Dead by Daylight survivors and killers’ ages and heights
A list of the ages and heights of all Dead by Daylight survivors and killers. Data from game lore, movies and TV series, life events, and guesses based on their appearance.
Survivors’ heights
There is not much variety regarding the heights of the characters, most probably for the sake of consistency and balance. Moreover, regardless of the height, all survivors have the same hitbox.
As you can see from the image below, the developers use the same male/female model and animations for every survivor: the only differences are the skin used and their stances.
Dead by Daylight Survivors’ heights - image: Sprayable_Spaghetti. The Observer is at the far left.
Ages - from youngest to oldest
We know the official ages of the survivors based on movies, TV series, and other games.
Behaviour Interactive provided an extensive lore on each survivor, so we can guess quite accurately their age according to their life events and timeline.
On some characters, we have more limited info or no concrete evidence on their age. In this scenario, I tried to guess their ages using the info at our disposal and their in-game appearance, so beware that they are not canon.
If you notice that I am missing the age of a Dead by Daylight character on which we have official info, please contact me and provide the source. I will add them to the list as soon as possible.
18 - Laurie Strode
18 - Quentin Smith
18 - Nancy Wheeler
18 - Steve Harrington
18 - Cheryl Mason
19 - Nea Karlsson
20 - Claudette Morel
20 - Meg Thomas
21 - Feng Min
22 - Jake Park
23 - Kate Denson
24 - Dwight Fairfield
25 - Yui Kimura
28 - David King
28 - Zarina Kassir
30 - Felix Richter
30 - Élodie Rakoto
31 - Jane Romero
34 - Adam Francis
42 - Jeff Johansen
58 - David Tapp
59 - Ashley Williams
62 - Ace Visconti
65 - Bill Overbeck
Notes:
Laurie Strode is based on the Halloween movie from 1978, where she was 17 years old. Quentin Smith was 17 in the A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. Cheryl Mason is 17 years old, according to the Silent Hill wiki. However, the Dead by Daylight developers stated that all the characters are over 18. (Developer Stream #32 "A Very Mori Christmas")
Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington come from the Stranger Things series.
Meg Thomas graduated from high school and then took care of her mother for two years.
Claudette earned an “early scholarship at a great college” and she was taken into The Entity’s Realm during her college years.
There are many references to Kate Denson’s age and life events. She was old enough to drive and live on her own, and she started a career in music.
Dwight Fairfield is said to be older than Jake Park. He drinks alcohol, and the legal age in the US is 21.
There are no references to David King’s age, so we can only speculate his age based on his appearance.
David Tapp is based on Danny Glover, and he was 58 years old when Saw was filmed.
Ashley Williams was born on April 8th, 1957. Considering that in the Ash vs Evil Dead series he is in his 50s, we can conclude that in the game he is about 59.
Ace Visconti’s lore tells that he looks like “an ageing 50’s movie star”. He is the hardest to judge as he might be anywhere from mid 50 to late 80.
According to the Left 4 Dead wiki, Bill Overbeck is around 60 years old.
Killers’ heights
The height of the killer has an impact on the gameplay:
The taller the killer, the easier to see their head.
Short killers have a hard time seeing through corn, reeds, and grass.
The killers’ heights with the default outfit are displayed in the following picture.
Dead by Daylight killers’ heights - image: Frutto
Weapons’ size
Finally, the image below shows the size of all the default weapons used by the killers.
Dead by Daylight weapons’ size - image: Frutto.
