Until Dawn

Overview

Until Dawn is a 2015 interactive drama survival horror game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players assume control of eight young adults who have to survive on Blackwood Mountain when their lives are threatened. The game features a butterfly effect system in which players must make choices that may change the story. All major playable characters can survive or die, depending on the choices made. Players explore the environment from a third-person perspective and find clues that may help solve the mystery.

Until Dawn was originally planned as a first-person game for the PlayStation 3's motion controller PlayStation Move. The motion controls were dropped when it became a PlayStation 4 game. The script was written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, who sought to create the video game equivalent of a slasher film. The development team took inspiration from various sources. These include the movies Evil Dead II and Poltergeist, and video games Heavy Rain, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill. To ensure the game was scary, the team used a galvanic skin response test to measure playtesters' fear levels when playing it. Jason Graves composed the soundtrack and Guerrilla Games' Decima game engine was used for the graphics. Several noted actors, including Rami Malek, Hayden Panettiere, Meaghan Martin, Brett Dalton, Jordan Fisher, Nichole Sakura, and Peter Stormare provided motion capture and voice acting.

Until Dawn was announced at Gamescom 2012 and released for the PlayStation 4 in August 2015. Although there was little marketing effort from Sony, its sales surpassed expectations. The game received generally positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for multiple year-end accolades. Critics praised the branching nature of the story, butterfly effect system, world building, characters, and use of quick time events, but criticised the controls. Supermassive followed the game with a virtual reality spin-off, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (2016), and a prequel, The Inpatient (2018), while a spiritual successor, The Quarry, was released in 2022. A remake for PlayStation 5 and Windows was released on 4 October 2024. A film adaptation of the game was released in April 2025. A sequel, Until Dawn 2, is scheduled for release in January 2027.

Official trailer

GamesCom Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Until Dawn Gameplay Extended Developer Playthrough - 2014 Playstation Experience | PS4, NiZZULiVΞ. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Adventure

Developer

Supermassive Games

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Series

Until Dawn

Engine

Decima

Platforms

PlayStation 4

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ACB

R 18+

PEGI

18

USK

18

CLASS IND

18

GRAC

19+

CERO

Z

ESRB

M

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies19

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

9

Silver

5

Bronze

4

Total

19

Points

1320

Platinum time

15 hours

100% time

15 hours

Difficulty

2 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

New Game Plus

No. Episode Select opens after the ending

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC comes in

Does not exist

DLC note

Until Dawn has no DLC

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English

Region note

One trophy list for every region.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

The 2024 remake on PS5 and PC has its own list

Players with the platinum

15.72%

Missable trophies

• Choice trophies can be missed on a first run and picked up with Episode Select.

Grind

• Every clue and totem

Glitches and fixes

• Ashley Snaps is known to be buggy

• A Symphony of Horror Trophies You collected all Gold, Silver and Bronze trophies in Until Dawn Platinum 60.96% of players
• Fatal Grudge Chris chose to shoot Ashley Bronze 64.26% of players
• The Exorcism of Emily Mike shot Emily Bronze 63.58% of players
• Ashley Snaps Ashley snapped and let Chris die Silver 63.15% of players
• You Let The Wrong One In! Ashley or Chris opened the trap door and let the monster in Bronze 65.95% of players
• Let eM In Mike allowed Emily to stay in the basement Bronze 68.03% of players
• Instant Inferno Sam immediately flicked the switch to set the lodge ablaze Silver 64.85% of players
• The Tale of The Two Sisters The group found all the clues from the Twins Clueline Gold 62.19% of players
• The Fateful Descent The group found all the clues from the 1952 Clueline Gold 61.68% of players
• You Opened Their Eyes The group found all the clues from the Mystery Man Clueline Gold 61.53% of players
• Four Daughters Of Darkness All of the girls survived until dawn Gold 63.17% of players
• They All Live All eight friends survived until dawn Gold 62.1% of players
• This Is THE End Nobody survived until dawn Gold 61.95% of players
• Don't Scare Jessica To Death Jessica survived her night of terror Silver 64.98% of players
• The Skilful Wolf Man Mike kept the wolf alive throughout the Sanatorium Gold 66.58% of players
• Scream Too! Mike cut off his fingers to free himself from the bear trap Silver 67.99% of players
• The Psycho Path Sam or Ashley attacked the psycho with a weapon Silver 69.75% of players
• The Quicker Man All the boys escaped death Gold 62.6% of players
• Night of the Totem Hunter The group found all the totems on the mountain Gold 61.45% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 35.2 GB

Update patch01.03

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

Until Dawn had no downloadable content to buy. Pre-orders came with a bonus scene with Matt and Emily.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Until Dawn is single-player only and has no online play.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Will Byles
Producer	Pete Samuels
Designer	Tom Heaton
Designer	Nik Bowen
Writer	Larry Fessenden
Writer	Graham Reznick
Composer	Jason Graves

Credits

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Developer

Supermassive Games

Director

Will Byles

Released

2015-08-25

Age rating

ESRB M

Disc ID

CUSA00359

Region

US

Time to beat

about 8.4 hours