Deathgarden is the new game by Behaviour Interactive. It resembles Dead by Daylight – but has firearms and is significantly more hectic. That sounds like a lot of adrenaline.
The Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive teased a new game a few days ago. In Deathgarden, you compete for the enjoyment of the spectators in a deadly game. Who is ready to face an armed, unstoppable hunter to escape a deadly arena for glory and honor – or to perish in the process?
If you were at PAX, you could get a glimpse of Deathgarden.
What is Deathgarden?
Deathgarden is an asymmetrical survival game set in the future. “Hunting games” are played for entertainment.
Five runners must try to capture and hold various control points in order to escape the playing field. They only have minimal equipment but are agile and nimble, able to climb walls in an instant. Additionally, they can mark various objects on the map for all runners – such as medkits or target objects, as well as the hunter.
The runners face the hunter, who is equipped with heavy armor and is responsible for “death” in Deathgarden. He cannot be wounded and has only one goal: to kill at least three of the five runners. At the beginning, the hunter can only down the runners, causing them to bleed out or be helped by teammates. However, once three runners have been downed, they can be executed quicker at certain “blood posts” – the team must react swiftly to prevent this.
A few more details about the game:
- There is supposed to be no “Pay2Win” or “Grind2Win” – all unlockable items are purely cosmetic. Equal chances apply to everyone.
- It’s also interesting that hunters and runners voluntarily participate in this “game.” They will provide more lore in the coming weeks.
- At first glance, it sounds suspiciously like Dead by Daylight, but Deathgarden seems to place a greater focus on firearms.
- Both hunters and runners need to aim to hit items or enemies. There is no simple “hit system” like in Dead by Daylight.
However, the team behind Deathgarden is independent and no developers from Dead by Daylight were pulled away – the studio has simply grown larger and is now working on multiple titles in parallel.
That assets are exchanged between each other can be seen, for example, in that the hunter in Deathgarden has some decorations that come from perks of Dead by Daylight.
How to participate in the Alpha of Deathgarden
If you want a chance to participate in the closed alpha of Deathgarden and help shape the development of the game, you need to sign up for the newsletter on the Deathgarden website: Link to the official Deathgarden website
No release date has been set for Deathgarden yet. However, they mentioned that “it surely won’t take another year before you can play it” – development already looks quite advanced.
What do you think of Deathgarden? Does it seem like a cool concept? Or is it just a Dead by Daylight with weapons?
