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Until the Fire Dies

Crimson Cloud Games · Published by Crimson Cloud Games · Official site ↗

Content notice: This game contains frightening scenes, psychological horror, dark forest environments, threatening creatures, and mild fantasy violence involving the use of an axe. There is no sexual content, nudity, drug use, gambling, or graphic gore.

Last updated 29 Sept 2026

A first-person survival horror game where you chop trees and split logs by day, then keep the fire alive through the night as horrors close in beyond its light.

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About this game

Until the Fire Dies is a first-person survival horror game about preparing before sunset and surviving beside a dying fire until dawn.

By day, fell trees, process the fallen trunks, gather stone, build the structures you need, and stack enough firewood to survive the coming night.

When darkness falls, horrors gather beyond the light. As the flames weaken, the protection surrounding you begins to disappear and the forest closes in.

Every log buys you time. Every step beyond the light is a risk.

Daylight is your only chance to prepare.

Chop down trees, cut the fallen trunks into manageable logs, gather stone, and construct a chopping stump and campfire before darkness takes over the forest.

Every minute spent exploring is a minute not spent preparing.

When night arrives, you must survive with whatever you managed to collect.

Wood is not just a number hidden inside a menu.

Place collected logs onto the chopping stump and split them into individual pieces of firewood. Pick up each piece, rotate it, carry it, throw it, or carefully stack it beside the campfire.

The pile you build during daylight becomes the time you have left after dark.

Poor preparation can leave you searching for fuel while the flames disappear.

The campfire is the center of your survival.

Its light holds the horrors back and creates the only safe ground in the forest. Feed it throughout the night as its flames and protection slowly weaken.

Wait too long, and the safe space surrounding you begins to shrink.

Let the fire die, and there will be nothing left between you and whatever is waiting in the darkness.

LEAVE THE FIRE. RISK EVERYTHING.

Your axe can defend you, but fighting is never the safest option.

Enemies hit hard, and every step beyond the firelight leaves you exposed. You may need to leave safety to explore the forest, recover resources, or reduce the pressure surrounding the flames.

The farther you travel from the fire, the greater the risk that you will not make it back.

THE CURSE

Survive the nights and explore the wider forest in search of four ancient cursed trees feeding the horrors.

Destroy them all to break the curse and end the nightmare.

ENDLESS SURVIVAL

There is no final night.

Prepare during the day, protect the fire after dark, and survive increasingly dangerous nights for as long as possible.

Each dawn gives you another chance to prepare.

Each night brings greater pressure.

The forest will eventually overwhelm you.

The only question is how long you can keep the fire burning.

  • First-person survival horror

  • Two game modes: The Curse and Endless Survival

  • A repeating cycle of daylight preparation and nighttime survival

  • Tree felling, trunk processing, and resource gathering

  • Log splitting and individual firewood handling

  • Chopping stump and campfire construction

  • Campfire fuel, light, and safe-area management

  • Escalating nighttime enemy pressure

  • Risk-based first-person axe combat

  • Exploration through a cursed forest

  • Single-player experience

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD RX 6600 XT
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Supported Languages

English

Latest news

  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    Dev Diary #1: Why I Chose Unreal Engine 5

    Hi everyone,Welcome to the first development diary for Until the Fire Dies.I thought I would begin by talking about the engine I am using to build the game and why I chose it.Why Unreal Engine 5?Until the Fire Dies is being developed in Unreal Engine 5, mainly using Blueprints.The biggest reason I chose Unreal Engine was the graphical quality it provides from the beginning.Until the Fire Dies relies heavily on atmosphere, lighting, shadows, foliage, fire effects, and the contrast between the warmth of the campfire and the darkness surrounding it.Unreal gave me a strong visual foundation without requiring a huge amount of additional work before the game started looking close to what I had imagined.Unity is also capable of producing great-looking games, but achieving the same kind of result would have required more setup and additional work from me. As a solo developer, I would rather spend that time building and improving the gameplay.Building the campfire, which sits at the centre of the survival loop.Working with BlueprintsMost of the game is being built using Unreal Engine’s Blueprint visual scripting system.Blueprints allow me to build gameplay visually, test ideas quickly, and connect different systems without relying heavily on traditional programming.Part of the campfire Blueprint, controlling fuel drain, the protected firelight area, and the force that pushes nearby enemies away.Unreal Engine is not always easy to work with. Debugging can become difficult when several Blueprints, animations, collisions, timers, and enemy systems are interacting at the same time.Even with those challenges, I believe Unreal Engine is the right choice for Until the Fire Dies and the experience I am trying to create.Thank you for following the development.Can you keep the fire alive until dawn?
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  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    What Happens When the Fire Dies?

    The fire is the only safe place in the forest.During the day, you gather wood, prepare Firewood, and build everything you need before darkness arrives. At night, every piece of fuel matters.The campfire now burns down over time. As the Fire meter falls:The flames become weaker.The light around the player shrinks.The forest becomes darker.The fire eventually dies completely.When that happens, there is nothing left between you and whatever is waiting outside the light. This is one of the first major pieces of the nighttime survival loop. The next steps include adding Firewood refuelling, tying the protected area to the strength of the fire, and bringing the threats beyond the light to life.What would you do if the fire went out before dawn?Wishlist and follow Until the Fire Dies on Steam to follow development.
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