To get the best / good game ending in Until Dawn all characters must be alive at the end of the story. There’s a secret scene at the very end.
This ending unlocks the following trophies:
The Quicker Man [Gold]
They All Live [Gold]
Four Daughters Of Darkness [Gold]
Don’t Scare Jessica To Death [Silver]Josh: Find the “The Twins” clues so that he will recognize his sister’s tattoo. Don’t worry when he dies during the saw blade scene in episode 4, this doesn’t matter.
Jessica: After she gets dragged out of the cabin, Mike must catch up to her as quickly as possible. Always use the riskiest paths and slide down the hill at the end. You won’t hear from Jessica until Episode 9 in the mines. Always hide with her when given the choice, do not try to run away from your attackers.
Matt: To save Matt you should not attack the deer and avoid helping Emily when she’s hanging off the tower (jump away from her instead). Later in the mines you should always hide together with Jessica when given the choice. Don’t run away from your attackers.
Emily: Don’t mess up her QTEs and don’t shoot her in the episode 8 safe room.
Ashley: When you must choose between her and Josh (saw blades), choose to sacrifice Josh. Later in episode 9 don’t investigate the noise in the mines with her. Stay with the rest of the group.
Chris: When he gets the gun and is told to either kill himself or shoot Ashley with it, you must choose to shoot yourself (the gun only fires blanks, so you’ll be safe). Don’t even aim at Ashley. Then Ashley will open the door for him when he gets chased by the Wendigo in episode 8. Don’t mess up his QTEs during chapter 8.
Sam: Cannot die until the final set of cutscenes. Just complete all her QTEs at the end of episode 10 without making a mistake.
Mike: Cannot die until the final set of cutscenes. Just complete all his QTEs at the end of episode 10 without making a mistake. When Sam has to choice to either hit the light switch or help Mike (end of episode 10) you must choose to help Mike.
Please note that Hannah and Beth will always die at the start of the game. So will the flamethrower guy in episode 8. There is no way to save these characters and they have no impact on the ending or the trophy. Furthermore, it doesn’t matter whether you save the wolf with Mike or not.
