Dead by Daylight board game returns to crowdfunding with a 10th anniversary Auris Box campaign
Level 99 Games has brought Dead by Daylight: The Board Game back to crowdfunding with the Auris Box, a 10th anniversary campaign built around storage, upgrade paths, and renewed access to earlier expansions.
The timing is useful because this is not a quiet reprint. Wargamer reports that the new campaign folds together the core game, previous expansions, upgrade kits, and the Auris Box storage solution. The live Gamefound page gives the clearest buyer-facing details: one to five players, a listed 45 minute play time, an age 17+ rating, and horror, survival, and asymmetric play tags. Zatu also frames the campaign around two different audiences, existing owners who may want storage and newcomers looking at a much larger entry point.
what the campaign is selling
The Auris Box is the center of the campaign pitch. Level 99 is presenting it as a storage solution for Dead by Daylight: The Board Game, with new maps, characters, and modes attached to the wider tenth anniversary package. For players who already own the board game, that makes the campaign easier to understand. It is a consolidation and upgrade question first.
For new buyers, the decision is heavier. The campaign page points to core boxes, expansions, add-ons, and pledge tiers. That can be exciting if your group already loves Dead by Daylight and wants a miniatures-heavy table version of the chase. It can also become the kind of campaign where the storage promise quietly pushes a buyer toward owning far more product than the table will actually use.
The underlying game is built around the same broad fantasy as the video game: one killer pressing survivors while those survivors work toward escape. Wargamer describes that one-versus-many structure and the hidden planning involved. That is the part tabletop players should focus on before they look at plastic volume. If the group likes deduction, pressure, and a tense cat-and-mouse rhythm, the license has a natural fit. If the group wants relaxed family play, the pitch is much narrower.
the family and table-readiness angle
The age rating matters. Gamefound lists the campaign at 17+, and that tracks with the brand. Dead by Daylight is horror built around killers, fear, pursuit, and survival. A board game version will usually soften some things through abstraction, cards, boards, and miniatures. The theme still sets the room. Parents should read that rating as useful information, not decoration.
For Christian families and mixed-age game nights, the practical question is simple: does this game invite a tense strategy night with older players who already understand the tone, or does it drag younger players into a horror brand they are not ready to process? That answer will vary by home. The campaign is clearer when it is treated as an older-player product instead of a general board game night purchase.
Crowdfunding also adds a second kind of discernment. A campaign can offer better bundles and extras, while retail often offers more certainty. Existing fans may have a strong reason to back now if they need storage and already know the system. New buyers should slow down and ask whether the core game alone would hit the table before paying for a large anniversary stack.
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The strongest version of this campaign is practical: a cleaner way for invested Dead by Daylight board game players to organize a growing line and get the anniversary material in one place. The weaker version is familiar too: a horror license, a pile of minis, and a campaign page that makes completion feel like prudence.
Level 99 has enough current information live for players to make a real decision. The safest next step is to read the Gamefound tiers against your actual table. Count the number of people who would play, the tone your home is comfortable with, and the number of sessions the game is likely to get. The box can wait if the answer is still fuzzy.
source notes
Wargamer reported the renewed crowdfunder, campaign components, and gameplay context.
Gamefound lists the live campaign, player count, age rating, play time, pledge structure, add-ons, and Auris Box scope.
Zatu Games adds buyer-facing context around Level 99's campaign and the difference between new buyers and existing owners.
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