Until Dawn 2: Release date speculation, story, gameplay details and more

One surprise announcement from Summer Game Fest 2026 was the return of Until Dawn with Until Dawn 2.

The dormant franchise’s original game was first released in 2015, and the sequel is arriving 12 years later. In between those games, Ballistic Moon released a remake of the original for PC and PS5.

But the sequel is being developed by Firesprite, a relatively new PlayStation Studio that Sony acquired during its pandemic spending spree. This has led to some trepidation about whether Firesprite has the ability to capitalise on what made the first game so great.

But the first trailer for Until Dawn definitely seems to be hitting all the right notes. Here is a breakdown of the game, its new story and cast, and when you can expect it.

When is the Until Dawn 2 release date?

Until Dawn 2 is set for 2027, with no specified timeframe or window.

It’s hard to estimate when it will arrive, but we imagine it will be sometime in the spring or summer of 2027, given the game’s summery tropical island setting. It also fills in a gap in Sony’s current first-party lin-eup.

Additionally, the game is likely to only come to PS5, forgoing a PC release. This is because Sony is pulling back from its PC release strategy, according to recent reports from Bloomberg.

Until Dawn 2 story details

Until Dawn 2 has a completely new story with a fresh cast of characters. The crew visit a tropical island as a set of ghost hunters, looking to film the next episode of their ghost-hunting show for TV channel Dead True.

The only catch is that they fake all the horrors they see, and for the first time on the island, they stumble upon true ghosts and danger that they will have to overcome to survive until dawn.

The cast of Until Dawn 2 based off the trailer includes:

• Neil Newbon (Baldur’s Gate III, Resident Evil Village)
• Camila Senna (Sea, A Rainha da Pérsia)
• Hannah Kepple (The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo, Cobra Kai)
• Janina Gavankar (Alan Wake 2, Star Wars Battlefront II)
• Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things, Power Rangers)
• Sarah Catherine Hook (People We Met On Vacation, The White Lotus)
• Gavin Leatherwood (The Sex Lives of College Girls, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
• Tanner Buchanan (Star Wars: Visions, Cobra Kai)
• Andie Ju (Forge, Beef)
• Spencer Moore II (Brilliant Minds, Creed II)
• Gia Kim (XO Kitty)

It is expected that Hayden Panettiere’s character from the first game will return after an end-credits teaser was included at the end of the Until Dawn remake. Alongside Panettiere, Peter Stormare is confirmed to be returning, as he can be seen briefly in the reveal trailer.

Until Dawn 2 gameplay details

Very little has been shown about the gameplay in Until Dawn 2, but it seems to follow a similar flow to the original. Your choices matter, everyone can live, and everyone can die, and there will be split-second in-the-moment decisions, like we see in the trailer, and long-term decisions that build up throughout the game.

Firesprite says on the PlayStation Blog that it is “honouring that core DNA: character drama, tough choices, and those unforgettable horror moments that made the first game so special”.

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