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** '''[[GoldenEnding Truth]]''': With [[spoiler:Ryo and Shuuji saved from their otherwise unavoidable demise, the party of survivors, with some research on Shuuji and the professor's end, embarks onto a journey to get on the Sovereign Beast's good side, uncovering the truth behind the Master, who was revealed to be the dark evolved version of Fanglongmon possessed by his partner, an ancient human known as Haruchika and Miyuki and the professor's ancestor, driven mad by grief and hatred against his sister for presumably abandoning him. The party manages to obtain the power of all four sovereign beasts, defeat the Master, defeat Fanglongmon Ruin Mode, and dispels Haruchika's hatred with help from his sister Yukiha. Yukiha and Haruchika depart into the afterlife and Fanglongmon is restored back to normal. A year later, monsters show up in the real world and were dubbed "Digimon", and a child becomes partners with a [=DemiVeemon=].]]

** '''[[GoldenEnding Truth]]''': With [[spoiler:Ryo and Shuuji saved from their otherwise unavoidable demise, the party of survivors, with some research on Shuuji and the professor's end, embarks onto a journey to get on the Sovereign Beast's good side, uncovering the truth behind the Master, who was revealed to be the dark evolved version of Fanglongmon possessed by his partner, an ancient human known as Haruchika and Miyuki and the professor's ancestor, who was driven mad by grief and hatred against his sister for presumably abandoning him. The party manages to obtain the power of all four sovereign beasts, defeat the Master, defeat Fanglongmon Ruin Mode, and dispels Haruchika's hatred with help from his sister Yukiha. Yukiha and Haruchika depart into the afterlife and Fanglongmon is restored back to normal. A year later, monsters show up in the real world and were dubbed "Digimon", and a child becomes partners with a [=DemiVeemon=].]]

** '''Moral''': [[spoiler:After the heroes defeat The Master, it will revert back into its cleansed form and reveal that the reason behind its child sacrifices was to keep the parallel world from collapsing and to protect the Digimon that reside within it. The kids suggest that the sheer acknowledgement and belief of the people from Earth will keep the Digital World from collapsing. The humans head back home to spread the word of the Digital World, but their partners decide to stay in the Digital World as they deem that Earth may not be ready for them yet.]]

** '''[[GoldenEnding Truth]]''':

* When ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'' was translated, there were some changes to the game, even to the sprites themselves. The ending is included in the changes. When [[BigBad Giegue]] flees in the original Japanese version, [[spoiler:Ninten, Ana, and Loid turn around and stand there as the credits roll steadily behind them. Once "To Be Continued..." shows up, pressing a button makes the trio disappear]]. In the UpdatedRerelease ''MOTHER 1+2'', when Giegue flees, [[spoiler:an epilogue plays, showing: Ana reunited with her mother, who was abducted by Giegue; Teddy revealed to be okay and belting it out at the Live House; the kids in Youngtown reunited with their parents, who were also abducted; Ana returning to her house and telling Ninten and Loid that she'll never forget them; Loid being congratulated by the kids in Twinkle Elementary; Ninten coming home to be greeted by his family; Ana reading a letter given to her by Ninten; and Ninten taking a nap as all of the characters you've encountered in the game run by, ending with Ninten, Loid, Ana, and Teddy walking up and facing the screen. And then the credits roll, [[TheStinger ending with Ninten's dad calling on the phone.]]]]

** Ending 2: Stop the resets: [[spoiler: The Gamedec and Ken hang out in Ken's bar, though now there's a chance that people in the simulation can get KilledOffForReal.]]

** "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 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.

** In the "Path of Least Resistance" ending, 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 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.

* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' has three basic endings depending on your actions.
** '''Bad Ending''': [[spoiler:Omori performs a SplitPersonalityTakeover on Sunny, influencing him into jumping off the hospital's rooftop and plummeting to his death.]]
** '''Neutral Ending''': [[spoiler:Basil succumbs to his guilt over his role in covering up Mari's death and [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself]]. From there, Sunny can either kill himself as well, or move away with his problems unresolved.]]
** '''Good Ending''': [[spoiler:Sunny successfully purges Omori from his mind, then confesses the truth behind what happened to Mari to his friends. If you've kept up tending to Basil's garden, then TheStinger has both Sunny and Basil's Somethings disappear, reflecting them letting go of their trauma.]]

* MultipleEndings/ShinMegamiTensei
* MultipleEndings/{{Undertale}}

''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' has [[MultipleEndings/ShinMegamiTensei its own page]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has a wide range of endings, depending on the actions you take in the game.
** The "Neutral" endings: Defeat the standard FinalBoss. 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:
*** 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.
*** 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.
*** 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 he doesn't have the heart to tell her that her protection caused his brother to be killed.
*** 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.
*** 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 are Mettaton's agents. Sans thinks this is ridiculous, but Papyrus thinks it's pretty cool.
*** 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.
*** 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.
*** 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 "go to hell".
*** 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.
*** 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: Reload or restart after finishing 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.
** [[EarnYourBadEnding Genocide ending]]: Kill enemies until random encounters cease, and kill all the bosses as well. [[spoiler:After killing Asgore and Flowey, the First Human appears and, after talking to the player, kills them and destroys the world, crashing the game. When the game is started again, the world is literally destroyed; the title screen and even the game's menu bar are blank. The First Human offers to set things back to the way they were before the world's end, in exchange for the player's soul. Accepting this offer results in permanently tainting the True Pacifist ending and altering the Genocide ending further. [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment Consequences, consequences.]]]]
** Hard Mode ending: Name the fallen human [[spoiler:"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".
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*** [[spoiler:Control: Shepard merges their consciousness with the Reapers' hive mind to force them to stop their attack on Earth 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) to extinction. With a high-enough level of galactic readiness, Shepard can survive this outcome.]]
*** [[spoiler:Synthesis: Shepard triggers a merger between all organic and synthetic life in the galaxy.]]
*** [[spoiler:Refusal: Shepard chooses none of the above and allows the Reapers to continue their cleansing of all life in the galaxy. The next generation of organic life manages to destroy the Reapers, however, thanks to Liara's time capsules giving them the information they need.]]

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' has three choices for the ending (four in the extended cut) [[spoiler:which boils down to which decision you make at the very end of the game. There are variations of the original three endings, depending on the state of galactic readiness, with low levels of readiness causing damage to Earth, if not the outright destruction of all life in the galaxy.]]

* ''VideoGame/SweetHome'' has five endings. The ending you get is determined by how many members of your group are still alive at the end:

** '''Siding the the Board''': With rebellion against them crushed, the Board exert their power to essentially enslave the entire population of Halcyon. The original colonists on the ''Hope'' are jettisoned to make way for new workers, nearly all of the current colonists are ordered into stasis chambers and subsequently abandoned, and the settlements of Halcyon eventually became ghost towns (except for Byzantium, the Board's seat of power on Terra 2).

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* ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' had four endings for four parties. One could argue [[spoiler:nuclear winter, or starting a genocidal, technophobic, fascist regime]] are the bad endings, the other two [[spoiler:force their idea of a perfect society on the world]]. And then there's the hidden [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Dance Club]] ending, which you can reach by flushing a toilet in the final level while carrying a flag.

** [[KillEmAll Genocide]] [[EarnYourBadEnding ending]]: Kill enemies until random encounters cease, and kill all the bosses as well. [[spoiler:After killing Asgore and Flowey, the First Human appears and, after talking to the player, kills them and destroys the world, crashing the game. When the game is started again, the world is literally destroyed; the title screen and even the game's menu bar are blank. The First Human offers to set things back to the way they were before the world's end, in exchange for the player's soul. Accepting this offer results in permanently tainting the True Pacifist ending and altering the Genocide ending further. [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment Consequences, consequences.]]]]

* The French indie RPG ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' has three endings. [[spoiler:After you learn the true natures of [[OmnicidalManiac the Batter]] and his "[[KillEmAll sacred]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mission]]", you are given a LastSecondEndingChoice for two of the endings: you can either stick with the Batter and see his mission through to the end, or you can betray him, side with the Judge, and kill him to protect what's left. Getting a certain item will open up the third joke "Secret Ending," where Space Apes take over the purified world so that they can use it to fight brain monsters.]]

* ''VideoGame/PrayerOfTheFaithless'':
According to [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834397364 the developer's Steam guide]], there are four endings based on how "in-character" the player can make the protagonists act, which will grant them invisible "Resolve" points:

* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' has three basic endings depending on your actions,

** If Nima rescues Jess, the canister is crushed by the ''T. Rex’’. She, Jess and Jerry escape, and she laments losing the canister and the cash. But the cash is found on the boat and she’s able to help her daughter.

* Creator/NipponIchi games such as the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series and ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'', which also include a number of NonstandardGameOver endings as well. One of their earlier games, ''VideoGame/LaPucelleTactics'', gave most chapters ''within'' the story multiple endings, but only one final end. Well, unless you complete all the optional dungeons, which grants Prier a unique change of character… (And may be canon, considering her cameo in ''Disgaea''.)

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': Most sidequests have two different resolutions to them. For instance, there's a Dogged Nice Guy in Rippletide who's attempting to woo a woman who keeps shooting him down. You can either lose a Challenge/Provoke duel to him to have him prove he's actually the kind of strong man she's attracted to or Guide/Allure his mother over to him so she can berate him for being so pathetic in front of the entire town. The rewards are always the same, so it's entirely up to what you believe is the best solution.

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' has no less than four endings, three of which are bad, and two versions of the good one. (The second bad one is triggered by the best battle choice box in gaming history: Fight / Pass / Item / Armageddon.) In fact, half the individual chapters have multiple endings of their own, deciding the scenes in the best ending. Not to mention your character for the final chapter affects [[ShutUpHannibal other]] [[AWinnerIsYou details]]. It is basically a [[CombiningMecha gestalt]] of multiple endings.

** The Bad ending [[spoiler: gotten by either failing to keep your own bound from dying or becoming infected by the plague, involves the entire city being overrun by the plague and the army destroying everything within the town borders to contain the outbreak.]]