DBD 1v4 PUG Casual

Change history

0.1 — 2026-10-03: Initial public announcement of the 1v4 PUG Casual game mode.

Game structure

Aspect	Value
Team structure	1 × Killer vs 4 × Survivors
Survivor team structure	4 players queued solo or as a party.
Map selection	Fixed per killer character
Voice comms	Yes — all four survivors are assumed to be in voice with one another.
Pre-match killer reveal	Yes — the killer character is known to both sides before the match starts.
Pre-match player reveal	Yes

Available

Upcoming

Undecided

Unsupported

General rule Global rules that apply to every 1v4 game mode.

Per-killer balancing Initial PUG Casual maps and match outcomes, plus build restrictions adopted from 1v4 Quartet Ranked.

Killers queue solo. Survivors may queue solo or as a party.

Who	How they queue	Declares at queue time
Killer player	Queues solo.	One killer character.
Survivor player	Queues solo or as a party.	Nothing.

Any remaining survivor slots will be filled by solo-queued or party-queued players.

Fact	Notes
Winning side	Which side won — killers or survivors. Omitted on a draw.
Draw	Marks a drawn match. Mutually exclusive with a winning side.
Generators remaining	How many generators were left unrepaired at the end (0-5).
Hook stages	Total hook stages performed by the killer during the match (0-12).
Kills	How many survivors were killed (0-4).

1v4 PUG Casual uses ratings that are both game-mode specific and killer specific.

The same rating scope is used in both phases:

Matchmaking phase: players are matched using their 1v4 PUG Casual rating for the relevant killer.
Rating update phase: that same scoped rating is updated after the match.

For match related trouble handling, see the shared Match Problems and Remakes.