Is The Until Dawn Remake Worth It? (2025)

When it first launched way back in 2015, Until Dawn from Supermassive Games was a breath of fresh air. It gave us this exciting and interesting, if a little cliched, classic horror story of teens in a mountain cabin in the woods having a very bad time. And it all worked pretty well.

Sadly the same couldn’t be said for the Dark Pictures Anthology series that it spawned, which is why we probably find ourselves with a remake of the original Until Dawn popping up almost a decade later. To see if you should splurge some cash on this return to an old classic, here’s a rundown of whether the Until Dawn remake is worth it or not.

Until Dawn Remake Review

First things first, the all important review scores. Across the board we’re looking at a fairly middling score that you would expect from a remake nobody was really asking for or expecting. For the usual suspects, we’ve got IGN awarding a five out of 10. Whilst the original version they gave a seven and a half, so a small decline.

Game Rant also gave a seven out of ten and Metacritic collected an average score of 70 from around 46 Critic reviews of the Until Dawn Remake. Interestingly, the average user score from 223 ratings has the game sitting on a lower 6.4 out of ten, with 46 percent of reviews being positive and a larger 52 percent being negative.

So fans and critics are fairly unimpressed it seems, despite all the new content.

Speaking of new content. Aside from the big fancy graphics overhaul includes things such as access to an extra scene that was originally only available to those that pre-ordered the game. There’s also two new endings, an epilogue with Sam, tightening of certain scenes for the better, and worsening in some instances, plus a new Hunger Totem that adds backstory.

Some areas have been expanded for exploration and there’s extra items and doodads to interact with as you wander about. Finally the last big thing of note is that the camera has been shifted behind the characters to give us that nice spooky over the shoulder look. There are a few other small changes and tweaks worth discovering yourself, but that sums up the majority of the big overhauls to the game.

Over at TheGamer we unfortunately don’t have a review at time of writing. But some of our staff like George Foster had a look at the perception of the game from the fans perspective. Coming away with the opinion that the biggest issue players have, at least those on PC, is the game is poorly optimized. Which does not bode well for the supposed Until Dawn sequel that’s baited in the new ending.

How Long Does It Take To Beat?

Since we’re looking at a remake with some minor extra content we can still safely apply the general time outlines for beating the original Until Dawn that are left to us on How Long To Beat. In summary we’re looking at around eight hours to run through the main story, and about nine and a half to an extra 45 minutes to do all the extra content.

For those looking to go full completionist with collecting all the totems and exploring every nook and cranny for other collectibles and interactable objects you’re looking at a rather chunky 19 or so hours. As before, with all the addition of some minor new stuff including the, at the time, hard to come by prologue, we can round it up to around 20 to 22 hours.

What Does It Cost?

Now the important part, what the game costs. Despite launching a decade ago on last gen consoles, the Until Dawn remake is selling at nextgen prices and it’s a tough pill to swallow.

To go on your mountaintop monster murder adventure you’re looking at around 60 Dollars or Pound Sterling if you’re in the US or UK. For those in Europe there’s an extra sting as it costs more, at around 69 to 70 Euros. Also, sorry Australians, it’s around 109 to 110 AUD for the privilege.

In general, that asking price isn’t particularly worth it and you’re better off waiting for it to drop. The additions in the remake are minimal at best if you look past the graphic overhaul. And unless you’re absolutely desperate to play the game in its prettiest state, just grab the original and blow through that instead. It’s easier on your bank account.

What Players Are Saying

To close things out we’ve taken a proverbial dipstick to the wider community to see what they thought of the remake of Until Dawn and whether it's worth spending all that cash, or waiting until there's a sale.

Robert Edwards

Until Dawn (2024) is to remakes what Evil Dead 2 was to the original Evil Dead. With improved visuals, new audio score and a slightly expanded scope within the narrative, Until Dawn Remake is probably the definitive edition but without much more to offer the veteran player of original. To myself Until Dawn was a one and done experience, enjoyed over a weekend of horror movies and junk food and I just don't find the remake to be a compelling enough reason to go back to that cabin in the woods.

So in general the consensus seems to be that the remake is doing nothing majorly different from the original. With the poor optimisation and steep asking price, looks like this is one game that you definitely should wait for a heavy discount to hit.