Dead by Daylight is an asymmetric survival horror video game developed by Behavior Interactive. Dead by Daylight was released for Microsoft Windows in June 2016, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2017, Nintendo Switch on September 24, 2019, and iOS and Xbox One on April 17, 2020. A mobile port was released on Android. Stadia version was released in October 2020. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions were released on November 2020. The game is played as a one versus four online multiplayer where one player takes on the role of a ruthless assassin and the other four as survivors trying to escape the killer and avoid being caught and fighting for the unit. make sacrifices to a malevolent force known as. As we all know, Dead by Daylight constantly adds new updates to keep the game fresh for all players. They do it on a Player Test Build (PTB), before releasing an update on a live server. This allows some players to test the update and provide feedback to the developers to get used to all the changes. Doing so allows the update to be refined when it finally arrives on the live server. If you want to give the update a quick try, this guide will show you how to play Dead By Daylight PTB.
For information, let us tell you that this feature is currently only on PC through Steam, so if you are on console, you will not be able to play PTB. The steps are quite simple if you know what you are doing. With that said, let's dive right in and take a look at how to play Dead by Daylight (DBD) PTB.
Dead By Daylight (DBD): How to Play PTB
If you want to get access to the latest updates early, you will have to join the PTB. To do so, you must:
- Open Steam and go to the Library page
- Right click on Dead by Daylight and click on Properties
- A window will open up giving you multiple options, click on the Betas tab
- In the Betas tab, open the dropdown menu and click public-test – External Branch for Public Tests
- Restart Steam and you will now play on the PTB the next time you launch Dead by Daylight
Once you have joined the Public Test Build, you will be able to play the updates a few days earlier. Make sure that you test them out quickly because the update only lasts for a short while before going live on the main server. If you don’t want to be a part of the PTB anymore, you must:
- Close the Dead by Daylight application
- Right-Click the Dead by Daylight Application in your Steam Library
- Access Properties
- Access the “Beta” Tab
- Select “NONE – Opt out of all beta programs” from the dropdown
- Restart Steam (not required, but this updates the UI properly and kicks off the download)
That is everything you need to know about Dead By Daylight’s PTB. Hope you will be satisfied with this article. Don’t forget to bookmark our page if you want to read more game updates and news