interactive announced that Tokyo Ghoul is the next Dead by Daylight crossover and confirmed that means Ken Kaneki will be a playable character. He’s available to test out later on March 11, 2025, if you get access to the Steam public test build. However, his official launch doesn’t come until April 2, 2025, when cosmetics based on other characters from the anime and manga series and masks will appear.
There are very few details on how Ken Kaneki will function as the new killer called The Ghoul in Dead by Daylight, but we should know details soon considering he’s in the public test build later today. We do know he’s a “bad guy” here, rather than being a hero like he is in the original anime and manga. He will still use his Rinkaku Kagune tentacles to move and attack. Behaviour also mentioned an Enraged Mode, which almost sounds a bit like it resembles his Rinkaku Kakuja state.
As for the other characters who will appear as part of the Dead by Daylight Tokyo Ghoul crossover, there’s a list of some of the cosmetics debuting when that launches in April 2025. Here’s what we’ll see:
- Awakened Ghoul Outfit for The Ghoul Ken Kaneki
- David King
- Eto Costume Outfit for Nea Karlsson
- Hide Costume Outfit for Renato Lyra
- Jake Park Mask
- Jonah Vasquez Mask
- Rabbit Costume Outfit for Yui Kimura
- Rize Kamishiro Outfit for The Ghoul Ken Kaneki
- The Unknown Mask
There’s no word about prices for anything yet.
One of the last crossovers in Dead by Daylight involved Castlevania. If someone picked up that $7.99 Chapter DLC after it debuted in August 2024, they got access to the Killer Dracula and Survivor Trevor Belmont. Since then, a Doomed Course add-on brought The Houndmaster Killer and Survivor Taurie Cain in November 2024.
Dead by Daylight is available on the PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X, and PC. The Tokyo Ghoul DLC debuts officially on April 2, 2025. The Tokyo Ghoul anime is streaming on Crunchyroll, while Viz Media handles the manga outside Japan.
Published: Mar 11, 2025 11:01 am