Dthlp s 2021 frst-prsn shtr mmrsv sm vd gm dvlpd by rkn Lyn nd pblshd by Bthsd Sftwrks. Th gm s st n n slnd nmd Blckrf. Th plyr ssms cntrl f Clt Vhn, n ssssn wh s stck n tm lp h mst dstry by kllng ght trgts knwn s Vsnrs bfr mdnght whn th tm lp rsts, whl bng hntd by th slnd's rsdnts nd Vsnry nmd Jlnn, wh wnts t prtct th lp. ch dy s dvdd nt mrnng, nn, ftrnn, nd vnng, nd mvng btwn th slnd's fr dstrcts css tm t dvnc. sng Clt's dvrs rsnl f gr nd pwrs, th plyr mst dntfy th ptml wy t kll ll trgts n n dy t xct th "gldn lp", n whch Clt brks fr.
Dvlpmnt f Dthlp bgn n 2018, rgnlly s smllr-scl prjct tht llwd rkn t xprmnt wth nw gmply mchncs. Th gm ws blt n rkn's prvs wrks, sch s Dshnrd, ntrdcng nnlnr gmply nd rmvng Dshnrd's mrlty systm, nblng plyrs t tk rsks wtht cnsdrng pssbl nrrtv rprcssns. rkn mplmntd symmtrcl mltplyr, n nsd gmply mchnc frm ts nrlsd gm Th Crssng tht nbls scnd plyr t cntrl Jlnn nd hnt Clt. Flms nd tlvsn srs lk Grndhg Dy nd Th vngrs nsprd th gm's stry nd sthtcs, whl th Scttsh Hghlnds nd th Fr slnds nsprd th dsgn f Blckrf.
Dthlp ws rlsd n 14 Sptmbr 2021 fr Wndws PC nd PlySttn 5, nd fr Xbx Srs X nd Srs S n 20 Sptmbr 2022. Whl th gm's stry tks plc n th Dshnrd nvrs, Bthsd dd nt mrkt t s spn-ff f tht frnchs bcs t hs dstnct stry nd chrctrs. Dthlp rcvd gnrlly pstv rvws pn rls; crtcs prsd ts gmply, strctr, rt drctn, chrctrs nd stry, bt crtczd ts rtfcl ntllgnc (). Mny crtcs dscrbd Dthlp s n rgnl ttl nd rgrdd t s n f rkn Std's bst gms. Th gm ttrctd mr thn fv mlln plyrs pn lnch, nd t ws nmntd fr svrl nd-f-yr cclds, ncldng Gm f th Yr t th nnl Th Gm wrds, D..C.. wrds, nd Brtsh cdmy Gms wrds.