Silent Hill Descent

Lore & Background

In Dead by Daylight, players can equip a cosmetic player skin of James Sunderland. This skin is based on the fictional character and protagonist of the 2001 survival horror video game Silent Hill 2. James Sunderland is a widower of white descent with blonde hair, wearing an army jacket, gray polo shirt, blue jeans and black Chelsea boots. At age 29 by the time of the game's events, his previous occupation was as a store clerk. He arrived in Silent Hill under the apparent request of his deceased wife Mary Shepherd-Sunderland.

Reader's Guide

The James Sunderland cosmetic skin is available in Dead by Daylight. It is a player skin that changes the appearance of a Survivor to match James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2. The cosmetic is separate from any Killer or other Survivor additions.

Did You Know?

• James Sunderland was performed by Guy Cihi in both voice acting and motion capture in the original 2001 game.
• In the 2024 remake of Silent Hill 2, James was voiced by Luke Roberts in English and Chikahiro Kobayashi in Japanese.
• James Sunderland has received critical acclaim from critics, who argued that the game took advantage of framing a seemingly ordinary individual as harboring dark secrets.
• The character also appears in the 2026 film Return to Silent Hill, portrayed by Jeremy Irvine.