Summary
- Until Dawn remake offers over 250 possible variations of three main endings based on choices made in the game.
- Achieving the best ending (Everyone Lives) in the remake requires specific choices and actions for each character throughout the chapters.
- Players can save Rami Malek's character Josh in Ballistic Moon's remake, which was not possible in the 2015 original version.
Based on the choices made in Ballistic Moon's Until Dawn remake (as was the case for Supermassive Games' 2015 original), there are over 250 possible variations of three main endings (everyone lives, everyone dies, and some characters live) depending on the choices made throughout the game. The best ending requires all eight of the main characters to survive until dawn in some capacity (even if they're a little banged up), which is actually an easier feat to achieve than it may seem.
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Until Dawn features totems that trigger premonitions and many narrative clues that make it easier to keep everyone alive, but some of the more specific choices can be daunting. There are 22 different choices to be made, some of which have multiple decisions, and many of these choices trigger Butterfly Effect events. In Ballistic Moon's remake of Until Dawn, Rami Malek's character Josh can also be saved — a possibility that did not exist (technically) in the 2015 version.
Here are all the choices to achieve the Best Ending (Everyone Lives) in Ballistic Moon's Until Dawn remake.
Note: All the correct options are bolded.
|
Character |
Chapter(s) and Butterfly Effect Tree |
Choices |
|---|---|---|
|
Sam |
Chapter 1 — Any Of Your Business |
Close Bag / Snoop |
|
Chris |
Chapter 1 — Rats With Bushy Tails |
Shoot the Squirrel / Don't Shoot the Squirrel |
|
Ashley |
Chapter 1 — Soul of Discretion |
Mislead (It's Busted) / Encourage (Take a Look) |
|
Jessica |
Chapter 1 — Snowball Fight |
Hit the Bird / Do Nothing |
|
Matt |
Chapter 2 — Soul of Discretion (Part 2) |
Warn (Stay Away From Emily) / Challenge (I Saw You and Em) followed by Attach (Quit Being a Dick!) / Back-Off (Forget It) |
|
Matt |
Chapter 2 — Whose Side Are You On |
Provoke (That's Uncalled For, Jess) / Defuse (Chill Out, Emily) followed by Provoke (Shut Your Mouth, Jess) / Defuse (Emily, Stop!) |
|
Mike |
Chapter 2 — Be Her Hero |
Heroic (I'll Jump Down!) / Cautious (Push the Cart!) |
|
Sam |
Chapter 2 — Something For Later |
Pick up the baseball bat in the cellar (to the right when Josh is inspecting the control panel) |
|
Mike |
Chapter 2 — Be Her Hero (Part 2) |
Do NOT scare Jess with the gas mask, Comfort the Deer / Kill the Deer, help Jess when she falls, and light the fire inside the cabin before anything else. |
|
Mike |
Chapter 4 — To the Rescue |
Hit all the QTEs and choose the fast/risky routes when chasing after Jess |
|
Chris |
Chapter 4 —... And Which One Will Die |
Save Ashley / Save Josh |
|
Mike |
Chapter 5 — At What Price |
Do NOT interact with the waving hand contraption |
|
Mike |
Chapter 5 — Man's Best Friend |
Do NOT kick the wolf, Back Away / Approach |
|
Matt |
Chapter 5 — On the Same Page |
Agree (We Need That Radio) / Disagree (Let's Head Back) |
|
Sam |
Chapter 5 — Something For Later (Part 2) |
Hit the Psycho with the vase, Hide / Run, hit the Psycho with the baseball bat |
|
Sam |
Chapter 5 — Run or Hide |
Move forward (Do NOT turn around), Run / Hide, turn out the flashlight, and complete the Don't Move sequence. |
|
Matt |
Chapter 6 — In Self Defense |
Calm (Stay Calm, Emily) / Rebuke (Get a Hold Of Yourself!), do nothing |
|
Emily |
Chapter 6 — Who Gets the Gun |
Keep Flare Gun / Give Flare Gun to Matt |
|
Matt |
Chapter 6 — Save Yourself |
Sarcastic (Whatever You Say) / Concerned (Don't Move), Save Emily / Jump to Safety x2 |
|
Ashley |
Chapter 6 — Forewarned is Forearmed |
After the dollhouse, pick up the Gleem Professional handbook and grab the pair of scissors immediately to the right in the next room. |
|
Ashley |
Chapter 6 — Stick Together |
Follow Chris / Investigate Movement |
|
Ashley |
Chapter 6 — Forewarned is Forearmed (Part 2) |
Stab the Psycho with the scissors |
|
Chris |
Chapter 6 — Point Blank |
Do nothing (Do NOT shoot Chris or Ashley) |
|
Emily |
Chapter 7 — Flamethrower Man |
Do NOT light the oil spill on fire |
|
Chris |
Chapter 7 —... And Which One Will Die (Part 2) |
Disarm Mike / Hit Josh |
|
Chris |
Chapter 8 — Point Blank (Part 2) |
Shoot the Wendigo / explosive barrels |
|
Mike |
Chapter 8 — Once Bitten |
Do NOT shoot Emily |
|
Josh |
Chapter 8 |
As Josh in Dr. Hill's office, choose the following dialogue options: They Hurt Me and I'm So Sorry |
|
Mike |
Chapter 9 — Man's Best Friend |
Hit all QTEs, shoot the explosive barrel, Barricade / Escape |
|
Ashley |
Chapter 9 — Left Behind |
Inquire (You Gonna Be Okay?) / Reassure (We're Not Leaving You) |
|
Ashley |
Chapter 9 — Trap Door |
Investigate Voice / Rejoin Group OR Investigate Voice but do not open the trap door |
|
Sam |
Chapter 10 — Important Discovery |
Enter the underground lake and swim off to the left to find Hannah's journal. |
|
Matt |
Chapter 10 — Save Yourself (Part 2) |
Hide / Run then hit the QTE to steady Jess, Abandon Jessica / Hide Together then complete the Don't Move sequence. |
|
Sam |
Chapter 10 — The Result of Chaos |
Follow Mike / Lock Door, complete Don't Move sequences, Save Mike / Run to Switch, complete Don't Move sequence, Hide / Run x2 |
1 In Which Chapters Can Each Until Dawn Character Die?
Although every playable character in Until Dawn can perish in the end, some of them can die quite early on in the story, whereas others are physically incapable of being killed until the very last hurdle. There's nothing more soul-crushing than keeping everyone alive until Chapter 10 just for all of them to drop like flies in a span of 10 minutes.
Here are the chapters in which every Until Dawn character can die:
- Sam: Chapter 10 ONLY
- Chris: Chapter 8, Chapter 9
- Jessica: Chapter 4, Chapter 10
- Emily: Chapter 8, Chapter 10
- Matt: Chapter 6, Chapter 10
- Mike: Chapter 10 ONLY
- Ashley: Chapter 9, Chapter 10
- Josh: Chapter 10 ONLY
As mentioned, in the original 2015 version of Until Dawn by Supermassive Games, it wasn't possible to save Josh — at least not in the traditional sense. It was possible to save him from getting his head squished like a grape, but if he managed to escape the Wendigo's wrath, he would be dragged further into the mines and meet the same unfortunate fate as his sisters, Hannah and Beth. If Josh remains trapped in the mines, he resorts to cannibalism to release the spirit of the Wendigo and turns into one himself. In a post-credits scene, Josh can be seen chowing down on the head of the Stranger, who dies after getting his head slashed clean off by the Wendigo in Chapter 8.
Until Dawn
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 69 /100 Critics Rec: 36%
- Released
- October 4, 2024
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Ballistic Moon
- Publisher(s)
- PlayStation PC LLC
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
WHERE TO PLAY
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5
- Genre(s)
- Horror
