The following is a complete pictorial list of the characters in What We Become Survivor Stories: File 1. They are grouped by families or groups of survivors and roughly in order of first appearances.
A character with an "Unknown" status was alive when last seen, but was either: injured; lost; unsecured; absent in later episodes or written out of the show.
Ethan • Matt • Fletcher • Sobic • Bhalla • Demi • Duke • Wendy • Leslie • Harrison • Declan • Callahan • Johnny • Massie • Hirsch • Kippen • Aziz • Aklaq • Olson
Alive characters appear in green. Dead characters appear in red and italics. Unknown characters appear in blue. Undead characters appear in gray and italics. Monstrous characters appear in purple.