History MultipleEndings / RolePlayingGames

** The Haruspex's ending involves [[spoiler: destroying the Polyhedron (as the Haruspex thinks it is the cause of the plague) and sparing the town, at the cost of losing a geniune wonder and design.]]

** The Haruspex's ending involves [[spoiler: destroying the Polyhedron (as the Haruspex thinks it is the cause of the plague) and sparing the town, at the cost of a genuine miracle of construction).]]

** The prequel, ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'', has three endings. The really bad ending happens if you didn't pick up a certain item over the course of the game; the final boss kills everyone as soon as they enter the last area. You get the meh ending if you beat the final boss. And you get the "good" ending if you ''lose'' to the final boss — which is way harder and more time-consuming than winning.

* ''VisualNovel/DateWarp'' technically has about eleven endings but you have to view most of them to unlock the GoldenEnding, so in a way they're all part of the same story.
* ''England Exchange'' has routes for eight love interests, with each having at least two possible outcomes, sometimes three, and sometimes with variations depending on whether the protagonist is male or female.
* ''VisualNovel/FatalHearts'' has fourteen endings, almost all of which are bittersweet at best.

** ''Horse Hall'' has five major endings to your year at wizard school, each focused on one of the main love interests (Ellen, Virginia, Donald, Damien, or Grabiner), with some variations such as nearly getting your soul stolen by [[spoiler:Damien]], or the secret Big Steve romance.
** ''Wolf Hall'' also has five main endings, each focusing on one of the main love interests (Ellen, Minnie, Barbara, William, and Damien), but there are even more branching points than the previous installment, such as breaking up with Minnie to date Pastel, joining the Mushroom Club to date Manuel instead of running for Student Council, or choosing not to date anyone at all.
* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'': There's over a dozen bad endings depicting the princess' demise, ranging from swords and arrows to poisoned chocolate. It only has one good end, where Elodie gets crowned queen. However, depending on the many choices and possible ways to reach coronation, pictures styled like stained glass describe what happened afterwards. Some are heart-warming and some are delightfully evil.

** In Ellen's story, she will either have dialogue with Julian if he's in the party, which plays similarly to Julian's non-bodyguard ending, or with her sister Sarah (which occurs even if Sarah was not in the party).

** In Katarina's story, if you both retrieve the stolen blade Masquerade and have Mikhail in your final party, [[spoiler:she will return to Loanne, and learn that having the sword means she's eligible for marrying Mikhail]]; if you don't, [[spoiler:she will wander the earth, returning the sword if she did obtain it]].

* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'' gives four characters at least two endings, which are dependent on the actions the player made during the adventure.
** In Julian's story, he can either refuse to serve as a [[BodyguardCrush bodyguard for Monika]] and have some minor dialogue with [[ChildhoodFriend Ellen]] if she's on the party or agree. If you do the latter and allow to elope with Monika and keep her for the rest of the game, [[spoiler:he will recieve a noble title from Mikhail and marry her]].
** In Katarina's story if you retreive the Masquerade or not, [[spoiler:she will either return to Loanne and marry Mikhail but only if he's in the final party or she will wander the earth]].
** In Ellen's story, she will either have dialogue with Julian or Sarah, regarding of who is on the party with the former playing similarly to Julian's non-bodyguard ending.
** In Monika's storyline, her ending will be the same as Julian's Noble ending [[spoiler:if he remains in her party for the rest of the game]] or she will convince her brother to delay her ArrangedMarriage.

* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'' has at least has two endings by characters depending on the actions the player made during the adventure.

* ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary - Horse Hall'' has five or six major endings to your year at wizard school.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has three entirely different campaigns, each with their own ending. In the first two, the PlayerCharacter is hailed as a hero and helps his/her chosen family, working hard to restore peace. In the third one [[spoiler: the Avatar becomes the King/Queen of the new Kingdom of Valla once the old one is sealed away, leading it to prosperity as the other two kingdoms also reach a golden age.]]

** "The Devil" is the main DownerEnding, in which [[spoiler: V sells out to [[EvilInc Arasaka]] and helps Hanako avenge her father. 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]].]]

** [[spoiler: Fire: You fulfil the prophecy and succeed Gwyn in burning in the Kiln.]]
** [[spoiler: Dark: You refuse to Link the Fire, instead leaving to become the Dark Lord, as several Primordial Serpents bow to you.]]
** 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.]]

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has two different endings based on what the player does after defeating the FinalBoss.
** The [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII second game]] repeats the pattern with two ending, one in which you claim the throne of want and one where you don't. Go through all the [=DLCs=] allows you to have a more satisfying ending for your character specifically, [[spoiler:with Vendrick giving you a cure to the Curse of Undeath]], although it doesn't affect the game itself.

*** Betrayal: The most unambiguously bad ending. You summon the Fire Keeper, [[spoiler:but instead of letting her take the fire, you kill her, and step on her head before sitting down by the fire alone]].

* 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.
** ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'' has three different endings based on what events you trigger during the game. The standard ending shows a black screen with the President talking to his aide over the events of the end of the game. The good ending shows an extended version of this with the President and his aide in the picture as they also discuss on what to do with the mole they sent. The best ending shows various artworks of the characters and what has happened to each one of them. After the credits here, [[spoiler:Eve and Aya visit the Museum of Natural History to see some exhibits when they see a mysterious figure near the doors behind them. It is presumed to be Kyle]].

* The first ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' and ''[[VideoGame/BaldursGateII Shadows of Amn]]'' only have one ending, but the second games expansion that concludes the story, ''[[VideoGame/BaldursGateIIThroneOfBhaal Throne of Bhaal]]'', has three main endings (Good God, Bad God, and Mortal) as well as side-endings for your various companions.

* The first ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' and ''[[VideoGame/BaldursGateII Shadows of Amn]]'' only have one ending, but the expansion to the second game that concludes the story has three main endings (Good God, Bad God, and Mortal) as well as side-endings for your various companions.

* 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. 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]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} IV'' has a "good" ending, an "evil" ending (which also has three distinct branches), and the first-ever GoldenEnding in a video game. The good ending involves changing Werdna's alignment and doing tasks for the Citadel, culminating in [[spoiler:him becoming a saint and [[WrittenByTheVictors Trebor coming to be reviled]]]]. The evil ending has Werdna [[spoiler:fight Kadorto and [[AGodAmI ascend to godhood]]]]; how this plays out depends on which of the three magic swords you bring to the FinalBoss. The GoldenEnding plays out similarly, except with an item that you only get from [[spoiler:going to the secret 11th floor of the dungeon and walking the [[UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}} Tree of Life]]]].

** [[GoldenEnding True Pacifist]] ending: Finish a neutral run, kill nothing, befriend Papyrus, Undyne, and Alphys, and complete the secret area opened after befriending Alphys. [[spoiler:Toriel stops the fight between you and Asgore, and all of your friends gather to try and take down the barrier. Flowey appears and steals both the human souls and every monster's soul to attain his true form: Asriel Dreemurr, the monster child who befriended the First Human. The human survives Asriel's attacks through sheer Determination and manages to rescue the souls of their friends and, eventually, Asriel himself. After coming to his senses, Asriel uses the power of the human and monster souls to destroy the barrier, finally allowing monsters to return to the surface.]] After clearing it, reloading the game leads to [[spoiler:Flowey appearing and telling you that everybody is happy on the surface, and the only thing left that can take back the happy ending is you resetting the game.]] At this point you can do a "True Reset", which totally wipes everyone's RippleEffectProofMemory.

** '''"Sunburn"''': This ending is achieved by creating a character with [[IdiotHero a very low intelligence score]] and insisting to the AI of the ''Hope'' that you can manually manage a [[FasterThanLightTravel skip-jump]] to Tartarus, against multiple warnings of the dangers involved. This ends with the ship flying into the sun, killing you, your crew, and all of the colonists still in stasis.

** The "Neutral" endings: Defeat the standard FinalBoss and the one following him. The human child escapes the underground, but the Monsters are still trapped there. Over a black background screen, Sans calls your phone and leaves you a message letting you know how things are going for the Monsters in the underground. The details of this phone call depends on a multitude of factors:
*** [[spoiler:Toriel Reigns: Befriend Sans and Papyrus, and do not kill any monsters. Toriel becomes the new queen of the Underground, disbands the Royal Guard, and institutes a new policy where humans are to be treated as friends rather than enemies. Even though the king's plan to destroy the barrier has failed and the human souls are gone, she works hard to keep spirits high. If you befriended Undyne, she'll join in to check up on you; the same goes for Alphys.]]
*** [[spoiler:Betrayed Undyne: Spare Toriel, kill fewer than ten monsters and/or Mettaton, but keep both Undyne and Papyrus alive. Toriel becomes the new queen of the Underground. Undyne is depressed over the loss of her job and home (and if Mettaton was the one killed, [[DrivenToSuicide the loss of Alphys]]), and now lives with Sans and Papyrus while working at Sans's illegal hot dog stand in Hotland. If you befriended Undyne but killed in Hotland, she harbors an intense hatred for you still.]]
*** [[spoiler:Toriel Exiled: Spare Toriel, kill at least ten monsters, Papyrus, and/or Undyne. Toriel becomes the new queen of the Underground and tries to institute a policy of accepting humans with open arms, but her policy is met with backlash and she is either usurped by Undyne (provided she's alive), or resigns and returns to the ruins. Sans and (if spared) Papyrus join her. If Papyrus is dead, Sans notes that Toriel says she'd like to see you again, and doesn't have the heart to tell her that her protection caused his brother to be killed.]]
*** [[spoiler:Undyne Reigns: Kill Toriel, spare Undyne. Undyne becomes the new queen of the underground and plans to restart the King's plan to collect human souls, destroy the barrier, and wage war with humanity. Sans notes that Toriel hasn't been heard from the other side of the door ever since. If Papyrus is alive, he appears to tell you that Undyne has appointed him to [[AuthorityInNameOnly "The Most Important Royal Position", which entails nothing but standing around and looking pretty]]. If Papyrus is dead however, Sans simply implies that he knows Toriel is dead, and warns you never to return.]]
*** [[spoiler:Mettaton Reigns: Kill Toriel and Undyne, spare Mettaton. Mettaton becomes the new king of the Underground, which he transforms into a [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]] {{Egopolis}}: statues of the robot king abound, the populace is indoctrinated by Mettaton's shows, dissidents vanish without a trace, and any human who falls through henceforth is allowed to join Mettaton's fan club for free. Alphys has vanished, heavily implied to have committed suicide offscreen. Mettaton has a statue built in her honor. If Papyrus is still alive, he and Sans and Mettaton's agents. Sans thinks this is ridiculous, but Papyrus thinks it's pretty cool.]]
*** [[spoiler:Papyrus "Reigns": Kill Toriel, Undyne, and Mettaton, spare Papyrus. In the absence of all other authority figures, Papyrus becomes the new king of the Underground (although Sans does most of his work). Things are slowly improving, and Papyrus institutes a new policy where all humans are given puzzles.]]
*** [[spoiler:An Annoying Dog Reigns: Kill all of the bosses, but do not kill any other monsters. Somehow, a small white dog becomes the new king of the underground. He sleeps and does nothing, but it works out. This is the only ending where Papyrus is dead but Sans doesn't react negatively towards you during the phone call.]]
*** [[spoiler:No Ruler: Kill all of the bosses and at least one other monster. No one takes the throne, and the underground continues to deteriorate as monsters believe they are doomed to die in their subterranean prison. If your killing spree was particularly large, Sans signs off with "see you in hell".]]
*** [[spoiler:Alphys Reigns: Play a "Genocide" run until you reach Hotland, then fail in that area (by sparing Muffet or the Royal Guards, or not depleting the random encounter count before facing Mettaton NEO). Alphys becomes the new queen of the Underground, inspired by Undyne the Undying's dying words. For her part in hiding the monsters away from the murderous human, she is elected ruler, although she is still anxious around people and regrets not killing you when she had the chance.]]
*** [[spoiler:Impossible Ending: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin This ending is impossible to get.]] In the event that you do get it, Sans suggests contacting the developer to fix the game or add another ending, then ends the call after calling you a "dirty hacker".]]
** [[GoldenEnding True Pacifist]] ending: Finish a neutral run, kill nothing, befriend Papyrus, Undyne, and Alphys, complete the secret area opened after befriending Alphys, and complete the following sequences: [[spoiler:Toriel stops the fight between you and Asgore, and all of your friends gather to try and take down the barrier. Flowey appears and steals both the human souls and every monster's soul to attain his true form: ''Asriel Dreemurr'', the monster child who befriended the First Human. The human survives Asriel's attacks through sheer Determination and manages to rescue the souls of their friends and, eventually, Asriel, himself. After coming to his senses, Asriel uses the power of the human and monster souls to destroy the barrier, finally allowing monsters to return to the surface.]] After clearing it, reloading the game leads to [[spoiler:Flowey appearing and telling you that everybody is happy on the surface, and the only thing left that can take back the happy ending is you resetting the game.]] At this point you can do a "True Reset", which totally wipes everyone's RippleEffectProofMemory.

** Hard Mode ending: [[spoiler:Name the fallen human "Frisk". The game ends after the first boss battle with Toriel, at which point the [[AuthorAvatar Annoying Dog]] appears and announces the end of Hard Mode, to Toriel's chagrin. Flowey appears afterward to taunt the player for being a "tryhard".]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' does the same as ''New Vegas.'' Your choices this time are the [[BadassArmy Brotherhood of Steel]], the [[ForScience Institute]], the [[UndergroundRailroad Railroad]], and the [[WeHelpTheHelpless Minutemen]]. [[spoiler:Three of the four endings involve the end of the Institute, and the Sole Survivor commenting on how their quest for stability had only just begun.]]

** Ending E: This ending can be obtained by losing to the final boss in any phase. [[spoiler:Mishra completes the ritual, but spares the party. The party is in despair over seeing Ariathale destroyed by Halcon. Afterwards, he has one final duel with Seth, telling the latter that the two of them are NotSoDifferent in sacrificing others for their "noble" goals, and accepts his death at Seth's hands out of guilt for what he did.]]

* ''VideoGame/StarStealingPrince'' has one bad and one good ending, depending on whether the player completed the BonusDungeon before taking on the final boss. The difference between the endings is ''very'' obvious. [[spoiler:In the good ending, everyone escapes on the ship and sets out for lands unknown. In the bad ending… Snowe's demon gets the better of him, and he kills everyone.]] ''Both'' endings are canon. The web novel sequel, ''Literature/EphemeralPrince'', is comprised of two parts: Fleeting, which follows the bad ending, and Permanence, which follows the good ending. [[spoiler:They're connected.]]

* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' has a good ending and a bad ending, with several different bonus cutscenes added to the bad ending depending on choices the player makes at the end of the game. [[spoiler:[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Armageddon]] [[YouCantFightFate happens in all of them]]]], but some cross the line from [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] into downright sadistic. Getting both endings and all the bad ending cutscenes is required to unlock the TrueEnding[=/=]DistantFinale.