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* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'', Sek Duat "kills off" Zhoom and the hero and takes the lamp, afterwards blasting the ceiling of the Cave of Wanders and causing a cave-in just in case they were to miraculously climb back up... only for the Dreamdust to take effect and switch places between the lamp and a rock causing him to think he had won.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' and its sequels potentially count as this since you can choose your character alignment and set up an evil even greater than the villains you face, becoming a brutal psycho who enjoys slavery and blackmails poor people, or even aiming to become the new lord of murder.

** Subverted at the end of the Crimson Flower route in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''. The Slithers/Agarthans achieve their goal of wiping out the remaining Nabateans and placing the world under human rule, thanks to Edelgard. But before they can fully enjoy their victory, they are taken out by Edelgard and her empire in a shadow war.

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' has a possible one. After the [[StartOfDarkness Medieval Chapter]], you can choose its protagonist Oersted, now known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Odio, as the final protagonist.]] Unlike with the rest of the characters, his version of this chapter is different in that you play as the [[MaouTheDemonKing Lord of Dark]] through all his incarnations in a inverted BossRush in where you kill the main characters of the rest of the chapters, ending with Odio and his incarnations as the true victors, and with him wandering alone through Lucrece, giving you the Sad End. Alternatively, if in Oersted's version one of the incarnations gets to critical HP, or Odio wins the final battle against the other protagonists (as Purity of Odio in the original; any of his forms outside the BossRush in the remake) Odio can trigger Armageddon, ultimately ending all existence, and getting the Armageddon ending. Neither of these is a NonstandardGameOver, both are actual endings. Did we mention the rest of the game [[TearJerker probably had made you cry many times before?]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Second Chapter'': Second Chapter's whole story is about preventing the NebulousEvilOrganisation Ouroboros from getting a wish-granting device called the Aureole. And while the BigBad of that game does indeed get killed, Campanella makes off with the Aureole, and the events of the 3rd game are JustAsPlanned by them. This is revealed in depth within Star Door 14 in ''3rd''.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' is a prequel to the rest of the series, with the antagonist being the ancient god Demise. While the game ends with him defeated, he curses Link and Zelda to constantly be faced with an incarnation of his hatred, which will be the evil Ganon. Because of Demise's curse, there will always have to be a Link and Zelda to fight the evil, which will always cause catastrophe for Hyrule before being defeated.

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' has a possible one. After the [[StartOfDarkness Medieval Chapter]], you can choose its protagonist Oersted, now known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Odio, as the final protagonist.]] Unlike with the rest of the characters, his version of this chapter is different in that you play as the [[MaouTheDemonKing Lord of Dark]] through all his incarnations in a inverted BossRush in where you kill the main characters of the rest of the chapters, ending with Odio and his incarnations as the true victors, and with him wandering alone through Lucrece, giving you the Sad End. Alternatively, if in Oersted's version one of the incarnations gets to critical HP, or Odio wins the final battle against the other protagonists (as Purity of Odio in thr original; any of his forms outside the BossRush in the remake) Odio can trigger Armageddon, ultimately ending all existence, and getting the Armageddon ending. Neither of these is a NonstandardGameOver, both are actual endings. Did we mention the rest of the game [[TearJerker probably had made you cry many times before?]]

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' has a possible one. After the [[StartOfDarkness Medieval Chapter]], you can choose its protagonist Oersted, now known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Odio, as the final protagonist.]] Unlike with the rest of the characters, his version of this chapter is different in that you play as the Demon King through all his incarnations in a inverted BossRush in where you kill the main characters of the rest of the chapters, ending with Odio and his incarnations as the true victors, and with him wandering alone through Lucrece, giving you the Sad End. Alternatively, if one of the incarnations gets to critical HP, Odio can trigger Armageddon, ultimately ending all existence, and getting the Armageddon ending. Neither of these is a NonstandardGameOver, both are actual endings. Did we mention the rest of the game [[TearJerker probably had made you cry many times before?]]

* ''VisualNovel/ExtraCaseMyGirlfriendsSecrets'': In the tenth and final ending, Nya restores Marty's memories of all the previous loops, all [[ForTheEvulz for their own amusement]]. The trauma turns Marty into a {{Yandere}} who will do anything to protect Sally's secrets.

** The returning {{Big Bad}}s forming Team Rainbow Rocket in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' all come from universes where their respective games' protagonist(s) never existed, allowing them to succeed in their goals, which run the gamut from [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], [[InTheirOwnImage remaking it]], or [[OmnicidalManiac flat-out murdering everyone in it]].

** After the player defeats the last boss in Chapter 5 of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', Sigurd and his army are escorted to the castle to be met by the entire army being betrayed by the person who everyone thought of as a friend. Sigurd himself is executed by Lord Arvis and the army scatters to the wind, with the surviving units living out the rest of the lives in hiding or dying from one cause or another. In the 17 years following the massacre, the various countries that the group helped liberate from cruel rulers have become oppressive empires and the citizens are essentially slaves. Chapter 6 begins with Sigurd's son leading a liberation army comprised of children from the men and women who fought in Sigurd's army. It's a partial example because the player eventually wins in the end; it just takes nearly two decades before the protagonists can fix everything. As for Arvis, he may have been the winner of the end of Gen 1, but by the time Gen 2 rolls around, he's started to wish he hadn't.

* Losing in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'' has Luigi, trapped in a painting along with Mario, Princess Peach, the Toads, and even Professor E. Gadd. Yes even the benevolent professor is trapped meaning he and Luigi can't save anyone anymore. And King Boo turns to the player and chuckles with eerie background music, before fading to black and the "Good Night!" text appears. It's probably one of the bleakest game over cutscenes and screens in ''Mario'' history.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'': This is the main idea behind the "Fell Xenolouge" [[DownloadableContent DLC]], as it takes place in an alternate reality where Sombron wins, has [[EverybodyDiesEnding killed everyone who is playable in the base game]] (with the exception of Mauvier, but even then, he dies later), and is responsible for creating a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]]. Although Sombron does eventually die thanks to [[DeadAlternateCounterpart alternate Alear]] pulling a HeroicSacrifice, by then, he has already done pretty much everything that he wanted to.

* In-universe, prior to the beginning of the ''MegaManZero'' series, Dr. Weil instigates what is described in-universe as the most destructive war in recorded history, and was banished from the only known surviving human civilization after the war's resolution. In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'', Dr. Weil returns from exile as part of a hidden plan to gain control of Neo Arcadia. To aid in this plan, he resurrects Copy X, the former ruler of Neo Arcadia (killed in the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZero1'' game), and installs him as a puppet ruler, with the bad ol' Doctor as Copy X's "advisor" Approximately half way into the game, Zero fights Copy X again, with the exact same results as [[VideoGame/MegaManZero1 the first time they fought]]. As the revived Copy X tried to access his Armed Phenomenon form, a fail-safe that Dr. Weil secretly installed activated, which took out Copy X. Almost immediately after, Dr. Weil invokes Article 8 to become the undisputed Dictator of Neo Arcadia. Even after the defeat of Omega and the escape of the Mother Elf, Dr. Weil still remains in power, something even the Original X notes before he fades away into Cyberspace.

* ''VideoGame/ElohimEternalTheBabelCode'': In the ending, the Kosmokraters destroy the Transmigrator much of Idin, thus removing any means to locate them and hold them accountable. In TheStinger, the Kenoman soldiers defeat Beyoz and kidnap Ruthia in.

** Many of these games, such as ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', ''VideoGame/PacMan'' and ''VideoGame/DigDug'', had a KillScreen which was impossible to beat and thus the bad guy would win there.order to punish Anne for defecting.

** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', if you lose the first round against Kronika in Story Mode, she succeeds in setting off a TimeCrash and rewinds history back to the dawn of time. While Liu Kang can still beat her at this point, the fact that his friends and loved ones are all RetGone makes it a PyrrhicVictory. Played even straighter in ''Aftermath'', as one of the two endings for that story mode lets you play as Shang Tsung as he wipes out his last remaining competition for the Crown, seizes the Hourglass and defeats his longtime nemesis Liu Kang, who set Shang's position up to take him down only for it to backfire horribly if the player wills it.

* In-universe, prior to the beginning of the ''MegaManZero'' series, Dr. Weil instigates what is described in-universe as the most destructive war in recorded history, and was banished from the only known surviving human civilization after the war's resolution. In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'', Dr. Weil returns from exile as part of a hidden plan to gain control of Neo Arcadia. To aid in this plan, he resurrects Copy X, the former ruler of Neo Arcadia (killed in the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZero1'' game), and installs him as a puppet ruler, with the bad ol' Doctor as Copy X's "advisor" Approximately half way into the game, Zero fights Copy X again, with the exact same results as [[MegaManZero1 the first time they fought]]. As the revived Copy X tried to access his Armed Phenomenon form, a fail-safe that Dr. Weil secretly installed activated, which took out Copy X. Almost immediately after, Dr. Weil invokes Article 8 to become the undisputed Dictator of Neo Arcadia. Even after the defeat of Omega and the escape of the Mother Elf, Dr. Weil still remains in power, something even the Original X notes before he fades away into Cyberspace.

* In-universe, prior to the beginning of the ''MegaManZero'' series, Dr. Weil instigates what is described in-universe as the most destructive war in recorded history, and was banished from the only known surviving human civilization after the war's resolution. In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'', Dr. Weil returns from exile as part of a hidden plan to gain control of Neo Arcadia. To aid in this plan, he resurrects Copy X, the former ruler of Neo Arcadia (killed in the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' game), and installs him as a puppet ruler, with the bad ol' Doctor as Copy X's "advisor" Approximately half way into the game, Zero fights Copy X again, with the exact same results as [[MegaManZero the first time they fought]]. As the revived Copy X tried to access his Armed Phenomenon form, a fail-safe that Dr. Weil secretly installed activated, which took out Copy X. Almost immediately after, Dr. Weil invokes Article 8 to become the undisputed Dictator of Neo Arcadia. Even after the defeat of Omega and the escape of the Mother Elf, Dr. Weil still remains in power, something even the Original X notes before he fades away into Cyberspace.

* In-universe, prior to the beginning of the ''MegaManZero'' series, Dr. Weil instigates what is described in-universe as the most destructive war in recorded history, and was banished from the only known surviving human civilization after the war's resolution. In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'', Dr. Weil returns from exile as part of a hidden plan to gain control of Neo Arcadia. To aid in this plan, he resurrects Copy X, the former ruler of Neo Arcadia (killed in the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' game), and installs him as a puppet ruler, with the bad ol' Doctor as Copy X's "advisor" Approximately half way into the game, Zero fights Copy X again, with the exact same results as [[''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' the first time they fought]]. As the revived Copy X tried to access his Armed Phenomenon form, a fail-safe that Dr. Weil secretly installed activated, which took out Copy X. Almost immediately after, Dr. Weil invokes Article 8 to become the undisputed Dictator of Neo Arcadia. Even after the defeat of Omega and the escape of the Mother Elf, Dr. Weil still remains in power, something even the Original X notes before he fades away into Cyberspace.

* In-universe, prior to the beginning of the ''MegaManZero'' series, Dr. Weil instigates what is described in-universe as the most destructive war in recorded history, and was banished from the only known surviving human civilization after the war's resolution. In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'', Dr. Weil returns from exile as part of a hidden plan to gain control of Neo Arcadia. To aid in this plan, he resurrects Copy X, the former ruler of Neo Arcadia (killed in the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' game), and installs him as a puppet ruler, with the bad ol' Doctor as Copy X's "advisor" Approximately half way into the game, Zero fights Copy X again, with the exact same results as the first time they fought. As the revived Copy X tried to access his Armed Phenomenon form, a fail-safe that Dr. Weil secretly installed activated, which took out Copy X. Almost immediately after, Dr. Weil invokes Article 8 to become the undisputed Dictator of Neo Arcadia. Even after the defeat of Omega and the escape of the Mother Elf, Dr. Weil still remains in power, something even the Original X notes before he fades away into Cyberspace.