The only way to change the player’s choice is to restart the game from the beginning or continue to the end and start a new game. Until Dawn has a strict auto-save system to prevent players from reloading a previous save file to an earlier point in the game if they regret an in-game decision they have made. The Butterfly Effect system blurs the line between right and wrong decisions and it is possible for players to keep all eight characters alive as well as having all eight of them die, allowing for many different paths and scenarios as well as offering several different endings for each character. Throughout the game, players will make difficult decisions during ethical or moral dilemmas, such as sacrificing one character to save another. For example, locating a weapon in an earlier chapter may allow the player to pick it up down the line when a chase scene leads back to the same room. Each playthrough lasts about nine hours in length and the game mechanics utilize an in-game system called the “Butterfly Effect” in which any choice of action by the player may cause unforeseen consequences later on. Until Dawn is designed to be played multiple times, as players cannot see all content with a single playthrough.
