History MultipleEndings / RolePlayingGames

* [[spoiler:​]]''Lies of P ''has three endings:

* The ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'' series has multiple endings per entry.

*** In the secret ending, Lisa watches a VHS tape and finds the memory of a person heavily implied to be her conspicuously absent mother. The woman turns around, only to reveal that her face has been replaced with Marty's.

* GirlsLove RPG ''VideoGame/EmbricOfWulfhammersCastle'' is ''built'' on its multiple endings, most of them implying different truths about the world setting and the actual events of the narrative; unique in that getting most endings doesn't actually end the game -- the credits roll, but the player can choose to return to the point just before the last ending they got. Characters lampshade this, and at one point someone says she doesn't accept anything as being true unless she encounters it three times.

* All three games in the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series do this. ''Shadow Hearts'' has it based on whether you manage to beat a series of side bosses, which is nearly impossible unless you do it in the right order, although this order is provided on an item you get in the game. Oddly, ''Shadow Hearts: Covenant'' was actually based on the "bad" ending of the original, not because the good ending is terribly hard to get, but because it fits the tone of the series better. Of course, many of the fans disagreed. ''Shadow Hearts: From The New World'' was based on whether or not [[spoiler:Tirawa's statues were fully leveled up]].

* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny'' had five different endings (actually six -- two of them have the same ultimate result, but achieve it in different ways), determined by the choices you made at certain junctures and whether or not you'd witnessed certain missable events. Each ending filled in different details of the over-arcing plot, so it was necessary to play to all five of them to get the full picture of what was going on. [[OmegaEnding Upon having seen all five of the endings, two extra endings became available]]; one is the happiest possible ending and one is happy but leaves some unresolved issues. The first involves [[spoiler:the hero helping create the Elixer of Life instead of releasing Homunculus, thereby healing Dr. Wagner's wife]]. The other ending involves [[spoiler:removing the Homunculus from existence via a temporal paradox, but Dr. Wagner doesn't get to heal his wife]]. Both endings still achieve a similar result: [[spoiler:without Homunculus setting his plans into motion, underlying reasons of the story never come to pass, and Eike no longer exists because Wagner never wished for eternal youth]].

*** In "The Sun", [[spoiler:Johnny and Rogue raid Arasaka, with both of them making HeroicSacrifices for V's sake. V becomes Rogue's successor and the most famous mercenary in Night City while Arasaka begins circling the drain after their famous BrainUploading program is destroyed, and V [[AndTheAdventureContinues continues taking high-risk jobs]] as they [[YourDaysAreNumbered have nothing to lose anymore]].]]

** If Raphael is still alive by the end of the game, he will appear in TheStinger and address you, depending on whether you delivered a specific MacGuffin, will either be cross with you and warn you that you may have set into motion a worse catastrophy, or regard you warmly for helping to advance his ambitions before [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou promising to come "knocking on your door".]]

*** A Dark Urge player who transformed into a mind flayer may elect to spare the world from any danger they may pose in their new form by [[HeroicSacrifice taking their own life]]. Afterwards, they are approached by Withers in the afterlife, who is surprised that you retained your soul post-ceremorphosis and muses how, even after death, you may still have a role to play in events to come...

* The first ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' game has two different endings, and it's difficult to tell which one is officially canon. The standard ending for beating the game shows Aya and her friends watching the play from the game's start, when everyone in the audience gets glowing pink eyes, due to the mitochondria acting up. Aya rises up from her seat and the camera cuts to the stage to show the whole audience with glowing eyes. The alternate ending is obtained when you beat the BonusBoss, which shows Aya reverting back to normal (losing her powers) and just walking away.

** The [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII second game]] originally had only one, but two more were added via the ''Scholar of the First Sin'' update and the three DLC. The original, and default, ending has you defeating Nashandra and claiming the Throne of Want. After the update, if you've fought a BonusBoss, you'll fight Aldia and unlock the Abandon the Throne ending. And if you've completed all three DLC, you can bring the three crowns to [[spoiler:Memory Vendrick, who'll bless them to make their wearer immune to hollowing, thus making you the ''only'' person to escape the Undead Curse. You may then take or abandon the throne as normal]].

** [[spoiler:Beating the BonusBoss will result in Jeannie and Marta successfully escaping the kingdom, though with the revelation that Jeannie intentionally got captured so that Morte would be forced to reunite with her in order to save her. Since the two are outside the kingdom, Marta is made into Jeannie's thrall to preserve his undead existence, albeit with his sentience intact.]]

** Good ending: Achieved by defeating Purity of Odio, then walking away from him. Upon returning to the chamber with statues of his various incarnations throughout time, Odio makes another attempt on the heroes' lives by forcing them to fight against his various forms. After winning against Odio's forms again, Odio passes away, but warns the heroes that another Lord of Dark will arrive in time. When he finally dies, the heroes return back to their proper places in time.

** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'', when the player finally faces the Dragonlord, he offers the choice to [[WeCanRuleTogether join him and rule half the world]]. If "no" is selected, then the player engages in battle and gets a good ending after defeating him, but if the player chooses "yes", the player gets a [[NonstandardGameOver bad ending]]. Defeat the Dragonlord, and you get one of the three good endings based on where the princess is when you return to the castle (you brought her to the castle before killing the Dragonlord, you arrive carrying her after killing the Dragonlord, she's still imprisoned in the cave). The (minimalist) end game cut scene varies a bit for each ending. In the last one, [[CuttingOffTheBranches the hero travels off to faroff lands alone.]]

** Best ending: Achieved in the same way as the good ending, but only if the player finds every hero in the Final Chapter. Driven mad by the heroes' perseverance, Odio goes OneWingedAngel. When the heroes are on the verge of victory, Odio lashes back with a powerful attack. Ultimately, Oersted manages to wrest himself free from Odio's control and strike the final blow, reclaiming his humanity in so doing. In reply to Oersted's final words, the heroes affirm that they will look to the future with optimism. After the heroes return home, the game shows their exploits in the days since: Pogo becomes a father after Beru gives birth to their child, the new Earthen Heart Shifu continues to pass on their knowledge to new pupils, Oboromaru continues to perserve the peace of Japan from the shadows, the Sundown Kid continues to wander throughout the Wild West, Masaru sets off to continue his journey to become the strongest fighter, Akira continues to assist Doc Tobei in his scientific experiments, and Cube continues to travel with his builder Kato through the cosmos.

** Speaking of ''Phantom Liberty'', the DLC has its own four endings, themed after the Kings of the four Tarot suits. The first branching point takes place in the penultimate story mission, "Firestarter", where V must choose to betray Reed or Song Mi, resulting in completely different final missions: "Killing Moon" takes place if you betray Reed and sees you storming the spaceport to help Song escape on a Moon-bound shuttle, while "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" and "Somewhat Damaged" occur otherwise, where you raid a [[TheDreaded MaxTac]] convoy to free Song, then chase her to an abandoned underground Cynosure bunker to stop her from merging with the Blackwall [=AIs=]. The four endings are then:

*** The ''Phantom Liberty'' ExpansionPack adds one more ending to the main game, "The Tower". If V delivers Songbird to President Myers alive and negotiates for a cure, you can trigger this ending early, i.e. without going to Embers first. In this case, the NUSA surgeons remove the Relic, Johnny is destroyed, V falls into a two-year coma, during which all of their friends drift away and V loses their ability to use combat cyberware, effectively ending their merc career -- but saving their life.

* Most of the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' games (published in the West by Nippon Ichi) have multiple endings; some of the free-form Atelier games have upwards of ''fourteen'' of them, ranging from good to bad, though more linear games such as those in the ''Iris'' sub-series have a set conclusion.

*** The ''Phantom Liberty'' ExpansionPack adds one more unlockable ending to the main game, "The Tower". To unlock it, V has to deliver Songbird to President Myers alive in the DLC and negotiate for a cure, letting you trigger an ending without going to Embers first. In this finale, V undergoes surgery to remove the Relic in NUSA, Johnny is destroyed, V falls into a two-year coma, during which all of their friends drift away and V loses their ability to use combat cyberware, effectively ending their merc career -- but saving their life.

*** The ''Phantom Liberty'' ExpansionPack adds one more unlockable ending to the main game, "The Tower". To unlock it, V has to deliver Songbird to President Myers alive in the DLC and negotiate for a cure. Doing so lets them call the NUSA for help in the endgame, resulting in Johnny being destroyed and V falling into a two-year coma as a result of the surgery to remove the Relic, with all of their friends drifting away and V losing their ability to use combat cyberware, effectively ending their merc career -- but saving their life.

*** "King of Pentacles" occurs if you knock Song out and take her out of the bunker. All but Song's personality and Alex survive, and Myers sponsors your treatment, unlocking "The Tower" ending.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has six different endings, most of them named after TarotMotifs.
** "The Devil" is the main DownerEnding, in which [[spoiler:V sells out to [[EvilInc Arasaka]] and helps Hanako avenge her father Saburo upon his killer [[SelfMadeOrphan Yorinobu]]. In exchange, she helps remove the biochip with Johnny's VirtualGhost, but after weeks of arduous tests it's discovered that [[YourDaysAreNumbered V's going to die regardless]] and he's given the option to join their BrainUploading program or return to Earth with nothing.]]
** In "The Sun", [[spoiler:Johnny and Rogue raid Arasaka, with both of them making HeroicSacrifices for V's sake. V becomes Rogue's successor and the most famous mercenary in Night City while Arasaka begins circling the drain after their famous BrainUploading program is destroyed, and V [[AndTheAdventureContinues continues taking high-risk jobs]] as they [[YourDaysAreNumbered have nothing to lose anymore]].]]
** In "The Star", if [[SpicyLatina Panam]]'s questline is completed V can enlist her and the [[WanderingCulture Aldecaldos]]' aid in raiding Arasaka and leave the WretchedHive of Night City behind alongside them. If you're a female V and have romanced Judy, you can take her with you.
** In "Temperance", V can choose to allow Johnny to keep their body.
** In the "Path of Least Resistance" ending, a.k.a. "The Reaper", V [[DownerEnding simply shoots themself]] after they and Johnny decide saving themselves isn't worth having other people die.
** In a secret variant of the above ending, called "Don't Fear the Reaper", which is unlocked with having the best possible relationship with Johnny and following a certain sequence in the final conversation, V and Johnny can go on a SuicideMission and raid Arasaka alone. It ''is'' possible to succeed in this path, but extremely difficult, and if you make it all the way through, you can take either the Temperance ending or the Sun ending [[spoiler:with Rogue still alive]].

* In ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', once you've defeated Doctor Doom, the Watcher explains how the decisions you made throughout the game (mostly whether or not you completed the {{Sidequest}}s) will affect the MarvelUniverse for the better or worse. Notable, though, is one quest results in a bad ending, no matter how you completed it. Mephisto offers you a SadisticChoice between saving Jean Grey or Nightcrawler. Saving Jean results in Mystique murdering Charles Xavier for allowing her son to die, whereas choosing Nightcrawler causes Dark Phoenix to escape hell and come to seek revenge on the X-Men for abandoning Jean. [[spoiler:There ''is'' a way to save both, if you've got Magneto in your party.]]

** Fulfilment: After accumulating numerous special items, port reports, and secrets you write The Zong of the Zee, becoming London's most greatest explorer and retiring to a life of fame.

** Love: Exclusive to the Zubmariner DLC. [[spoiler:Find each of the Abysses and complete the Abyssal Rites in the correct order. This allows you to meet the mysterious Lady Black, who offers you the chance to enter her embrace and live forever with her in her underwater mirror of London. Accepting it earns you this ending, while choosing to ascend continues it with zero Terror and minor boosts to all stats]].

*** [[spoiler:Control: Shepard merges their consciousness with the Reapers' hive mind to force them to stop their harvest and retreat into dark space.]]
*** [[spoiler:Destroy: Shepard triggers the destruction of all Reapers, but in so doing, also condemns all other synthetic life (including the Geth if still alive) to extinction. With a high enough level of galactic readiness, Shepard can survive this outcome.]]

*** [[spoiler:Refusal: Shepard chooses none of the above and allows the Reapers to continue their cleansing of all life in the galaxy. The next cycle of organic life manages to defeat the Reapers, however, thanks to Liara's time capsules giving them the information they need.]]