Games Like Until Dawn: 8 Horror Games Where Choices Kill

The best games like Until Dawn are The Quarry and The Dark Pictures Anthology, both from the same studio, Supermassive Games. They keep the interactive horror movie, the deadly choices and the sweaty QTEs. If you want to branch out, Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human keep the high-stakes decisions, and Resident Evil 7 keeps the fear. Here are eight to try.

Why Until Dawn works so well

Eight teenagers, a remote mountain lodge, a night that goes wrong. Until Dawn plays every slasher trope straight, except you decide who lives and who dies. The Butterfly Effect system tracks your choices, big and small, and they come back later. An item you grab in chapter 2 can save someone in chapter 8.

It's short, about 8 hours per run according to players on IGDB, and it's built to be replayed. You miss a lot of scenes the first time, so a second run is genuinely worth it. It's also a brilliant couch game: pass the controller around and give everyone a character.

How to choose your next one

If you want the exact same formula, stick with Supermassive: The Quarry first, then the shorter Dark Pictures games. If branching stories matter more to you than scares, try Quantic Dream with Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls or Detroit. Our games like Detroit: Become Human page covers that side.

If you want more horror and fewer cutscenes, Resident Evil 7 and Outlast put you in first person with the controller firmly in your hands. For even more scares, check our best horror games.

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   1. The Quarry

   2022 · Main story 9 h

   Until Dawn's spiritual successor from the same studio. This time it's summer camp counsellors stuck at a lake for one last night. Same young cast, same lethal choices, same 80s horror movie vibe. There's even a movie mode where you just watch the story unfold.

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   2. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

   2019 · Main story 4 h

   The first Dark Pictures episode, again from Supermassive. A group of friends, an old ghost ship, a night at sea. Shorter than Until Dawn, it fits into one or two evenings and supports two players online or up to five locally, each with their own character.

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   3. Heavy Rain

   2010 · Main story 8 h

   Quantic Dream's thriller about a killer who drowns his victims in rainwater. Four playable characters and none of them are safe: if one dies, the story moves on without them. Less horror, more investigation, but the same tension in every choice and every QTE.

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   4. Detroit: Become Human

   2018 · Main story 11 h

   Three androids in a futuristic Detroit and a massive decision tree the game shows you after each chapter. It's Quantic Dream's most polished choice-driven game. No horror, but if you loved watching your choices reshape a group's fate, this is for you.

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   5. Beyond: Two Souls

   2013 · Main story 8.5 h

   You follow Jodie, a young woman bound to an invisible entity, across different stages of her life. It's more linear than Until Dawn but very cinematic, with some properly creepy moments. A solid choice if the interactive movie side is what you enjoy most.

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   6. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

   2016 · Main story 6 h

   Telltale's Walking Dead games are Until Dawn's comic book cousins: timed dialogue, impossible moral calls and survival among zombies. This season follows Javier and his family. Your decisions mostly shape relationships rather than who survives, and some of them really hurt.

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   7. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

   2017 · Main story 7 h

   If the fear is what got you, this is real survival horror. First person, a farmhouse in Louisiana, a deeply disturbed family. You manage ammo, you hide, you jump. More gameplay, fewer choices, and an atmosphere that sticks to you long after.

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   8. Outlast

   2013 · Main story 4.5 h

   You're a journalist walking into a psychiatric asylum with a camera, and you can't fight back. You can only run and hide. It's pure, relentless horror, best played at night with headphones. Perfect if the chase scenes in Until Dawn were your favourite part.

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FAQ

What game is most like Until Dawn?

The Quarry, from the same studio, Supermassive Games. It keeps everything: a group of young people, one night of horror, choices that decide who survives and QTEs. The Dark Pictures Anthology follows the same formula in shorter episodes.

Can you play Until Dawn with friends?

Yes, movie night style: there's no dedicated mode, but you can pass the controller and give each person a character. The Quarry and the Dark Pictures games have proper local and online multiplayer modes built in.

How long is Until Dawn?

About 8 hours for one run according to players on IGDB, and around 17 hours to see everything. It's designed to be replayed, since you miss many scenes and possible deaths on your first playthrough.