Summary

• Players dive into the world of A Quiet Place, facing the fearsome Death Angels & using stealth to survive in a horror adventure game.
• The game tells its own story, focusing on Alex & Martin as they navigate a treacherous apocalypse with personal conflicts.
• Pre-orders for A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead are available, offering digital content like in-game items and behind-the-scenes material.

Stormind Games and Saber Interactive's A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead sees players venturing into the world of Paramount Pictures' critically acclaimed A Quiet Place movies. These films show a world invaded by aliens called Death Angels, who hunt through sound, forcing everyone to go silent in order to survive. The franchise has been praised for its suspenseful sequences and intense sound design, and many would agree that the premise alone would translate extremely well to the world of stealth-based gaming.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is just that, a first-person, single-player horror adventure game in which players hide, distract, and sneak past brutal, predatory creatures. Much like the films, the game will heavily involve stealth, with players having to be extremely mindful of their surroundings, as its reveal trailer showed that even the slightest sound, like treading on a piece of broken glass, can result in near-instant death at the hands of a Death Angel.

How Does A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Connect To The Movies?

A Story Trailer Gives A Better Idea Of The Game's Timeline

While A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead may take place in the same universe as the movies, it seems to be largely telling its own story, much like A Quiet Place: Day One did for the most part. In Day One, there were some characters from the previous films, such as Henri, but it primarily focused on a different protagonist, Sam.

It's likely that this will also be the case in The Road Ahead, as its synopsis only states that it will follow the journey of a young woman, Alex Taylor, an asthmatic college student survivor, who must endure a treacherous apocalypse with her boyfriend Martin in the midst of interpersonal family conflicts, all while coming to with her own inner fears, with one sequence showing her fearfully taking a pregnancy test - something that will immediately evoke memories of Evelyn Abbott's intense labor sequence in the first film.

No characters from the movies have been confirmed to appear, but there's still plenty of potential for a cameo considering when in the timeline it takes place.

Timeline-wise, the story trailer started off with a sequence showing the protagonists on the day the Death Angels invaded, something that has now been seen through the eyes of the Abbott family in A Quiet Place: Part 2, Sam in A Quiet Place: Day One, and this unnamed character in A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. This sequence is different from those shown in the movies, as it doesn't take place on a busy street but rather at a family barbeque, offering smaller but more personal stakes.

As for the rest of the game, the trailer jumped forward to Day 105, which falls between the shocking opening moments of A Quiet Place - which occurred on Day 89 -, and the rest of that film, which jumped forward to Day 473. This would place the main events of A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead sometime in October 2020.​​​​​​

When Is A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Releasing?

And What Platforms Will It Be On?

Despite only being announced back in June 2024, players won't have to wait much longer to get their hands on the game. A new trailer on the official Saber Interactive YouTube channel confirmed A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead will launch in time for Halloween on October 17, 2024, which is fitting considering the horror tone of the game. The title is a multiplatform release, coming to Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and will be retailing at $29.99.

While the PC version of A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is digital-only, those on PS5 and Xbox Series X will be able to order either a digital or physical copy of the game.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Has Pre-Order Bonuses

Pre-Orders Are Available Now On All Platforms

With October mere months away, pre-orders for A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead are available now on all platforms. Those who purchase the game early will receive digital content, such as items that can be used in the game and other development materials to provide a look at the creation process behind it.

For the in-game items, these are items that can be found throughout The Road Ahead, but players are granted access to them far earlier than usual. This includes an inhaler - an essential item for Alex considering her asthma, and one that ties directly into The Road Ahead's gameplay, with players needing to keep track of the status bar of her lungs in intense situations so she doesn't have an asthma attack - and batteries, which will come in useful when exploring dark locations with a flashlight, or monitoring sound levels with a sound detection device to find a safe path around the alien threats.

The other pre-order content consists of exclusive digital concept art, with the image shown depicting a design for Alex, and a creature animation showcase, showing how Stormind Games translated the fearsome Death Angels from film to game. While these aren't essential for those who just want to play A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, they are nice for those interested in the creative process behind the game, seeing how early concepts and ideas evolve before their final appearance in the completed product.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is available for pre-order now on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. With the October 17 release date drawing near, there will likely be far more promotional material to provide further insight into Alex and Martin's story before the game's launch.

Sources: Saber Interactive/YouTube, Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S