Game profile
Until Dawn
Eight friends return to a remote mountain lodge one year after a tragedy, where slasher elements mix with supernatural horror. The 2024 PC and PS5 remaster brings the choice driven drama to new platforms with upgraded visuals.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Horror / Adventure, set in the present day. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays dark throughout. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It rewards long uninterrupted stretches more than quick check-ins.
Difficulty stays forgiving, so progress rarely depends on your reflexes. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 2 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Butterfly effect choices
- Anyone can die
- 2024 remaster
This fits you if
- you actually want to be scared
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you can sit down for a proper long stretch without interruptions
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you want zero frustration and no difficulty wall
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
Look elsewhere if
- you need real difficulty to stay interested
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you want something that lasts, this is over after 9 hours
- you only ever get short bursts of play time
How long is Until Dawn?
About 9 hours in total. At two hours per evening that is around 5 evenings, so about a week of casual play.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 78 out of 100, which puts it above 20 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 1009 overall. That is the lower end of this database, critics were more reserved here than with most titles. The number does not tell you whether a game is exactly right for the right evening, though.
For comparison, Horror averages 80 points across the database, so this one sits 2 points below its own genre. The figure rests on 72 collected ratings.
Released in 2024 and 2 years old. Recent enough to look and run modern, old enough to be patched and often discounted.
The facts
- Release year
- 2024
- Genres
- Horror, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 9 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Relaxed, forgiving
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Present day
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation
- Critic rating
- 78 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Until Dawn | 2024 | approx. 9 hrs. | 78 | Mid price |
| The Quarry | 2022 | approx. 10 hrs. | 83 | Mid price |
| Layers of Fear | 2023 | approx. 8 hrs. | n/a | Mid price |
| Silent Hill: Townfall | 2026 | approx. 10 hrs. | 85 | Mid price |
If you liked this, try these
- 83/100 The Quarry Shared: Horror, Adventure, Present day, rated higher
- n/a Layers of Fear Shared: Horror, Adventure, Present day
- 85/100 Silent Hill: Townfall Shared: Horror, Adventure, Present day, rated higher
- 82/100 Alan Wake Remastered Shared: Horror, Adventure, Present day, rated higher
- 71/100 Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Shared: Horror, Adventure, Present day
- 65/100 Tiny Bunny Shared: Horror, Adventure, Present day