Time & the deadline
What Happens If Time Runs Out?
The game does not end. It proceeds — with your failure to arrive baked into the world.
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Short answer
The game continues past the deadline. It does not reset you or show a failure screen. Coen's family may suffer the consequences of you not arriving in time.
This follows the same design principle as everything else in the game. Rebel Wolves has repeatedly described a system in which failure is a state the world absorbs rather than an error the game rejects. Coverage of the pre-release build noted that a player could fail every quest and still complete the game.
What this means for planning
It means the deadline is worth planning around, but it is not worth panicking about. If your route is two units short on day 28, you have not lost your save — you have made a choice about what your Coen turned out to be.
- Game version
- pre-release
- Last reviewed