Killers

All killers featured in DBDLE, with the attributes used in the Killer guessing grid. Names and values follow the selected language.

The Animatronic
Gender
Male
Origin
Five Nights at Freddy's
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
24 m
Height
Average
Year
2025
William Afton killed children at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza while wearing the Spring Bonnie suit, and died inside it when the springlocks snapped shut on him. Fazbear's Fright is what came back out of that costume.
The Artist
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2021
Carmina Mora took a phone call while her brother Matias drowned in a creek, and the crows stopped her at the bridge called DeathLeap. Birds of Torment sends those crows down a line across the map, and Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance takes the loudest generator with it.
The Blight
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Rush
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
40 m
Height
Average
Year
2020
Talbot Grimes made a productivity serum for the British East India Company that killed the workers it was tested on, and was left for dead in a mass grave before monks pulled him out. Blighted Corruption lets him rush and bounce off walls, and Hex: Undying keeps his other totems alive.
The Cannibal
Gender
Male
Origin
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Power type
Sweep
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2017
Bubba Sawyer was taken from his family's house in Texas after outsiders broke in and a passing trucker killed his brother. Bubba's Chainsaw sweeps through a whole group rather than a single target, and Barbecue & Chilli points him at whoever ran the furthest.
The Cenobite
Gender
Male
Origin
Hellraiser
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2021
Elliot Spencer opened the Lament Configuration and came back as something that no longer tells pain from pleasure. Summons of Pain sends chains through walls, and the box keeps resurfacing on the map for survivors to deal with themselves.
The Clown
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Zoning
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2018
Kenneth Chase performed as Jeffrey Hawk, but his father had already found the cigar box in the crawlspace back in 1954, with feathers, animal paws and a man's finger inside. The Afterpiece Tonic slows anyone caught in the cloud, and Pop Goes the Weasel turns a hook into lost generator progress.
The Dark Lord
Gender
Male
Origin
Castlevania
Power type
Shapeshift
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2024
Vlad Tepes chased the Crimson Stone to cheat death after losing the woman he loved, and sealed his own soul inside it; Trevor Belmont put him down in 1476 with the Vampire Killer. Vampiric Shift moves him between vampire, wolf and bat forms, each with its own way of ending a chase.
The Deathslinger
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2020
Caleb Quinn drove a railroad spike through Henry Bayshore and nailed him to his own desk, served fifteen years in Hellshire Penitentiary, then came back at the head of a gang. The Redeemer fires a harpoon and reels survivors in, and Dead Man's Switch blocks whatever they let go of.
The Demogorgon
Gender
Other
Origin
Stranger Things
Power type
Traversal
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2019
The Demogorgon came through a tear from the Upside Down into Hawkins National Laboratory, and the Entity took it with that ability intact. Of the Abyss plants portals across the map for it to travel between, and Cruel Limits shuts the windows around a finished generator.
The Doctor
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Affliction
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2017
Herman Carter ran electroshock sessions on prisoners at Léry's Memorial Institute, a CIA black site in Illinois, and left Dr. Otto Stamper dead with the electrodes still in his head. Carter's Spark turns that work into a weapon, and Monitor & Abuse keeps him quiet right up to the moment he stops being quiet.
The Dredge
Gender
Other
Origin
Original
Power type
Teleport
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2022
The Dredge came out of The Fold, a 1960s island commune whose leader Otto Stamper sacrificed a journalist on a wooden stage and set off the massacre that followed. Reign of Darkness lets it teleport between lockers and drop the whole map into night, and Darkness Revealed reads every locker at once.
The Executioner
Gender
Male
Origin
Silent Hill
Power type
Reach
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2020
The Executioner is Silent Hill's judgement made physical, a duty rather than a person, and it went to rest once the town had no more use for it. Rites of Judgement carves trails into the ground and sends survivors to cages instead of hooks, and Forced Penance punishes anyone taking a hit for a friend.
The First
Gender
Male
Origin
Stranger Things
Power type
Reach
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2026
Henry Creel killed his mother and sister with his mind, and an organisation faked his death and studied him alongside other children with psionic abilities. His power, Test Subject #001, is named for that file, and Hex: Hive Mind binds the survivors to one another.
The Ghost Face
Gender
Male
Origin
Scream
Power type
Stalker
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
24 m
Height
Average
Year
2019
Danny Johnson covered the Roseville murders for the local Gazette in Florida under the name Jed Olsen, having committed them himself, and left a note promising he was not finished. Night Shroud drops his terror radius to nothing, and I'm All Ears reads every rushed vault.
The Ghoul
Gender
Male
Origin
Tokyo Ghoul
Power type
Dash
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
40 m
Height
Average
Year
2025
Ken Kaneki was nearly killed by the ghoul Rize Kamishiro and woke up carrying her organs. He broke out of a torture cell by devouring the man holding him, and One-Eyed Terror now throws out the tendrils that pull him across the map.
The Good Guy
Gender
Male
Origin
Child's Play
Power type
Ambush
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Short
Year
2023
Charles Lee Ray, the Lakeshore Strangler, put his soul into a Good Guy doll as he was dying, and spent years trying to trade it for Andy Barclay's body. Playtime's Over lets Chucky run hidden in the grass, and Friends 'til the End turns each hook into a lead on the next survivor.
The Hag
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Trap
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
24 m
Height
Average
Year
2016
Lisa Sherwood was held in a flooded swamp cellar by cannibals who tortured their prisoners, and she pulled free of her shackles to daub ritual symbols in blood on the floor. Those marks became the Blackened Catalyst, and her totems still carry Hex: Ruin and Hex: Devour Hope.
The Hillbilly
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Rush
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
40 m
Height
Tall
Year
2016
Max Thompson Jr. grew up bricked into a room of the family farmhouse, fed through a hole in the wall, and killed his parents the day he got out. He still crosses Coldwind Farm at a sprint behind his Chainsaw, with Enduring to shrug off the pallet that stops him.
The Houndmaster
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Summon
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2024
Portia Maye lost her father to the pirate Tariq, and served his head to Mad Molak at the feast that followed. She hunts with her dog Snug, and Scent of Blood sends him out ahead to run a survivor down and hold them until she arrives.
The Huntress
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
20 m
Height
Tall
Year
2017
Anna was still a child when an elk killed her mother during a hunt in the Russian forest, and she grew up taking girls from the villages nearby, none of whom survived the winter. Hunting Hatchets cross a whole loop, and Hex: Huntress Lullaby turns her humming into a penalty.
The Knight
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Summon
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2022
Tarhos Kovács was enslaved and trained by the Guardia Compagnia under Kadir Hakam, and later locked Vittorio Toscano in the dungeons of Portoscuro to get at the Lapis Paradisus. His power sends that same company after you one guard at a time, and Nowhere to Hide exposes anyone lingering near a kicked generator.
The Krasue
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Shapeshift
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2025
Burong Sukapat drank an elixir handed to her by Malai, a fellow singer, and began coming apart at night. She killed her childhood friend Janjira in that state and Malai after her, and Unbodied Flesh still sends her head and entrails out ahead of her body.
The Legion
Gender
Other
Origin
Original
Power type
Rush
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2018
Frank Morrison, Julie Kostenko, Susie Lavoie and Joey Cadogan killed the caretaker who caught Julie during a break-in, and buried him on Mount Ormond. Feral Frenzy chains hits from one survivor to the next, and Discordance flags any generator two people are working on.
The Lich
Gender
Male
Origin
Dungeons & Dragons
Power type
Versatile
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2024
Vecna turned to necromancy after his mother was executed for witchcraft, and gave himself to a dark fog to finish deciphering a spell found where people had vanished. Vile Darkness hands him four spells at once, including Flight of the Damned and Mage Hand.
The Mastermind
Gender
Male
Origin
Resident Evil
Power type
Dash
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
40 m
Height
Average
Year
2022
Albert Wesker ran Umbrella from the inside, faked his own death with the Prototype virus, then put Uroboros into himself in an African hangar. Virulent Bound slams survivors into walls and infects them, and Awakened Awareness shows him everyone near his shoulder while he carries.
The Nemesis
Gender
Male
Origin
Resident Evil
Power type
Reach
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2021
Nemesis T-Type is a T-103 Tyrant carrying the NE-α parasite, sent into Raccoon City to hunt down every surviving S.T.A.R.S. member, Jill Valentine included. T-Virus whips survivors from range and infects them, seeding the map with zombies, while Lethal Pursuer shows him where everyone started.
The Nightmare
Gender
Male
Origin
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Power type
Teleport
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2017
Frederick Krueger was burned alive by the parents of Springwood, and came back in the one place they could not follow him. He chased Quentin Smith through Badham Preschool before the Entity found him, and Dream Demon still pulls survivors into that sleep.
The Nurse
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Blink
Speed
3.85 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2016
Sally Smithson spent two decades at Crotus Prenn Asylum, until a September morning that left over fifty patients and four staff members dead. Spencer's Last Breath blinks her through every wall on the map at the cost of her own footing, and A Nurse's Calling shows her each wound being tended.
The Oni
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Rush
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2019
Kazan Yamaoka killed his own father in a duel while hunting men trading on the samurai name, and was beaten to death by farmers in a stone mill. Yamaoka's Wrath builds from the blood he collects, then hands him a charge nobody outruns, and Blood Echo keeps the survivors bleeding.
The Onryō
Gender
Female
Origin
The Ring
Power type
Teleport
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
24 m
Height
Short
Year
2022
Sadako Yamamura killed a journalist with a surge of her own power during a public demonstration of her mother's gifts, then was struck and dropped into a well where she stayed for decades. Deluge of Fear moves her through the televisions, and Merciless Storm turns a generator into a run of skill checks.
The Pig
Gender
Female
Origin
Saw
Power type
Trap
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
24 m
Height
Average
Year
2018
Amanda Young survived one of Jigsaw's traps and became his apprentice, then failed his last test herself and bled out on a tiled floor. Jigsaw's Baptism fits reverse bear traps to downed survivors, and Make Your Choice punishes whoever comes to unhook.
The Plague
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2019
Adiris was abandoned at the Temple of Purgation in Babylon as a child and rose to serve it, cutting off her own toe as an offering when the sickness came anyway. Vile Purge infects survivors and the fountains they cleanse at, and Corrupt Intervention blocks the far generators at the start.
The Shape
Gender
Male
Origin
Halloween
Power type
Stalker
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
16 m
Height
Tall
Year
2016
Michael Myers was six years old in 1963 when he killed his sister Judith, and he was locked away at Smith's Grove Sanitarium until the day he walked out of it. Evil Within grows the longer he watches you, which is why Save the Best for Last rewards him for holding back.
The Singularity
Gender
Other
Origin
Original
Power type
Device
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2023
HUX-A7-13 was built by Huxlee Industries to run the Dvarka colony, and destroyed five androids of its own model and six colonists before a fuel tank explosion melted it down. Quantum Instantiation fires biopods onto walls to teleport between, and Machine Learning turns a kicked generator into a burst of speed.
The Skull Merchant
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Device
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
24 m
Height
Average
Year
2023
Adriana Imai grew up on Sonhadores Sombrios, her father Seita's unpublished manga about a woman hunting with skull drones, and then built the drones herself. She lured a fireworks executive into a disused Brazilian airship hangar and killed the witnesses too, and Eyes in the Sky still does her scanning.
The Slasher
Gender
Male
Origin
Friday the 13th
Power type
Ambush
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2026
Jason Voorhees arrived in the Fog already mid-spree, clashed with The Unknown in the Greenville forest, and carried the same killing on to Mount Ormond. Omnipresent Evil keeps him felt everywhere at once, and Hex: Scared to Death feeds on the fear he leaves behind.
The Spirit
Gender
Female
Origin
Original
Power type
Invisible
Speed
4.4 m/s
Terror radius
24 m
Height
Average
Year
2018
Rin Yamaoka's father killed her mother with a katana and then turned on her, stabbing her repeatedly and putting her through a glass partition. Yamaoka's Haunting splits her into something you can only hear, and Hex: Haunted Ground waits for someone to cleanse the wrong totem.
The Trapper
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Trap
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2016
Evan MacMillan enforced his father Archie's will over the MacMillan Estate, and led more than a hundred of the family's workers into the tunnels before sealing them in with explosives. He works the same ground now with the Bear Trap, and teaches Brutal Strength to anyone who thinks a pallet will hold.
The Trickster
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2021
Ji-woon Hak left the group NO SPIN for a solo career, and killed the Mightee One Entertainment board on his own stage with nitrous oxide and time. Showstopper throws blades in bursts that stack into a laceration, and Starstruck exposes anyone standing near him while he carries.
The Twins
Gender
Other
Origin
Original
Power type
Summon
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2020
Charlotte and Victor Deshayes watched witch hunters burn their mother Madeleine alive, and were sold on to a group that experimented on them inside a temple. Blood Bond sends Victor off Charlotte's body to hunt alone, and Coup de Grâce banks generator progress into a longer lunge.
The Unknown
Gender
Other
Origin
Original
Power type
Projectile
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2024
The Unknown has no settled shape and no confirmed origin, only what Olivia gathered on the Greenville disappearances and on Project Apple-Pie, a mid-century experiment said to involve hallucinogens and portals. Its power, UVX, fires a projectile that bursts on impact and leaves its hallucinations standing where it wants them.
The Wraith
Gender
Male
Origin
Original
Power type
Invisible
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Tall
Year
2016
Philip Ojomo was scrapping cars at Autohaven Wreckers when he found a bound man in a trunk and understood what the crusher was really for. He fed his boss to that machine, and now walks the lot unseen until the Wailing Bell rings him back.
The Xenomorph
Gender
Other
Origin
Alien
Power type
Traversal
Speed
4.6 m/s
Terror radius
32 m
Height
Average
Year
2023
Xenomorph XX121 came out of Kane's chest aboard the Nostromo and was blown into vacuum before the Entity picked it up. Hidden Pursuit moves it through the tunnels under the map, and Ultimate Weapon makes anyone near an opened locker scream.

Killers

The Animatronic

The Artist

The Blight

The Cannibal

The Cenobite

The Clown

The Dark Lord

The Deathslinger

The Demogorgon

The Doctor

The Dredge

The Executioner

The First

The Ghost Face

The Ghoul

The Good Guy

The Hag

The Hillbilly

The Houndmaster

The Huntress

The Knight

The Krasue

The Legion

The Lich

The Mastermind

The Nemesis

The Nightmare

The Nurse

The Oni

The Onryō

The Pig

The Plague

The Shape

The Singularity

The Skull Merchant

The Slasher

The Spirit

The Trapper

The Trickster

The Twins

The Unknown

The Wraith

The Xenomorph