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All Kill: Comeback – Dead by Daylight’s K-Pop Horror Returns

All Kill: Comeback

Remember 2021, when Dead by Daylight decided to mix K-pop with serial murder and thought, “This is a good idea”? That’s how we got All Kill, the 19th chapter, featuring the Trickster– a former Korean pop star who worked himself to exhaustion, snapped, and decided stabbing people was a better way to release stress. Bonus points: he even embedded his victims’ screams into his music, and nobody noticed. Clearly, the public was too busy dancing.

Then there’s Lee Yun-Jin, the Trickster’s manager, who deserves a medal for moral flexibility. She knew her client was a serial killer, shrugged, and said, “As long as the royalties keep coming, we’re fine.” Classic Dead by Daylight antihero energy.

But fans were left hanging. The promised neon-lit South Korean streets never launched, making the map feel like a half-baked concept in a horror K-pop music video. Until now.

Enter All Kill: Comeback, the 39th chapter, launching March 17, 2026. For the first time in Dead by Daylight history, a chapter is getting a proper sequel. Finally, we’re going to run through those neon streets, dodge a murderous pop star, and maybe question our life choices along the way.


The Trickster’s Delusion: Neon Streets You Can’t Ignore

All Kill: Comeback introduces The Trickster’s Delusion, a brand-new map that finally delivers on the neon promise. Picture a bustling South Korean street at night: karaoke bars, restaurants, a nightclub thumping with music, market stalls, and countless Trickster posters glaring at you like you stole his last CD. It’s dark enough to be scary, bright enough to make you wonder if you should grab bubble tea instead of healing your teammate.


Meet Kwon Tae-Young: Survivor, Programmer, Idol Whisperer

Connecting directly to the original All Kill, All Kill: Comeback brings us Kwon Tae-Young, a programmer obsessed with AI virtual idols. Tae-Young is voiced by Kevin Woo of the Saja Boys from K-pop Demon Hunters, who not only brings him to life in-game but also performs the chapter’s theme song. So yes, you’ll be running for your life while subtly vibing to K-pop.

Tae-Young’s big project? Project MiNA, a holographic AI idol inspired by the Trickster. It starts as a tech marvel: she learns, reacts, and even plays janggi with him. But of course, this is Dead by Daylight, so naturally, MiNA starts acting like the Trickster, murdering people, getting way too invested in Tae-Young’s dating life, and somehow manifesting a physical body because apparently the Entity has a sense of humor.

After a nightclub debut that’s part tech demo, part horror show, things escalate fast. A senior artist ends up dead, Tae-Young disappears, and MiNA becomes a fully playable, legendary killer skin. Same combat style as the Trickster, but with a brand-new mori animation that’s equal parts horrifying and hilarious if you like watching survivors make very poor life choices.

All Kill: Comeback Theme song


Perks That Actually Do Stuff

All Kill: Comeback gives Kwon Tae-Young three new perks, because the survivors need a fighting chance against K-pop psychos:

  • A Place for Us – Healing someone grants both of you elusive. Healing the killer’s obsession? Also elusive. Basically, don’t get caught, ever.

  • Five Moves Ahead – Drop pallets faster during chases, and see the auras of the five closest pallets and windows. Cooldowns range from 10–20 seconds, because even geniuses need limits.

  • Calculated Recovery – Every completed generator grants a token (up to five) that boosts healing and unhooking speed by 8–10%. Yes, Dead by Daylight rewards productivity now.

Meanwhile, exploring the Sleepless District shows MiNA posters instead of the Trickster’s, giving a nice narrative touch and a constant reminder that your creation might murder you.


Neon Lights, AI Frights

All Kill: Comeback isn’t just a nostalgia trip. It’s the K-pop horror mashup Dead by Daylight fans didn’t know they needed. Neon streets? Check. AI-turned-killer? Check. Perks that actually make sense? Double check. Add Kevin Woo voicing the survivor and singing the chapter’s theme song, and you’ve got a full-blown experience that’s terrifying, flashy, and oddly catchy.

So, if you’ve ever wanted to sprint through neon-lit streets, dodge a holographic idol who learned all your habits, and question every life choice you’ve made in-game, All Kill: Comeback is your chapter. Just don’t get too attached to your teammates, or your playlist.

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AceInTheGame

Ace of Spirits

63 messages 1 like

Let's be honest, the entity watched K-pop demon hunters and she was like, Oh, I want one.

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Claudette

Queen of Selfcare

182 messages 8 likes

Man this is actually cool. I remember when Trickster came out in 2021 I thought the whole K-pop killer thing was weird but now they are making a real sequel with a new map and everything. The neon streets finally look like what we wanted back then. Kwon Tae-Young seems interesting, a programmer who made an AI idol that turned evil. I like that they connected the story directly to the old chapter. The new perks sound useful too, especially the one that shows you pallets and windows. I will probably play this a lot when it drops. Kevin Woo doing the voice and the song is a nice touch. Dead by Daylight is really trying new things and I respect that.

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HookSaboteur

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Behavior saw the success of K-pop Demon Hunters, so I have a feeling that this chapter is bandwagoning in part of Behavior Interactive, because if you look at Mina, she looks exactly like a Rumi with her hair down. And, you know, the fact that one of the Saja boys is voicing the survivor obviously means they want the K-pop Demon Hunters fanbase.

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5CHD

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Trickster was never my favorite killer so I’m not sure about playing him again even with the new skin. Still, running through night markets and nightclubs while dodging a holographic murderer sounds cool. Kwon Tae-Young’s perks seem made for good teammates which is rare. I will try the chapter when it comes out and see if it makes me like the Trickster more. At least they are doing something new.

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HomeyLander

True Patriot

108 messages 11 likes

Honestly this feels like a waste. Dead by Daylight has so many good horror franchises they could license but instead they double down on K-pop horror. I don’t care about neon lights, karaoke bars or holographic idols. I wanted a classic slasher or a monster from an old movie. The new survivor and his AI girlfriend who becomes a killer sounds silly more than scary. Perks might be useful but the theme kills it for me

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Garcia

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This chapter proves they don’t listen to the community. Everyone keeps asking for more licensed killers but we get K-pop part 2 with neon streets and MiNA the ai idol. I don’t find any of this scary or exciting. A programmer making an AI that copies the Trickster and starts murdering? Sounds like a bad fan story. I would have loved a Resident Evil comeback or even a new original monster, not this. The perks look average and the map won’t save the weak theme. I’ll probably skip this one completely.

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Maverick

I hate WOKE trash

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Okay but who actually wanted this? I checked the patch notes hoping for a license and saw “All Kill: Comeback” with more K-pop. Big let down. The neon map and new survivor sound fine on paper but the whole idol horror thing is not horror to me. I prefer dark creepy killers from movies, not holographic singers. MiNA having the same powers as Trickster with a new mori won’t make it better.

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EverythingisAwesome

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Finally they actually delivered on that neon Korean street we waited five years for. The Trickster’s Delusion map looks so fresh with the karaoke bars, night market stalls, thumping nightclub, and all those glowing posters everywhere. It feels alive and scary at the same time, nothing like the boring maps we usually get. This is exactly the new vibe Dead by Daylight needed. Can’t wait to loop the killer through these bright streets tomorrow.

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Dwight in a Box

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I’m actually pretty disappointed. They had the perfect chance to make MiNA a brand new killer with her own unique moveset, like holographic clones, AI hacks, or projecting illusions, but instead they just turned her into a legendary skin for the Trickster. So it’s literally the same killer, just a girl version. Feels super lazy after all the cool backstory they gave her. Why even build up this whole AI horror story if you’re not going to do anything new with the gameplay? Such a missed opportunity.

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