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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A level that consists entirely of a]] BossBattle. Usually, this is done for plot reasons, even in games [[ExcusePlot which don't have much.]] A ClimaxBoss and especially the FinalBoss are more likely to have these.

* At the end of each world in ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'', there is a "Finale" scene which consists of the world's boss battle and nothing else.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': The Spirit Temple consists of just an arena where you fight the Seized Construct. Granted, reaching the Spirit Temple in the first place involves solving a plethora of puzzles in the Construct Factory and then travelling from there to the Spirit Temple, all of which is about as involved a proper dungeon even if it's not clearly demarcated as such.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': Almost every Elder Dragon in the series is fought in one of these. Those places are always unavailable otherwise. In the case of the Underwater Ruins in ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri 3 Ultimate]]'', the lair of Ceadeus, it's also the battlefield to fight [[spoiler:Gold Ceadeus]] and [[spoiler:Abyssal Lagiacrus]], both in G Rank. In the event that you fight an Elder Dragon outside of a specialized map (usually the case with the likes of Teostra, Valstrax or Nergigante, just to name a few), most small monsters will leave the map. Certain extremely powerful regular monsters (like Shen Gaoren, Akantor or Ahtal-Ka, most Rare Species of other monsters, etc.) have each a specialized secluded area as well.

When taken to extremes this leads to a BossGame, where ''every'' level is a Boss-Only Level. Compare BossBonanza, which is a level devoted to ''several'' bosses. See also BattleshipRaid.

* The final level of ''New Film/GhostbustersII'' consists entirely of the fight against Vigo, preceded by a brief segment.

* In the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'', there are some boss-only areas, namely the Sky Temple in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' and the Leviathan Seed regions in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption''. These are a first for the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series, as the bosses often reside at the end (or central part) of large zones.

* Both ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' games. The first ends with "The Hall of the Epiphany", which counts by way of the only other enemies being [[BossRush the enemies that acted as bosses previously]]. ''Blood II'' has both Bloody Gideon at the end of Chapter 3, and then the second and third levels of Chapter 4, which consist solely of battles with respectively evil versions of the other Chosen and then the Ancient One.

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'':
** The endings of episodes 2 and 3, respectively Tower of Babel (a fight against the Cyberdemon) and Dis (Spider Mastermind), at least on lower difficulties (higher ones add a couple Lost Souls to the former and Cacodemons and a Baron of Hell to the latter).

* ''VideoGame/XenaWarriorPrincess'' have at least three levels which is just a lengthy boss fight. The fourth stage have her getting ambushed by a {{Cyclops}} as soon as she arrived at the Isle of Kronos, where she must find a way up the cyclops' hill while avoiding flung rocks and battle the cyclops at it's top. When she arrives in hell, Xena is immediately greeted by hell's keeper, Dyzan the dragon, whose battle takes up another whole stage. And finally there's the final level in Mount Olympus, where Xena faces the main villain, Kalabrax, a SequentialBoss who first throws two low-level cultists, then fights Xena directly, before turning OneWingedAngel.

* The bosses' levels in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon|1}}'' and ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''. As soon as you arrive to one, you're only a few meters apart from the battlefield.

* In ''VideoGame/RedFactionII'', [[BigBad Molov]] has the final level to himself.

* ''VideoGame/{{ULTRAKILL}}'': With the exception of some light platforming or exploration elements, the final level of each [[CirclesOfHell Circle of Hell]] consists only of a fight with that level's boss. This is also the case for [[BrutalBonusLevel the first Prime Sanctum]]. [[spoiler:The only exceptions to the rule so far is 4-4, where V1 takes on a handful of Husks and a Malicious Face after taking care of [[MirrorBoss V2]] [[KilledOffForReal for good]], and P-2 which [[SubvertedTrope starts off as a walk to the boss but then throws the toughest enemy gauntlet the player has faced so far]] - as it tursn out, Hell ''really'' doesn't want you reaching that particular prisoner]].]]

* ''VideoGame/{{ULTRAKILL}}'': With the exception of some light platforming or exploration elements, the final level of each [[CirclesOfHell Circle of Hell]] consists only of a fight with that level's boss. This is also the case for [[BrutalBonusLevel the first Prime Sanctum]]. [[spoiler:The only exceptions to the rule so far is 4-4, where V1 takes on a handful of Husks and a Malicious Face after taking care of [[MirrorBoss V2]] [[KilledOffForReal for good, and P-2 which starts off as a walk to the boss but then throws the toughest enemy gauntlet the player has faced so far.]].]]

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionSeries'':

* ''VideoGame/{{ULTRAKILL}}'': With the exception of some light platforming or exploration elements, the final level of each [[CirclesOfHell Circle of Hell]] consists only of a fight with that level's boss. This is also the case for [[BrutalBonusLevel Prime Sanctums]]. [[spoiler:The only exception to the rule so far is 4-4, where V1 takes on a handful of Husks and a Malicious Face after taking care of [[MirrorBoss V2]] [[KilledOffForReal for good]].]]

''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'': The final stage is just a FinalBossNewDimension showdown with Giga Skullmageddon, [[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity conveniently preceded by a cache of power-ups]].

* Mission 6 in ''VideoGame/{{Contra}} Shattered Soldier'' is entirely a SequentialBoss fight, and Mission 7 is the TrueFinalBoss.