The Quarry timeline can be a little confusing, especially for those who have played developer Supermassive Games’ previous title, Until Dawn. Some may even think that The Quarry is an Until Dawn sequel or prequel. It can be difficult to work out and the game doesn’t make it explicitly clear. Thankfully, here’s all of the info you need on when The Quarry takes place and whether or not it’s linked to Until Dawn.
When does The Quarry take place in the timeline?
The Quarry takes place in 2021, offering a modern-day take on the teen slasher genre that became prevalent in cinema during the 80s.
Like Until Dawn, The Quarry is set during the present time of when the games were being developed. Until Dawn is set during 2014 and came out in 2015, while The Quarry is set during 2021 and has launched in 2022.
As for the game’s structure, it’s all chronological. Though there are flashbacks featured in several chapters, the prologue, 10 chapters, and epilogue all follow each other as expected.
Is The Quarry a sequel to Until Dawn?
The Quarry isn’t a sequel to Until Dawn. It’s more of a “spiritual successor.”
Though there are many similarities between the two games, with the cast of teenage characters and the remote environment where they are stranded, the games aren’t linked. Though there are also similarities between the types of enemies in both games, this is again more coincidental and isn’t justified in the in-game lore.
As more people play the game after launch, even more similarities may be revealed, but the developers have stated that it isn’t a sequel.
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