Until Dawn

About Until Dawn

Until Dawn first came out on PlayStation 4 in 2015, made by Supermassive Games. In 2024 Ballistic Moon rebuilt it in Unreal Engine 5 for PC and PlayStation 5, with a new third-person camera, a new score, re-cut scenes and new areas, published by PlayStation Publishing. It is sold on Steam, the Epic Games Store and the PlayStation Store.

The story begins a year after a prank at Blackwood Mountain's lodge ended with two sisters lost in the snow. Their friends come back to mark the anniversary, and the night goes wrong almost at once: someone in a mask is watching, the cable car is cut off, and the old mine and sanatorium on the mountain hide more than the stalker. The cast is played by actors including Hayden Panettiere and Brett Dalton.

You move through the night as each of the eight, exploring, reading clues and making choices in conversation and in danger. Quick-time events test your reactions in chases, and some scenes ask you to keep the controller perfectly still to hide. Small choices ripple forward through the butterfly effect system, and any character can die permanently, so endings range from everyone surviving to no one.

Its fear is that of a teen slasher film you steer yourself, with jumpscares, chases and some heavy gore. It suits players who like story and choices more than combat, and it is good to watch with friends taking turns on the controller, though the game itself is single-player.

How to play Until Dawn

1. Play each chapter as the character the story gives you, walking and looking around for clues and totems.
2. Choose between two options in conversations and moments of danger; the choice shapes what happens later.
3. React to quick-time prompts in chases and fights before the timer runs out.
4. When told not to move, hold the controller or mouse still to stay hidden.
5. Answer the psychiatrist's questions between chapters honestly; they shape what you face.

Tips

• Collect totems: each shows a short vision of a possible future that can help you choose.
• Do not always pick the fast, risky path in a chase; the safe route can save a life.
• Read clues carefully, they can change what a character knows later.
• There is no manual save; your choices stick, so play on and replay later for other endings.
• Steam lists the PC version as playable without timed input, so look in the settings if quick-time events are hard for you.

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