📖 Welcome to The Devil in Me Walkthrough!
This guide is designed to help you unlock every achievement, gather key collectibles, and make the right choices to shape the story the way you want.

New to Supermassive Games? You’re in for a tense, cinematic horror experience filled with quick-time events (QTEs), branching decisions, and exploration. Your decisions will determine who survives.

Before diving in, here are the essentials to know:

🔑 Before You Begin: Essential Information
1️⃣ Choices Are Crucial
Every decision you make affects character relationships, story branches, and who makes it to the end. To ensure 100% completion, follow this guide closely, one wrong move can lock you out of key achievements or collectibles.

2️⃣ Playthroughs Needed
Unlike other entries in the series, The Devil in Me has a relatively forgiving achievement list. You’ll need 1 full playthrough and 2 partial ones (approx. 2 total runs) to get everything.

3️⃣ Collectibles Galore
There are multiple types of collectibles to track:

Secrets (standard items)

Premonitions (framed images that reveal possible future events)

Obols (a currency used to unlock extras)
You'll know you picked one up when you see on-screen messages like:
✅ "Secret Found"
✅ "Premonition Unlocked"

🪙 Obols vary in value (1–10 points) and are tied to an achievement for collecting 200 points worth. There's an efficient farming spot late in the guide—so don’t stress if you miss a few early on.

✅ Tips for a Smoother Playthrough
⚙️ Adjust Your Accessibility Settings
Before starting, go to Settings > Accessibility and consider turning ON:

Disable QTE Timeout

Disable Combat Timer

These options let you take your time with button prompts, perfect if you want a less stressful experience or are aiming for 100% completion. Important: A few QTEs later on require the timer, and the guide will point out when to re-enable it.

💾 No Manual Saves
The game autosaves constantly. Every decision is permanent, you can’t reload after a mistake.
If it’s early in the game, restart the whole run.
If it’s later, finish and then use Chapter Select to redo specific sections.

👥 Co-op & Curator's Cut Considerations
To fully complete the game, you’ll need either:

A co-op partner (online)

Or access to the Curator’s Cut, which is typically a pre-order bonus or released as free DLC a few months post-launch.

The Curator’s Cut offers alternate scenes, new perspectives (you play as the second character), and extra collectibles. If you don’t have it now, keep an eye out, it’s usually released within six months of launch.

Note: For one partial playthrough, your co-op partner should host the game to give you access to scenes exclusive to the Curator’s Cut. The guide will remind you when it’s time for that section.

🧭 How to Use This Guide
Read Ahead: Each chapter will include exact choices, collectible locations, and achievement opportunities.

Don’t Skip Ahead: One missed QTE or choice could mean redoing an entire section.

Minimal Spoilers: While we try to avoid major story reveals, some minor spoilers are unavoidable in walkthroughs.

Ready to dive in? Grab your flashlight and let’s begin your first run of The Devil in Me! 💀🎮

The scene begins with a cutscene introducing Marie and Jeff as they arrive at the hotel for their honeymoon. After a brief conversation with the owner, the game introduces the tutorial for picking up and examining items. Marie will sign the guestbook.

Dialogue Choice:
REASSURING

After the conversation, Marie walks over to a display area. There are two possible items to pick up, but for this playthrough:

🧴 Collectable: Rose Water Bottle (Inventory Item 1-2/13)
Picking this up triggers the Bearings System, which tracks important decisions and their consequences throughout your playthrough.

Marie and Jeff then head upstairs and decide to explore a private room in the hallway, classic horror movie behavior. Here, you’ll get your first Keep Calm QTE tutorial. These moments require you to press the right button in rhythm with an on-screen heartbeat. On Medium or Easy difficulty, they’re manageable, use this opportunity to get used to them.

Afterward, the couple engages in a playful pillow fight.

Use RT to throw the pillow.

QTE: PRESS A

Then aim at Jeff to hit him again.

After a few more cutscenes, Marie asks Jeff for help opening the bathroom door.
QTE: MASH X

Jeff walks down the hallway to the door at the end.
Interact: Open the door
QTE: PRESS A

Marie will now be shown how to use inventory items.
Use: Rose Water

After stepping into the bath, Marie notices someone enter the room.

Dialogue Choice:
INVESTIGATE

Shortly after, a QTE will trigger:
QTE: MASH A

The rest of the prologue plays out automatically. As with all Dark Pictures prologues, it is not possible to save these characters, but by following the choices listed above, you will unlock the following:

🏆 Achievements Unlocked:


Until Death Do Us Part 2 – Jeff and Marie watched each other die


Murder Castle – Completed the Prologue

🎬 These chapters consist of cutscenes only. No collectibles or choices required.

The chapter begins with Charlie making his way toward the lighthouse. This section mostly consists of light traversal and exploration.

You’ll be introduced to several basic mechanics:

• Jogging
  
  
• Climbing
  
  
• Shimmying
  
  
• Squeezing through tight spaces
  
  
• Balancing on ledges

Along the way, you can interact with a few optional objects:

• A warning sign
  
  
• A memorial plaque
  
  
• A minor jump scare

Once you reach the top, head to the small building on the left. Climb in through the side window to find two notes you can interact with. (Note: These are not collectibles.)

The main gate is locked. Instead, head through the hole in the fence to the left of it. Continue to the right side where you’ll find a crow and a locked box. Use Charlie’s tie clip to open it.

💰 Collectable: Obol (Obol #1 – Value Varies)
Obols are a new collectible currency. They come in different values, and you’ll need to gather a total value of 200 for the achievement:
🏆 I Like Money

The door ahead is locked. Push the dumpster beside the building under the window to climb inside.

🔒 QTE Tutorial – HIDE Event
Once inside, you’ll get your first Hide QTE. When hiding, an arrow will appear over valid hiding spots.
Hold the button before the bar depletes to successfully stay hidden.

Proceed through the now-open door and immediately turn right.

🖼️ Collectable: White Picture Frame #1/13 – EXPLOSION
Picture frames are Premonition Collectibles.

White frames show potential life-saving outcomes.

Black frames reveal possible character deaths.

Go through the hole in the wall, then head upstairs. You can interact with the crow on the table if you like.

Enter the only accessible room and climb the ladder on the wall to trigger a cutscene that ends the chapter.

After stepping off the ferry:
🗨️ CHOOSE: PLAYFUL

Once you gain control of Kate, follow the path ahead. Stay to the right side of the trail to find a collectible on the ground:
🗂️ Secret 1/50 – #10: Stiletto Shoe

⚠️ Always rotate and inspect collectibles thoroughly. Do not put the item down until you see the “SECRET FOUND” message on-screen.

Continue up the trail:

Jump over a log

Climb a ledge

Duck under a fallen tree

Climb more ledges

Jump onto a rooftop

Balance across a log

Drop down on the other side near a fence

As you approach the fence:
🕹️ QTE – HIDE
Quickly hide when prompted.

After the characters pass, continue forward, climbing more ledges. Head toward the shack, which is locked. Climb the path ahead and circle around to the side. Crouch to enter the shack.

Inside the shack:
🖼️ White Picture Frame 2/13 – TURNED
📸 Secret 2/50 – #31: Vacation Photo (Located in the corner of the room)

Exit through the door, jump the gap, and climb over the train car. Continue forward through climbing and jumping sections until you reach a courtyard. Climb the ladder on the side of the gate, drop down, and flip the power switch. Interact with the fuse box.

You’ll now use Jamie’s multimeter device to repair the fuse box.
🛠️ Follow the order shown on the paper to light up the fuses:

Bottom left → Top left → Top right → Bottom right → Bottom left → Bottom → Bottom right → Bottom

Climb over the train car again. After a short walk, you’ll get a cutscene showing a man in a raincoat approaching.
🕹️ QTE – HIDE

When you regain control, move forward and toward the right. Under a tree, you’ll find:
📸 Secret 3/50 – #20: Stiletto Heel

Climb up the nearby ledge, then another. You’ll rejoin the group. Jamie teases Mark, and Kate arrives.

🗨️ CHOOSE: EMPATHETIC

Cutscenes will follow as the group arrives at the mansion, ending the chapter.

The chapter begins as Jamie runs into Erin in the hallway.
⚠️ This section includes a missable achievement and a key inventory item (gained later), so follow carefully.

Inside Jamie’s room:

🗨️ CHOOSE:

PLAYFUL

FAMILIAR

CONCERNED

FLIRTATIOUS

MOVE IN

🏆 Achievement Unlocked:

Sparks (Jamie and Erin kissed)

Later in the scene:
🗨️ CHOOSE:

SARCASTIC

SEDUCTIVE

Several cutscenes will follow, concluding the chapter.

The chapter begins with Charlie and Erin discussing his missing cigarettes.
🗨️ CHOOSE:

INSTRUCTIVE

RESTRAINED

Once you gain control of Charlie, you may inspect a book by the bed and a hat on the rack if you wish, then exit the room.

🧭 Navigation:

Turn right from your room

Take the first left, then another left

On the floor beside the cabinet is:
🗂️ Business Card 1/5

Follow Erin around the corner until you hit a fork with a dead end ahead.

Go left to find an OBOL under a painting on the wall.

Continue through the hallway. On the 2nd floor, take the right-hand path.
On a desk along the wall, you'll find:
📸 Secret 4/50 – #33: Morello Family Invitation

Flip the letter to the back to trigger the secret.

🧭 Proceed downstairs.

On the counter to the right, you'll find:
📸 Secret 5/50 – #12: Hotel Guest Book
Turn the page to unlock the secret.

Go behind the counter, and interact with the drawer.

Use the business card to unlock it.

Inside is:
📸 Secret 6/50 – #19: Welcome Postcard

Flip to the back to trigger.

Exit through the door at the end of the room.

Try the door on the right, it’s locked.

Return to the main room to find a key on the counter.

Use it to unlock the door.

Inside the bar:

Immediately to the right:
📸 Secret 7/50 – #14: Front Page News

To the left of the door you entered:
🖼️ Black Picture Frame 3/13 – BURNT

Before doing anything else at the bar, look to the left side. On a table, underneath a mug, you'll find:
📸 Secret 8/50 – #43: Grand Opening Invitation

Now, turn around and head to the cigarette machine.

Interact with it, you’ll need exact change.

Go behind the bar and open the cash register.

Return to the machine.

🕹️ QTE – HIT MACHINE

Your success or failure doesn’t matter, the result is the same.

Begin to walk away from the machine to trigger a cutscene, which ends the chapter.

This chapter begins with a conversation between Mark and Kate.
We are working toward an achievement that requires raising Kate & Mark’s relationship, so it's important to select the following dialogue options:

🗨️ CHOOSE:

EARNEST

REASSURING

HESITANT

SERIOUS

(Note: One red arrow may appear here, but that won't affect the achievement.)

Once you gain control of Mark, follow Kate as she walks ahead. You will also be introduced to camera usage.

Before going through the door Kate leans against, walk straight toward the dead end, and on the right wall, you’ll find:
🖼️ White Picture Frame 4/13 – UNITED

Go through the door by Kate.

Inside:

Interact with the window to spot the raincoat figure.

On the corner of the desk:
📸 Secret 9/50 – #22: J. Morello Holmes Book

Now, pull out the camera (D-PAD LEFT).

Focus the reticle until it turns green, then take a picture of the desk.
📷 Photo 1/27

🛈 Tip: If the reticle is not green, the photo will not count. You can confirm you’ve taken a photo if the green reticle no longer appears when aiming again.

Explore the room further.

On the right-side bookcase, look up to see a glinting item.

Use the monopod to knock it down.

QTE: PRESS A to catch the book
📸 Secret 10/50 – #29: Newspaper Clipping

Go through the open door on the right, and on the desk at the back, you'll find:
📸 Secret 11/50 – #13: Sherman Tape 1

Interact with the door beside the tape recorder to spot a key behind glass.

🧗‍♂️ Climb the ladder, jump the gap, and push the cart off the balcony.

Move the cart up to the wall and climb again.

Turn left, crouch under the beam, and go down the next ladder.

Once you reach the bottom:

Walk toward the window, then turn around and pull out the camera again.

Aim at the brown door until the reticle turns green, then take the photo.
📷 Photo 2/27

🛈 This one is tricky — aim slightly to the right of the door, near the middle.

Use RB to zoom in, and LB to zoom out if needed.

Behind the ladder in the left corner, among rubble, is an OBOL.

Now:

Push the bookcase on the right into the gap near the window

Climb the ladder and jump across

Drop the ladder on the other side

Move the bookcase back to its original spot

Climb the ladder again, jump across, and go into the hole in the wall

Go down the ladder, climb on the cabinet, and go through the next hole

Grab the key and exit the door behind you

Return to the main room and unlock the balcony door

🎭 Conversation Segment (Important for Relationship Achievement):
🗨️ CHOOSE:

ENCOURAGING

Interact with the hat on display

Then:

EMPATHETIC

BITTER

SUPPORTIVE

If done correctly, Mark’s relationship bar with Kate should be full, showing:
✅ 5 green arrows, ❌ 1 red arrow

The chapter ends after the conversation.

There are no collectibles in this chapter, but there is a missable achievement, so make sure to follow the exact dialogue choices below.

💡 Tip: You can pause during choice screens to read ahead and ensure you make the correct selection. The key here is to keep Charlie calm and avoid any hostile or defensive options.

🗨️ CHOOSE:

CONCERNED

REASSURING

PLAYFUL

ENTHUSIASTIC

APPRECIATIVE

AUTHORITATIVE

If done correctly, Charlie will maintain his composure throughout the dinner, and you will unlock the following achievement:


🏆 Toasty (Charlie maintained control during dinner.)

Erin now has access to her microphone, which helps detect nearby sounds, the closer you get, the louder the noise becomes.

Exit Erin’s room, take the first left, then the next left. At the end of this hall, you’ll find:
📸 Black Picture Frame (5/13) – "Stabbed"

(Optional) You can backtrack to the hallway just before the first left to inspect a book on breathing techniques.

Continue following the only available path. At the end, inspect the painting.

Turn around, your way back will be gone. This begins the game’s clear P.T.-style psychological sequence. Keep following the now-open path through eerie events until you reach an open door.

Enter and interact with the only available object to trigger a cutscene and end the chapter.

Walk forward until you see an open room on the left. Inside, search the top drawer of the desk for:
📄 Secret (12/50) – "Will Amendment"

Inspect the bulletin board in this room and push the stick right to reveal the code 0451, which will be used shortly.

Exit and continue down the hallway into the maintenance room.

At the desk on the right, you’ll find:
📄 Secret (13/50) – "Auction Receipt"

In the back left corner near shelves, you’ll find:
📄 Secret (14/50) – "Construction Invoice"

Use the keypad and enter the code: 0451

Complete the fuse box puzzle using this switch order:
🔧 Bottom Right → Left → Up → Right → Up → Up → Left → Down


🏆 0451 (Jamie reset the fuse box)

Leave the breaker room. Optional: check the locker near the next door for an estimate on renovation costs.

Enter the next room. Press the red button near the door to raise the curtain.

Head to the stage, to the right of the mannequins. Interact with the tape, triggering Jamie to take it to the tape recorder and play:
📄 Secret (15/50) – "Sherman Tape 2"

Head back, exit through the door on the left.
🗨️ CHOOSE: Approving

This ends the chapter.

Important:
This is the first chapter where a character can potentially die. Follow the guide closely to avoid having to restart or replay chapters through chapter select post-game.

This chapter is short and features only one critical decision.

Dialogue choices:
🗨️ Choose:

Distressed

Impatient

Frightened

When prompted to Take or Attack, choose:
🗨️ Take

When the inventory pad appears, make sure to use the inhaler.

Taking the inhaler will add:
🎯 Inventory Item (3/13) – Inhaler

This will conclude the chapter and also end Act 1.

After some arguing, you’ll take control of Charlie.

Head downstairs. To your left, by the chair on the floor, pick up:
🎴 Business Card (2/5)

Look forward and slightly right by the chair to find:
🖼️ Black Picture Frame (6/13) – Cured

Follow the blood trail through the door, down the hall, and take a right at the split.

The path is dark; next to the first cabinet on the left (between the cabinet and radiator), find an:
🎯 Obol

Continue down to the dead end; in the corner is:
📜 Secret (16/50) – FBI Memo

Head down the opposite side of the hall into the next room.

Inspect the door the blood trail leads to, then interact with the door next to the record player.

You’ll have a timed decision:
⏳ Let the timer run out (recommended)

Letting the timer run out increases Charlie and Jamie’s relationship stat.

The chapter ends here.

Another short chapter with no collectibles, but the second half of the missable achievement set up with Mark and Kate happens here, along with an inventory item. Make sure to follow the exact dialogue choices below.

💡 Tip: Even though it’s a negative choice, you need to CHOOSE CURT to get the inventory item.

🗨️ CHOOSE:

CURT
CONFUSED
SURPRISED
APPREHENSIVE
KISS

If you made the correct choices previously in the scouting chapter and here, you will unlock the following achievement:


🏆 Rekindled (Kate and Mark rekindled their relationship.)

To avoid confusion regarding the inventory item, if you choose CURT during the conversation, the crystal will automatically be added to your inventory. If you choose COMPLIANT, you will need to pick it up from the desk next to Kate’s bag. Either way, you will receive:

INVENTORY ITEM 4/13

Walk out of the room and follow the path through the halls. You’ll see a cutscene providing some backstory on Kate, then a scene where Kate and Mark run into Charlie and Jamie. During this scene, a QTE will occur:

🕹️ MASH X

This scene will end the chapter.

Follow the path until you reach an open door with a staircase leading down. At the bottom of the stairs, wrap around to the left to find an OBOL on the ground.

Go through the white door. When you regain control, move forward toward the double doors and look to the right to inspect the body bag. Lower your view to the tag to collect:

SECRET 17/50 - Natalie’s Remains

Interact with the single door marked with an exit sign to end this short chapter.

⚠️ ERIN CAN DIE IN THIS CHAPTER

Use the inhaler when the option appears, then make your way to the door. It seems there is either a timer for how long you can spend in this room before the next cutscene, or the nameplate in the second room triggers the cutscene. To be safe, ignore the interaction points in the first room and move directly into the second one.

To your left when you enter, there is a side table with:
📸 Secret 18/50 – #18: School Letter

Turn around and inspect the tape recorder on the desk for:
📸 Secret 19/50 – #37: Sherman Tape 3
You can now go back and interact with items in the first room. Once the cutscene begins:

🗨️ CHOOSE:
CONFUSED

The next choice is important:

🗨️ CHOOSE:
HIDE

Warning: If you choose to run here, Erin will die. The killer will leave, ending the chapter.

🗨️ CHOOSE:
REASSURING

When you gain control of Mark, stand behind the empty chair, take out your camera, and aim at the Charlie mannequin. When the reticle turns green, take the picture to collect:
📷 Photo 3/27

Turn around and look in the back left corner next to the cabinet to find an OBOL on the ground. Inspect the mannequins until a cutscene starts, which leads to a KEEP CALM QTE.

The noise behind the door is Jamie, so it does not matter if you fail or succeed. However, if you succeed and choose to complete the follow-up COMBAT QTE, it will negatively affect your relationship with Jamie. If you want to avoid that, aim anywhere the reticle is white.

🗨️ CHOOSE:
EMPATHETIC

The chapter ends after this scene.

⚠️ CHARLIE CAN DIE DURING THIS CHAPTER

Grab the key to your right and unlock the cage door. Directly to your left on the workbench, you will find:
📸 Secret 20/50 – #35: Photos of Victims

Inspect both photos. On the opposite side, walk to the counter to find:
📸 Secret 21/50 – #42: Foreman’s Log

Flip through the log to the final page for this collectible. Continue on the only available path, pulling levers to open each subsequent area. Then shimmy through the gap between the boxes and the wall. Climb over the obstacle, then use the card to open the drawer on the desk to the right, finding an OBOL. Pull the lever, then backtrack over the obstacle and shimmy through the gap again.

Follow the new path and pick up the cigarettes on the ground in the next room that definitely doesn’t look like a potential kill room (whispers… it’s a kill room).

YOUR NEXT CHOICES WILL EITHER KILL CHARLIE OR KEEP HIM ALIVE:

🗨️ CHOOSE:
LIFT GRATE

When given the option again:

🗨️ CHOOSE:
LIFT GRATE

This will end the chapter. You will then have a scene with the Curator, where you can choose to get a vague hint from him or decline one, choose whichever you want.

Follow the only path available and drop down into the pool. You can interact with the body here and pan the camera to the hand to inspect the employee ID. Climb up the right side, jump across the gap, then shimmy across to the left.

Go up the stairs and inspect the door ahead. At the door on the left side, you will have a QTE (MASH X) to bust the door open. You will be separated from Kate.

Make your way straight down the hall and go right. At the dead end on the ground, you will find:
💼 Business Card 3/5

Backtrack and climb over the locker. Go into the first room on your left to find:
📸 Secret 22/50 – #41: Resignation Letter

You can also inspect another employee ID next to the mannequin if you want.

Leave this room and go straight to the end of the hall, through the door on the right. In front of the white drawer, you will find an OBOL. There is a 3rd employee ID in this room you can inspect.

Meet back up with Mark to continue.

Climb up to the next level. There is a 4th employee ID on the ground. Go left and drop down again. Move forward and around the corner you should see a sink. Examine it to find an OBOL.

Explore this unnecessarily dark room and you will find wood pallets to climb up onto a ledge. Balance across a wood beam, drop down, climb to the next ledge, and shimmy across to the door.

You will have a QTE (MASH X) to get to the other side. You will enter a new room with 2 mannequins.

Hit the red button to destroy one of the mannequins and open the gate. The mannequin on the left has an Employee ID by its feet; a key will be on the right. Use the key on the door, go left, and in front of the round table, you will find an OBOL worth 5.

Go right to move the desk, reunite with Kate, and end the chapter.

⚠️ ERIN CAN DIE IN THIS CHAPTER

Very short chapter. Erin has, for a 3rd time, gotten into a situation we have to save her from. Erin will 100% die if we choose her, but Kate won’t.

🗨️ CHOOSE:
KILL KATE

This ends the chapter and will unlock the achievement:


🏆 Ignited (Jamie chose to save Erin in the suffocation chamber)

⚠️ MARK CAN BE CAPTURED HERE

The chapter starts with Mark falling down a chute.
‼️ BE ALERT , There is a QTE that, if missed, will cause Mark to lose his camera, preventing any further pictures!

🗨️ CHOOSE:
PRESS B to catch the camera as it falls.

Inspect the vat, then take out your camera and take a picture of it for:
📸 Photo 4/27

From the vat, turn around. Next to the shelf and brown box on the ground is an OBOL.

In the next room, walking between the two shelves in front of you will trigger a scene. If failed, Mark will get captured and the chapter will end. Mark won’t die, but make sure to get 2 collectibles first just in case.

Look to the left to see a shelf in the back left corner. Take out your camera and snap a picture for:
📸 Photo 5/27

From where you stand, look right and notice a shiny item on the shelves. Walk diagonally over to it
❗ DO NOT walk between the two shelves in front of you yet.

Interact with the shelf, then look up to see the next inventory item. Use your monopod to reach it for:
🎒 Inventory Item 5/13

Now walk between the two shelves and you will have a: HIDE QTE

If the scene does not start, walk over to the blue door then back. Hide by the shelving unit and hold LT until the killer leaves the room.

Move into the room he came from and head over to the Kate mannequin. The killer will return, triggering another: HIDE QTE

Hide under the table, then complete 3: KEEP CALM QTE’s

Additional Notes:

When the killer leaves again, take a photo of the Kate mannequin for:
📸 Photo 6/27

In the next room, on the right-side shelf, a mannequin head is:
📸 Secret 23/50 – #25: Real Human Teeth

Walk toward the workbench where another:
HIDE QTE will occur. Hide behind the shelf in front of the workbench until you no longer hear the killer’s footsteps.

On the workbench behind you is:
🎒 Inventory Item 6/13

Take a picture of the mannequin sitting under the light for:
📸 Photo 7/27

To the left of the mannequin, behind a crate with legs and arms, is:
🖼️ White Picture Frame 7/13 – UNCANNY

On the other side of the room by the blue toolbox is an OBOL.

In the next room, on the desk, you will find:
📸 Secret 24/50 – #3: FBI ID Card

Directly next to it, to the left, is:
📸 Secret 25/50 – #4: FBI Training Photo

In the following room, on the desk to the left, you will find:
📸 Secret 26/50 – #6: Psychological Report

Move forward to the vent to end this chapter.

Follow the path through the halls and go through the door. You will face your 3rd fuse puzzle.

💡 Fuse Puzzle Hint:
Think of the switches as two columns, Column A (left) and Column B (right), numbered 1-4 from top to bottom.
The solution is:
🗨️ CHOOSE:
A3, A4, B4, B3, B2, A2, B1, A1

Squeeze through the new opening in front of you and continue through the halls.

❗ DO NOT go through the door with the red light yet. Instead, enter the door directly opposite.

In Erin’s room, you can pick up the lip balm, giving you:
🎒 Inventory Item 7/13

Note: If the lip balm is missing, you either didn’t have Jamie kiss Erin in the “Guests” chapter or didn’t save Erin in “Breathless.” You will need to replay from the relevant chapter to get it.

Head to the room with the red light. On the dresser to the left, find an OBOL.

Interact with the mirror to enter a new room. On the left wall, you will find:
🖼️ Black Picture Frame 8/13 – CRUSHED

Move to the next room and interact with the left window for:
📸 Secret 27/50 – #27: Sherman Tape 4

This will end the chapter.

Make your way through the halls, taking a right at the split path.

You will see a book on the ground stopping the wall from closing ahead. After 2:
🗨️ MASH X QTEs
go through the door.

On the floor under the window, find:
📸 Secret 28/50 – #23: J Morello Sherman Book

Use the pencil in your inventory on the notepad next to the mirror to find a code.

Head into the next room. On a table next to the blood on the wall is:
📸 Secret 29/50 – #5: Body Snatching Article

Interact with the dog bowl on the ground to open the final bearing. Enter the code 1999 on the keypad.

Immediately to your left after entering the door, find:
🖼️ White Picture Frame 9/13 – DRAGGED

Interact with the mattress against the door to automatically receive:
📸 Secret 30/50 – #21: Mrs. Morello Animatronic

This will end the chapter.

⚠️CHARLIE CAN DIE IN THIS CHAPTER

Head through the door in front of you. There is a door on the right you can open that has a lockbox in the right corner. Opening it will give you an OBOL.

Head out, pull the cart out, duck under the hole in the wall, and on your left under the FBI jacket will be:
📸 Secret 31/50 – #2: FBI Badge

Go through the open door, to the back of the room and pull the lever to turn the power on. There is an animatronic and chalkboard you can interact with if you want.

Go over to the conveyor, hit the button, and get on.

⚠️ WE NEED TO HIT ALL OF THE QTE’S HERE OR CHARLIE WILL DIE!

🗨️ QTE sequence:
(PRESS A, PRESS B, PRESS X)

🗨️ CHOOSE:
HIDE

(PRESS A)

Then, 2 × (KEEP CALM QTEs)

If successful, Charlie will survive. The chapter ends here.

CHARACTER DEATHS POSSIBLE IN THIS CHAPTER

To your right, on the desk under the coffee cup, find:
📸 Secret 32/50 – #47: Custom Mask Email

Next to it on the same desk:
📸 Secret 33/50 – #7: Chicago PD Badge

Use the stairs to the right of the desk to head up to the next level. On a table you will find:
📸 Secret 34/50 – #38: Answer Phone Tape

On the wall next to it is:
🖼️ Black Picture Frame 10/13 – Costume Design

Inspect the blueprint here. During the scene:
🗨️ CHOOSE:
NERVOUS

It’s important to take the screwdriver here because it is:
🎒 Inventory Item 8/13

More importantly, you will need it to keep Kate alive later.


Once you have control, turn around and on the cabinet behind you will be an OBOL.

Move down the hall, go through the open door, pull back the curtain, and shimmy through the opening. Climb over the obstacle and on the ground to the right will be another OBOL.

Go through the door on the right, turn right, and at the dead end on the left wall will be:
🖼️ Black Picture Frame 10/13 – Masked

Head to the door on the left.

⚠️ JAMIE CAN DIE IN THIS UPCOMING SECTION!

Make sure to hit all QTEs in this section:
(PRESS A, PRESS X)

🗨️ CHOOSE:
RUN

🗨️ CHOOSE:
DESPERATE

You will have a lengthy chase sequence ending with Jamie and Kate trapped in a room.

🗨️ CHOOSE:
APOLOGETIC

Finally, a (COMBAT QTE) will occur to press the button, which you want to do. Kate will not die here, even though it seems like she 100% did.

This ends the chapter.

🏆Shattering Expectations (Kate and Jamie both escaped the glass trap)

⚠️ From this point on, potential character deaths become frequent. It’s a good idea to read ahead to stay prepared. Also, don’t forget: during “Keep Calm” QTEs, you can use Kate’s crystal to make them easier.

If Mark was not captured earlier, you’ll see him exit the ventilation area freely.
If he was captured, you’ll trigger a (MASH Y) QTE before he leaves the room.

Kate, Erin, and Jamie will now be chased by the killer, eventually making it to the roof. Be ready for these QTEs:

(PRESS X)

(PRESS B)

(COMBAT QTE)

Kate will hide in a locker:

5–6 (KEEP CALM QTEs)

(CHOOSE STAY)

The chase resumes:

(PRESS Y)

(PRESS B)

(CHOOSE HIDE)

2 (KEEP CALM QTEs)

The killer will get hold of Jamie:

(CHOOSE SAVE)

(COMBAT QTE)

(MASH Y)

(PRESS X)

The killer will be knocked off the roof (even if you miss some QTEs, Kate can fall instead—the outcome is the same).
➡️ Chapter ends here.

The chase continues into a (KEEP CALM QTE). Welcome to the dark hedge maze. Although confusing, there’s mainly one correct path.

Turn left, then go right at the split to find:
🖼️ (WHITE PICTURE FRAME 11/13 – SEARCHING)


🏆 Photogenic (Found all of the White Framed Pictures)

Now go back and take the left path

Drop down, and at the next split, go left

Continue to the bar area (lots of dead ends around, but just follow the main path)

You can inspect a letter and a table here

Courtyard Section:

Head to the left side of the statue

Go up the steps and grab the lever

Go to the right side of the statue to attach it

Activate the control panel (follow wires if needed)

Press the right button to open a secret passage

Inside the Secret Passage:

Go down the ladder

On the right side of the room, on a table:
📜 (SECRET 36/50 – 26 – CHICAGO KILLER NEWSPAPER CLIPPING)

Behind the bar, near the sink:
💰 OBOL
On the left side, crawl through a hole in the wall

Climb the ladder

Back Outside:

There’s a shed behind you with inspectable items (optional)

Head through the creepy mannequin archway

The chase resumes again:

You’ll now control Kate as the characters flee into the barn

🗨️(CHOOSE RUN)
The women escape and fall down a hill

➡️ Chapter ends here.

Drop down into the pool
Aim your camera at the headless mannequin for:
📸 (PHOTO 8/27)

From the same spot, look at the gray door with the light above it.
To the left, aim between the pillars in the dark corner for:
📸 (PHOTO 9/27)

Grab the key from the mannequin and go through the gray door
Inside, aim your camera at the standing mannequin:
📸 (PHOTO 10/27)

Open the third changing room door for a grim discovery
Take a picture of it:
📸 (PHOTO 11/27)

Head through the shower room. In the next room, look right and interact with the mannequin on the floor:
📜 (SECRET 37/50 – 1 – WEDDING RING)

Enter the hallway. Crawl into the second opening on the right
💰 In this room: OBOL (value 2)

To your right, on the wall:
🖼️ (BLACK PICTURE FRAME 12/13 – SPIKED)

Interact with the door — be ready for two very fast QTEs:

(MASH X)

(PRESS B)

➡️ Chapter ends here.


🏆 Camera Shy (Found all of the Black Framed Pictures)

Behind the tree in front of you:
🪙 OBOL

Head down the steps to a locked gate

Back up the steps, small path on the right leads to a climbable ledge

Drop into the caged area, open the gate

Push the crate against the wall and climb up

Continue along the path, go right to duck under a log, then left to a dead end:
🪙 OBOL
Climb near the broken fence, then left and hop the wall

Cross the small beam (or walk around behind it)

Elevator doesn't work, climb the ledges behind you

Hop the gap, then drop onto the elevator

❗IGNORE THE QTE, it's just Mark (or hit him, either works)

Shimmy through the fence as Mark did

In front of you, by the tree on the left:
💼 (BUSINESS CARD 4/5)

Use the ladder to reach the scaffold on the building

Shimmy right and climb through the window

Straight ahead on the wall:
🖼️ (GOLD PICTURE FRAME 13/13 – SPACED)

In the drawer next to the window:
📜 (SECRET 38/50 – 9 – CHILDHOOD MEDICAL RECORD)

Shimmy back, jump the gap, push the crate down

Push it to the side of the building and climb in through the door

Killer encounter triggers:
(KEEP CALM QTE)

Through the new door, then the next room, behind the curtain on the desk:
📜 (SECRET 39/50 – 11 – CLIPBOARD)

Next room, on the right-hand table:
📜 (SECRET 40/50 – 16 – APB BROADCAST)

Back to the hanging bodies room

Grab the cart and push it against the wall by the broken stairs

Climb to the second level

Immediately to your right, on the ground:
🪙 OBOL (in a lockbox)

At the end of the path (optional): inspect a wedding ring

Backtrack and go through the other doorway and out the door at the end

Push the box down, go down the ladder

Cross the makeshift bridge
⚠️ FAILING WILL RESULT IN CHARLIE’S DEATH

➡️ Chapter ends here.

Start by jumping over the log to your right and grabbing:
🪙 OBOL (on the ground)

Follow the path, then climb the ledge directly ahead

Balance across the branch to find:
📜 (SECRET 41/50 – 44 – DRIVERS LICENSE)
📜 (SECRET 42/50 – 45 – THEME PARK PHOTO)

Drop down and continue forward

On your left, crawl under the tree branch

Look left to find:
🪙 OBOL

Be ready for a (PRESS B) QTE when shimmying across the bridge

Go around the backside to find the shed key

Inside the shed:
📜 (SECRET 43/50 – 34 – MAN’S BODY)

Pan down to the flashlight near the body to get:
🎒 (INVENTORY ITEM 9/13)

Backtrack across the bridge, under the branch, and climb over the branches

Head to the farmhouse and interact with the front door

⚠️ Our choices here can cause Jamie or the dog to die

If you have QTE timeouts disabled, enable timers in accessibility settings for this part

DO NOT KILL THE DOG!
💬 (CHOOSE ANXIOUS)
⚔️ (FAIL THE COMBAT QTE)

➡️ Chapter ends here.

Mark and Charlie reunite and must decide what to do with Charlie
💬 (CHOOSE REASSURING)

Turn left to find:
🪙 OBOL (on the ground)

Follow the path and go up the staircase

In this room, the dresser on the right contains:
📜 (SECRET 44/50 – 36 – LIST OF ALIASES)

Turn around — in the right corner next to a chair:
💼 (BUSINESS CARD 5/5)


🏆 Man of Many Interests (Found all of Du'Met's business cards)


🏆 Investigator (Found all of the Silver Framed Secrets)

In the next room, on the right, interact with the box for:
📜 (SECRET 45/50 – 50 – DEGREE CERTIFICATE)

Turn around and take a photo of the desk:
📸 (PHOTO 17/27)
Play the tape recorders on the desk

Go up the next stairs, through the open door on the left

Pick up the key in front of you

The next room’s dresser holds:
📜 (SECRET 46/50 – 30 – RETURNED LETTER)

Head up more stairs, climb the ladder, interact with the light

Shimmy across and interact with the fuse box

Return to the light to turn the power on

➡️ Chapter ends here.


🏆 Hark! (Mark got the lighthouse working)

On the kitchen table:
📜 (SECRET 47/50 – 8 – DISTURBED GRAVE LETTER)

In the next room, inspect the woman in the chair

Pan the camera down to the children’s book and flip through it for:
📜 (SECRET 48/50 – 48 – CHILDREN’S BOOK)

Go through the door, up the stairs, and interact with the door

➡️ Chapter ends here.

Good job on keeping everyone alive so far, if you have!
We’re almost at the finish line. The game switches between characters here, and missing QTEs will kill the character you missed it for.

We’ll be using inventory items as well. Feel free to pause between QTEs or read ahead to prepare.

For safety, you can disable QTE timers in the accessibility menu.

Let’s go:

💬 (CHOOSE ANXIOUS)
💬 (CHOOSE AUTHORITATIVE)

The pepper spray is:
🎒 (INVENTORY ITEM 10/13) and WILL be used soon.

⚠️ DO NOT USE IT WHEN THE OPTION BECOMES AVAILABLE AFTER PICKING IT UP.

The crew boards the boat and leaves the lighthouse

When Charlie says he has a great idea for season 2, be alert — they’re not out yet

ERIN:
(PRESS X)

CHARLIE:
(PRESS B)

JAMIE:
💬 (CHOOSE ATTACK)
🎒 (USE SCREWDRIVER)
⚔️ (STAB KILLER)

MARK:
🅱 (PRESS B)
⚔️ (HIT KILLER WITH AXE)
🅱 (MASH B)

KATE:
💬 (CHOOSE ATTACK)
👊 (PUNCH KILLER)

MARK:
🅰 (MASH A)
🎒 (USE PEPPER SPRAY)
⚔️ (HIT KILLER WITH ANCHOR)
🅰 (PRESS A)


🏆 Happier Ending (The dog made it off the island alive)


🏆 Happy Ending (Everyone survived)


🏆 Hope You Enjoyed Your Stay (Completed the Solo Story)

Before we start, it’s important not to overwrite your clear save. If you do, you will lose access to the remaining chapters and will have to finish the game again to regain access to chapters past what you loaded.
Each time you choose a chapter, make sure to select NEW SLOT. If the chapter you need isn’t showing, go to Load Story and reload your clear file to regain access to all chapters.

Decisions here don’t matter, just get through all the dialogue until Mark and Kate run to the closing wall with Charlie and Jamie on the other side.
FAIL THE QTE. Charlie’s hand will get crushed, unlocking:


🏆 Lend Me A Hand? (Charlie’s hand was crushed)


When Erin confronts Charlie:
(CHOOSE AFRAID), This causes Charlie to be tied up and left behind.

Climb the lighthouse and power it up. As Kate, head upstairs. The following scene will play out differently than you may remember.


🏆 Guilty (The crew didn’t trust Charlie and he paid the price)


Next, we’ll do a partial playthrough to get some missing collectibles and more achievements.
I’ll abbreviate the chapters to just the important decisions. It will go quick if you focus on progress. Make sure to read ahead as many choices differ from the last playthrough.

Important chapters and notes:
BREATHLESS:
ERIN NEEDS TO DIE.
(CHOOSE KILL ERIN)

WORKSHOP:
Catch the camera: Press B
(HIDE) behind shelf, under table (3 KEEP CALM QTEs), hide by workbench

INTERROGATION:
Fuse box puzzle: A3, A4, B4, B3, B2, A2, B1, A1

MORELLOS:
Password is “1999”

WASTE DISPOSAL:
You play as Charlie. Fail the QTEs so Charlie dies.

DIRECTOR’S SUITE:
Go directly to the second floor and interact with the blueprint.
TAKE THE SCREWDRIVER.
As Jamie, head to dark room, shimmy through opening by the mirror.
Succeed the QTEs (Press A, Press X, Run, Wait).
In the glass chamber, (CHOOSE DEFIANT, FAIL COMBAT QTE). This kills Jamie, unlocking:


🏆 Extinguished (Jamie chose to sacrifice herself in the glass trap)


CHASE:
Press X, Press B, Kick face, 6 KEEP CALM QTEs, Run, Run, Press A, Press Y, Press B, Press A, Press X, Press B, Kick pipe, Mash Y, Press X

MAZE:
KEEP CALM QTE, CHOOSE RUN

POOL:
When opening door to leave: Mash X, Press B

CLIFFSIDE:
With Charlie dead, now play as Mark.
Head through two pillars to the end of the dock.
Turn right, take a picture of the lighthouse (PHOTO 12/27).
Turn around, take a picture of the mansion (PHOTO 13/27).
Enter shack, open right drawer (INVENTORY ITEM 11/13).
Check controls for bearing update.
Go back to steps and follow path.
Duck under tree branch, look left for crack in rock to shimmy through.
Balance across, drop down, shimmy across again.
There’s an OBOL to the right of where you crouch to progress.
Complete the circle back to where you dropped after balancing.
Turn around, find a spot to jump across.
After second jump, climb up to an OBOL.
Continue and climb up.

AD:
Going up to the fence triggers a scene where Connie shows up.
Do not hit the dog with a rock. Let the QTE timer run out.
Unlocks:


🏆 Can You Pet The Dog? (Yes, you can pet the dog)


Climb the ledge, jump across to the elevator top.
Shimmy through fence, push crate down, use it on house side to drop in.
Inside, take picture of bloody clothes on table (PHOTO 14/27).
You will have a KEEP CALM QTE.
In 2nd room, take picture of bodies hanging from ceiling (PHOTO 15/27).
In 3rd room, pull back curtain, take picture of body (PHOTO 16/27).
Push cart against wall to reach second level, push blue box through hole.

HOMESTEAD:
No killing the teleporting dog. Nice fakeout by Supermassive Games.

LIGHTHOUSE:
There’s an OBOL on the left.
Head upstairs, stop in room with fireplace and box on table.
Take picture of desk (PHOTO 17/27).
Go to the top, turn on the light.
Biggest change in this playthrough: (CHOOSE HELP MARK).


🏆 Award Worthy (Kate fell for Du'Met’s impersonation)

(CHOOSE DESPERATE) (CHOOSE PERSUASIVE)


🏆 The Cycle Continues (Mark agreed to Du'Met’s proposal)



🏆 Unhappy Ending (No-one survived)

If it doesn’t unlock, from the main menu, select Play Alone, go to Load Story, load your original clear save.
In scene selection, load Lake and fail all QTEs on the boat.
Load the chapter and just put the controller down, everyone dies on the boat.

Last step before the curator’s cut: the OBOL farm.
You should be able to get the 200 value OBOLs in the curator cut if you pick them up on the way.
If you want to clear that now: load WORKSHOP.
When you control Mark, pick up the OBOL across from the vat (worth 10).
Quit to main menu, load story, load clear file, choose chapter again, repeat until achievement unlocks.
If you got all collectibles mentioned in the guide, it should unlock quickly.


🏆 I Like Money

For those new to playing the curator’s cut in these dark pictures games, it works kind of like a remix of the theatrical cut. During this playthrough, you will play as the other character that was with you, and will have access to some new scenes from the perspective of the other character when you were by yourself in solo story. We aren’t going to have to do a full playthrough here. Chapters will be simplified down to choices only, except when collectibles and final fuse box are available, and new scenes. We will be making most of the same choices to keep everyone alive, so we don’t miss any of the scenes we need. Make sure to follow along though as there are changes you want to be aware of. If I don’t mention any dialogue options, it means you can choose whatever you want. You can ignore the collectibles we got on the last run and just make your way to the end of the chapter unless I mention otherwise.

To begin the curator’s cut, go to new story, select save slot, play on medium, then option for curator’s cut will be there.

THE WORLD’S FAIR HOTEL:
You will be playing as Jeff this time, grab the necklace on the right for:
🎒 (INVENTORY ITEM 12/13)

OPPORTUNITY:
We will be playing as Mark instead of Charlie. Take a picture of Charlie, then turn around and take a picture of the crewmates for:
📸 (PHOTO 18-21)
They don’t all have to be in the same picture.


🏆 Say Cheese! (Took a photo of each crew member)

Turn around again and aim between the 2 light poles, up at the lighthouse and take the picture for:
📸 (PHOTO 22/27)
Now just finish the chapter as normal.

ISLAND:
Same as before. When getting to fuse box, climb ladder on side of gate to turn on power. I got the shocking achievement here. I think it might be bugged as it should have been unlocked back after finishing the 3rd fuse box in our first playthrough. If it still hasn’t unlocked for you, it should after 1 of the next 2.


🏆 Shocking (Fixed all of the fuse boxes)

GUESTS:
You will play as Erin this time. Choose whatever you want.

CIGARETTES:
Same as before. Head downstairs, through the double doors to interact with locked door to the bar. Go back and get the key off the counter, then head into bar. Interact with animatronic then cigarette machine, cash register, cigarette machine twice.

SCOUTING:
Choose whatever you want in the conversations. None of this matters as we are just getting collectibles on this run. Everything is the same here until the end, where you will play as Charlie while he eavesdrops on Mark and Kate. You will have a (KEEP CALM QTE), then the chapter will end.

DINNER:
You’ll play as Kate instead of Charlie. Make whatever choices you want here.

NOISES:
Same as before, just make your way through the halls into the room at the end.

STAFF ONLY:
Again, same as before. Password is 0451. Fuse puzzle is B4, A4, A3, B3, B2, B1, A1, A2.

BLACKOUT:
THIS SCENE WILL PLAY OUT DIFFERENTLY AND IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO READ AHEAD HERE. ]CHOOSE ASSERTIVE, REASSURING). You will now control Kate. Immediately, SPRINT down the hall. You are looking for a candle holder on an end table right before a right hand turn down the hall. INTERACT with this when you see it to SAVE ERIN. You will have 3 (COMBAT QTE’s). If you take too long and Jamie grabs it first, Erin will die later which will cause us not to get access to the extra chapter with the final 2 secrets. If you do miss this, just kill the characters first chance you get to get access to chapter select and play from this chapter.

BLOOD TRAIL:
You will control Jamie this time, but chapter is the same as last time. Go downstairs, interact with door by blood trail, and then move through hallways to white door by record player. Doesn’t matter what you choose at end, I chose to pull Charlie off the trap.

WALL:
You’ll play as Mark instead of Kate. Use your monopod to block the closing wall and MASH B to save Charlie’s hand.

SEPERATED:
You’ll play as Charlie this time. Chapter is the same, move through the halls, go through the door at the end, and then head through the white door.

PARTY:
New chapter here. As Jamie, head down the hall and into the open door at the end. On the desk will be:
📜 (SECRET 49/50 – 28 – LUCINDA MUNDAY MEDICAL REPORT)

Move over to the safe and punch in the code “1916”. Inside the safe will be:
📜 (SECRET 50/50 – 17 – FUNERAL INVITATION)

Open the next door to get the Lounge Key off the floor, and then back out to the locked door in the hall to unlock it and go through. Go through the door directly to the left. Through the next door and interact with the projector. (CHOOSE HIDE IN CUPBOARD).


🏆 Collector (Found all of the Secrets)

MANNEQUINS: Same as before, just as Kate instead of Mark.

RIDDLES/IGNITION:
Another new, but short chapter here. Grab Charlie’s lighter. We can now decide if we want to save Charlie. If you failed to save Erin earlier and are going to need to go back to that chapter post game, let Charlie die here. You can let the timer in the wine room run out. If you want to save him, the code is “1896”. Once in the room, Mark will grab the handle and you will need to hold it down. If you want to kill Charlie here, just let go. Otherwise, continue holding the handle. Kate will eventually pull Mark away.

SPA:
We will play this chapter as Mark this time and can get the rest of the photos we need. Once in the main room, take a picture of the COLUMBUS SPA sign above the doorway ahead for:
📸 (PHOTO 23/27)

Next, drop into the spa and take a picture of the body for:
📸 (PHOTO 24/27)

Proceed to the second level by jumping the gap on the right and shimming across to the left of the doorway. Interact with the door on the left. Climb over the filing cabinet and head into the first door on the left. Take a picture of the mannequin in here for:
📸 (PHOTO 25/27)

Back out in the main hall; head to the end and into the door on the right. Take a picture of the mannequin hanging for:
📸 (PHOTO 26/27)

Head to the climb location, then continue on. When you make it to the room with the 2 mannequins connected to the bomb, take a picture of it for:
📸 (PHOTO 27/27)


🏆 Crime Scene Photographer (Found all of Mark's photo opportunities)


That will complete our playthrough of the Curator’s cut. If you failed to save Erin and weren’t able to get the final 2 secrets, just go back to the partial playthrough and follow that to the end of the game to get access to chapter select. Load back up BLACKOUT and save Erin.

The last thing we need to do is get the final Inventory items. Load up your clear file, go to chapter select and load up THE WORLD’S FAIR HOTEL in a new save slot. As Marie, when you have the option of grabbing an item, choose the item on the right for (INVENTORY ITEM 2/13). Exit back to the main menu. Load up your clear file again, this time choose new story, overwrite one of your old saves, and choose curator’s cut. Alternatively, if you have a partner, have them host. As Jeff, when you have the option of grabbing an item, choose the item on the left for (INVENTORY ITEM 13/13).


🏆Handy (Obtained all of the inventory items)