Behaviour will remove the Chucky Chapter from Dead by Daylight stores on Nov. 24, months after Michael Myers left. Owners keep what they bought.
Chucky is leaving Dead by Daylight. According to IGN, developer Behaviour Interactive announced that the Chucky Chapter will be removed from the game's in-game and first-party stores on Nov. 24, 2026, nearly three years after the Child's Play killer joined the roster.
Behaviour's statement was blunt about the timing: "We welcomed The Good Guy out of his box and into The Fog nearly three years ago, but it's now time for the Chucky Chapter to leave the shelf." Nothing was said about why.
What players keep and lose
If you already own the content, you keep it. Per the developer's FAQ, as IGN describes it, anything unlocked before Nov. 24 stays usable in matches. What goes away is the ability to buy it: the killer, known in-game as The Good Guy, plus the outfits and cosmetics added since 2023. No new add-ons are planned for him, though bug fixes will continue.
A "Last Chance" sale starts Monday, Oct. 26 and runs until removal day, with 50 percent off Chucky Chapter items on all platforms.
A familiar pattern
It isn't the first licensed killer to go. Hellraiser's Pinhead was pulled from digital storefronts in 2025, and Halloween's Michael Myers left in January this year. Behaviour hasn't explained any of these exits. IGN notes that fans usually assume licensing is behind them, and points out that both Hellraiser and Halloween got their own game announcements around the time their characters were pulled. That is circumstantial. Neither company has linked the two.
The outlet also lists earlier cases of licensed content disappearing and later returning: the original Stranger Things chapter's Demogorgon content was removed before coming back in 2023, and Friday the 13th's long-running licensing dispute reportedly kept Jason Voorhees out of the game for years before he joined a few months ago.
Why it matters beyond owners
You might think a removal only affects people who wanted to buy. IGN makes a fair point that it doesn't. Matches draw on the killers and abilities that people own, so once a character can no longer be bought, he'll likely turn up less often. That changes the mix for everyone, including players who never cared about Chucky.
Our read: the "buy it now before it's gone" model is awkward for a game sold on its crossovers. It gives a real reason to spend, and it also tells players that any licensed killer could be next. Behaviour has so far chosen to say little, and that silence will keep the rumours going.
IGN describes fans as beside themselves. The sale starts in two days.
Picture credit: Behaviour Interactive
