A lot of games have multiple endings. Some have just two conclusions, while others have a bunch of them. However many they have, though, there is typically at least one secret one. These are the conclusions that aren’t as obvious to unlock. To see them, you may have to collect things, make an odd decision or two, or even die.
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The unlock requirements are often worth it, as secret endings are typically interesting. They can range from really wacky to surprisingly profound. In fact, some are more impactful and memorable than an ordinary conclusion. Here is a collection of them that are worth seeking out.
8 Forget The Revolution
Far Cry 6
The Far Cry series has become known for having unique secret endings. The best one features in Far Cry 6 and can be unlocked at the end of the prologue. You spend the said prologue getting a taste for revolution. You help a group fight back against the tyrannical ruler of the fictional nation of Yara. In exchange, you receive a boat that will enable you to escape the place, which was your original intention.
During the prologue, however, the game encourages you to stay and help bring down the tyrant. You don’t need to do that, though. When you get the boat, you can just sail in the other direction. This results in an early and quite humorous conclusion to the tale.
7 Refuse To Be The Savior
Mass Effect 3
The first three Mass Effect games revolve around the invasion of a synthetic threat known as the Reapers. They arrive in the Milky Way to eliminate all highly advanced civilisations as they do every 50,000 years. Naturally, you attempt to stop the cycle. In the final moments of Mass Effect 3, you get to choose how to deal with them. Your options are to destroy all synthetic life, merge synthetic with organic DNA, or control the Reapers. There is also a hidden option, though, which is to refuse all those other options. You can do this by selecting a dialogue choice or shooting the AI child that gives you the decision in the first place.
Either way, it leads to a unique ending that isn’t quite as doom-and-gloom as you’d expect. Yes, it isn’t great for Shepard and the other main characters, but you’re still given hope that your efforts have not been in vain and you’ve helped future civilizations without being the main hero. It’s a nice change of pace.
6 Back To The Start
Hitman 3
During the Hitman: World of Assassination trilogy, protagonist Agent 47 attempts to bring down the evil group known as Providence. In the final moments of Hitman 3, you confront the head of Providence, Arthur Edwards. Your choices are to kill him or wipe his memory with a special serum.
There is also a secret third option, which is to wipe your own memory. You only have this chance if you wait long enough before deciding what to do with the guy. This leads to a short scene that serves as a clever callback to the original game. So, it’s a nice option for long-term fans of the series.
5 Dying With A Friend
The Stanley Parable
Most of the endings in The Stanley Parable can be considered secret ones, as the game is all about finding different ways to reach a conclusion. A particularly special one occurs, though, if you grab a bucket and head to the warehouse.
With bucket in hand, if you jump from the cargo lift to the floor, you will die and earn a special bit of dialogue from the narrator. It’s a short, but very funny little scene that you get to experience as the screen fades to black.
4 Setting Up Dead Space 2
Dead Space Remake
The secret ending of the Dead Space Remake is only achievable in a second playthrough, as it requires New Game+. During this second run, you need to seek out all of the Maker fragments and place them on the table in the Captain’s Room before blowing out the candles. Doing all of this alters the ending of the game.
Without going too deep into spoilers, this secret conclusion actually works as a nice setup to the second game in the series. Since the second game begins with the protagonist in a straitjacket after losing his mind, this should give some indication that this finale isn’t exactly a happy one. That said, it’s interesting and feels fitting for the series.
3 Giving Up Has Its Benefits
Metal Gear Solid
There’s one scene in the first Metal Gear Solid where you’re being tortured and must button-mash to stay alive. Yet, there is also an option just to give up and save your thumbs or fingers. This leads to a non-canonical conclusion. It isn’t the perfect ending, as it involves a bit of tragedy. That said, the ending isn’t all bad.
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There are some powerful bits of dialogue in this conclusion, particularly in conversations between protagonist Solid Snake and his friend, Otacon. Speaking of those two, they got more scenes together in this ending, which sets up nicely for the sequels where the two are really close. Also, you unlock the very useful stealth camo to use in future playthroughs, which you don’t get in the normal ending.
2 Choose Peace
Sifu
Sifu is a martial arts game about revenge. You spend the adventure tracking down and killing those responsible for your father’s death. Yet, that isn’t your only option, even if it seems like it on your first playthrough.
You can also spare each of the main bosses by breaking their structure multiple times without finishing them off. You will need to rely on parries a lot, but if you succeed, you get the option to spare them. If you avoid killing any of the bosses, you receive a unique ending at the end of the game. The conclusion is happier and more satisfying than the ending you get for brutally exacting your revenge.
1 Don’t Let AI Do Everything
The Outer Worlds
Deep into the story of The Outer Worlds, you will need to use a skip drive to quickly move your ship close to a specific planet. Your destination is based on which character or characters you’re siding with in the story. This doesn’t matter in the secret ending, though, as you don’t make it there anyway.
This is because you unlock the secret ending by playing as a low-intelligence character and forcing your ship’s AI to allow you to perform the skip. As you’re a dum dum, your ship doesn’t exactly end up where you want, which results in one of the most abrupt, but funniest endings in gaming history.
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