History MultipleEndings / VisualNovels

* ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' has three endings, and they are all {{Bad Ending}}s:

* ''VisualNovel/DraKoi'' has four endings: There's a good ending where you picked all the right options, a bad ending where you either failed to go on the date or made the wrong final choice but still complete the story, and then there are two bad endings that [[NoFinalBossForYou skip the final fight]]. Either you get killed or the dragon does, based on which of the fights you refused to step in and help out.

* ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'' has over ten different endings: a good ending and at least one bad ending for each [[YaoiGenre boyfriend]], with a SecretCharacter (two in the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita UpdatedRerelease) becoming available after you finish all the other routes. Notable for the bad endings being [[NightmareFuel absolutely]] [[FateWorseThanDeath horrible]].

** This is, however, subverted in Kagetsu Tohya. Very often they lead you to a situation that looks ''very'' much like it should be a Bad End, such as being eaten by a Jaguar in Arcueid's room (ItMakesSenseInContext... [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext wait, no it doesn't]]) or having your head pulled off. Yet these are actually all necessary parts of the continuing storyline. If you want to defeat your nightmare, Nanaya, you have to let him kill you a whole bunch. The next day simply starts like any other.

*** “Bad End: Wings of Hope”. [[spoiler:Choosing to kill Mikuri Will lead to Demonica cutting off Mikuri’s feet. Before Demonica can do anything to Hotarou, Megi (who appears to be a robot) shoots and kills Demonica. With everyone safe, Mikuri gives Hotarou the key to the underground tunnels and urges he and Tsuna leave the shelter.]]

** "Sacrifice" has [[spoiler:Morgan sacrifice herself to defeat Evelyn. Tara is devastated by her girlfriend's death, and goes home with Abigail and Madison, feeling jealous of the other two(and guilty about it), but hiding it. Madison feels guilty about Morgan's death, but Abigail reassures her that Tara doesn't blame her, and Madison makes an effort to bridge the gap between herself and Tara.]]

* ''VisualNovel/KaraNoShoujo'' has no real good ending and a lot of downer endings. There are only two or three endings that can really qualify as bittersweet... [[spoiler:and the true ending is not really one of them.]]

** The [[WhatCouldHaveBeen leaked beta]] is infamous for having endings where the characters die. In Shizune's endings the Bad End has [[spoiler:Shizune [[DeathByDespair dying]] of dehydration not long after Misha's suicide.]] In the Good End [[spoiler:Hisao inspires Shizune to move forward and live on. It ends with them talking about future baby names, particularly naming their kids [[DeadGuyJunior after Misha]].]] All two of Hanako's Bad Ends involve [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies Hisao]]]] dying while the Neutral End has [[spoiler:Hanako]] committing suicide. The Good End instead [[spoiler:revolves around Hanako dealing with her DarkAndTroubledPast. It ends on a happy note with implications of BabiesEverAfter]].

** '''Maki's Good Ending:''' [[spoiler:Harua has a fight with Maki, and then takes the laptop.]]

** ''last day of spring'' has 5 endings. Unlike ''one night, hot springs'', however, the first 4 are [[BadEnding Bad Endings]] of sorts which can be triggered from April 2nd to April 5th, with the last ending in April 6th being the GoldenEnding.

* ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'' had this. Besides the Hollywood ending, there are other endings. WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, aka Creator/JamesRolfe, got to the final choice screen in the game, but he ended up picking, "Gimme something different," and James Rolfe demands for another game and throws it. Taco Man, on the other hand, does not choose the chase scene, and instead picks a option that led to an ending that was never '''EVER''' selected in the Angry Video Game Nerd's review.

* The ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'' series, an [[FullMotionVideo interactive anime]] visual novel franchise by Sony initially released in 1998, had this trope as one of its big specialities. Each ''Yarudora'' game would sport ''lots'' of Endings, divided in 3 categories: Good (usually 3 to 5 ones), Normal (usually 3 to 5 ones too), and Bad (usually 17 to 20 ones; ''VisualNovel/YukiwariNoHana'' had '''32'''). This series, and its first game, ''VisualNovel/DoubleCast'', in particular (due not only to the interactive anime style and the numerous gruesome bad endings, but also because [[spoiler:''Double Cast'''s main heroine is ultimately revealed to have a {{Yandere}} SplitPersonality]], were so revolutionary at the time, they would become a primary inspiration for the creators of ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' cited above.

* ''VisualNovel/HerJentleHiness'' In Her Jentle Hi-ness there are a variety of different endings in the game, depending on your choices, ranging from good to bad to romance based, with each ending generally having two parts, the fate of the kingdom and Eorinas life, or lack thereof, after the ending.However, in some of the endings, they are intertwined.

* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' features 5 endings (technically 6, but one of them is just a NonStandardGameOver if you try to get the GoldenEnding too early), with an extra bad ending in the mobile port. Most of them are of the "Bad End" variety, featuring the player's untimely death. The "Safe" ending isn't really "good," but it explains certain plot points and is necessary for completion to get the True Ending. [[spoiler:They're ''all'' canon, as the game is being controlled by a little girl with the ability to ''see through time,'' and it was exploring multiple possibilities in order to determine the best route to ensure her survival nine years in the past.]]
** [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward The sequel]] has a whopping ''24 endings''. In order to facilitate easily exploring them, it uses a branching game pathway that allows you to go back to points where you make storyline-altering decisions and re-do them. [[spoiler:As in the first game, they're all canon, and the 'scene select' feature is an ability of the protagonist rather than a convenience for the player.]]
** [[VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma The third installment in the series]] has over ''30'' endings, with 7 "main" endings, 2 secret endings, and many more game overs. [[spoiler:Once again, all of the main endings are canon, and this time even some of the game overs are canon too!]]

** The full story involves the player going through loops, in which each version of Chapter II ends with its altered princess being taken by a mysterious entity and the knight protagonist returning to Chapter I with the new voice still in their head. Once enough loops have been made that the entity is fully empowered, the player is given various options for ending the story: [[spoiler:by ascending (or rather, returning) to godhood alongside her, keeping her and yourself trapped in the loops, slaying her once and for all, or convincing her that you should both live together as mortals]]. There are also some endings that can be achieved much earlier but only under specific circumstances: [[spoiler:slaying the princess before ever meeting the entity and accepting the reward of eternity in a void by yourself, and refusing to encounter the altered princess in Chapter II every time to keep the entity powerless]].

** The full story involves the player going through loops, in which each version of Chapter II ends with its altered princess being taken by a mysterious entity and the knight protagonist returning to Chapter I with the new voice still in their head. Once enough loops have been made that the entity is fully empowered, the player is given various options for ending the story, such as by ascending ([[spoiler:or rather, returning]]) to godhood alongside it, keeping it and yourself trapped forever, slaying it once and for all, or convincing it that you should both live together as mortals.

* ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess'' has multiple endings, depending on your choices. They tend to revolve around if you sided with the Narrator or the Princess, if your loyalty changed midway through meeting the Princess, and whether you tried to use the pristine blade or not. Most of the endings are cliffhangers, ending in the beginning of Chapter II [[spoiler: after telling you what new voice in your head and form of the princess you get in the next loop due to an EmpathicEnvironment]].

* ''VisualNovel/HerJentleHiness'' In Her Jentle Hi-ness there are a variety of different endings in this game, depending on your choices, ranging from good to bad to romance based, with each ending generally having two parts, the fate of the kingdom and Eorinas life, or lack thereof, after the ending.However, in some of the endings, they are intertwined.

* ''VisualNovel/HerJentleHiness'' In Her Jentle Hi-ness there are a variety of different endings in this game, depending on your choices, ranging from good to bad to romance based, each ending has generally two parts, the fate of the kingdom and Eorinas life, or lack thereof, after the ending. In some of the endings, however, they are intertwined.

* ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess'' has multiple endings, depending on your choices. They tend to revolve around if you sided with the Narrator or the Princess, if your loyalty changed midway through meeting the Princess, and whether you tried to use the pristine blade or not. Most of the endings are cliffhangers, ending in the beginning of Chapter II [[spoiler: after telling you what new voice in your head and form of the princess you get in the next loop due to an EmpatheticEnvironment]].

** ''VisualNovel/SweetPool'', made by the same company, has six endings, depending on how much you gave into your "instinct" or "reason". Notable for ''none'' of the endings being happy; the ''least'' depressing one has Youji [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] to save Tetsuo, and [[DidNotGetTheGirl even the "true end" is soul-crushingly sad.]]

** [[TrueEnding Good End]] ([[spoiler:Be nice to Strawberry, don't eat Strawbunny, and read Strawberry's diary after she ties you up]]): [[spoiler:Strawberry turns out to be NotEvilJustMisunderstood, and the protagonist stays with her in her bakery]].

** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has three different scenarios which branch out depending on several choices in the beginning of the story. The first route has a single True Ending, while the latter two have multiple endings that depend on your relationship with a specific character -- one route (UBW) has a Good End and a True End (both rather optimistic), while the other (HF) has a True End (positive) and a Normal End ([[TearJerker ungodly]] [[DownerEnding depressing]]). There are 40 numbered Bad Ends followed by a "Taiga Dojo" sequence that either gives advice to the player or admonishes you for getting a stupidly-obvious choice wrong. One dojo even criticizes the player for looking up the very specific steps needed to reach that dojo and purposely seeking it out. Each sequence gives a "stamp" which are collected to unlock extra bonus videos.
*** Oh, and also once you get every death stamp and every game ending, you unlock the continuation of the Fate Route ending, revealing it to be both a Good and True end ([[spoiler:Shirou [[TogetherInDeath reunites with]] Saber in Avalon, letting them [[DiedHappilyEverAfter be together for eternity]] in what amounts to FSN's version of heaven.]]) Certainly a step up for the first Fate ending.

*** Let's Think About This Later: [[spoiler:Manami is reluctant to ask Haru or Erika why they have been acting "weird" for the past few days, deciding to talk about "this nothing" the next day.]]

*** Let's Get Pancakes: [[spoiler:Manami tells Haru or Erika about the gift, unaware of why the latter's acting oddly towards the other lately. Manami then invites Tatsuya to have pancakes with them the next day.]]

*** Let's Talk Again Tomorrow: [[spoiler:While having breakfast with Haru, Manami tells her that Tatsuya would like to see her and Erika again. Manami then thinks of staying in for the rest of the day, unsure about her plans with Tatsuya later, telling him that she'll talk about it the next day.]]