It’s nothing new to see video games with multiple endings, providing gamers some serious replay value and giving us more bang for our buck. While some titles are linear with clear-cut choices to reach a specific ending, others are very complex, with players needing to complete very specific tasks to get a certain finale. Some titles hide certain endings within the campaign, making it nearly impossible to know they’re available in the first place.

Below, we’re looking at some titles with hidden or alternate endings you might have never known about. We’ll continue to update this article with titles you may not have known about. This list is not ranked in any particular order.

Warning: Spoilers ahead!

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#10 Far Cry 4 – Wait For Pagan Min

PC | Xbox | PlayStation

The Far Cry franchise tends to feature a lunatic-style antagonist. Far Cry 4 featured Pagan Min, a tyrannical leader that has strong control over the fictional Himalayan country of Kyrat. Players take the role of Ajay Ghale, a young man who finds himself back in his home country of Kyrat in order to spread the ashes of his deceased mother. Early into the game, you’re brought face-to-face with Pagan Min where you’re invited over for dinner.

It’s during this point that Pagan Min steps out of the room and leaves Ajay alone. Most players would take this opportunity to leave the room and escape. However, if you wait for a little over ten minutes, Pagan returns and reveals just how you two are connected following with spreading your mother’s ashes. This ends with a helicopter ride where the game fades to an end and the credits start to roll.

#9 Firewatch – Opt To Stay Ending

PC | Xbox | PlayStation | Nintendo

Firewatch is a fantastic little indie game that is part walking simulator and part adventure title. Players take the role of a new forest fire lookout named Henry during the 1980s in Wyoming. This narrative journey doesn’t take very long to complete, but chances are you’ll end up exploring the environment a bit before completing the various objectives that pop up during your adventure. The actual game focuses on Henry and the reason behind his newfound job.

Set in a time before cell phones, this is a lonely job where Henry’s only contact is a woman named Delilah, another fire lookout nearby. Speaking to each other via walkie-talkie, Henry’s past is uncovered along with some oddities that occur within the forest. Towards the end of the game, Henry is on a run to reach an escape helicopter while fire spreads across the land. If players decide to look at the environment one last time, the helicopter will have no choice but to leave you, which means Henry is left to die in the flames.

#8 Batman: Arkham City – Catwoman Ending

PC | Xbox

The Batman: Arkham series has been well received over the years. Batman: Arkham City, the second game to release after the initial Batman: Arkham Asylum, introduces a DLC that puts players into the role of Catwoman, It’s during this DLC that players will find themselves taking part in a heist. During your thievery, Dr. Hugo Strange captures Batman and traps him within a mass of debris. It’s ideal for gamers to drop the jewels and lend a hand to rescue our favorite Dark Knight–but it’s up to you. Players can end the game early by fleeing the scene with the jewels, leaving Batman in mortal peril.

#7 Silent Hill Series – UFO Endings

The beloved survival horror franchise Silent Hill often sees players left in a town called Silent Hill while forcing them to fight off demonic and supernatural beasts while unraveling a deep narrative. There are plenty of installments available to enjoy today and nearly all of them have several different endings to unlock. These endings can be difficult to get without seeking help as you’ll have to complete very specific objectives or acquire particular items to uncover them. However, one of the more interesting endings that was hidden away in most entries is the UFO ending, which essentially wraps up the game early and ends with being taken by an alien race or being killed. There’s also even a dog ending in Silent Hill 2 in which the entire narrative was being controlled by a common house pet.

#6 Cave Story – Good Ending

PC | Nintendo

Plenty of video games have endings that are complex to unlock. In order to obtain the Good ending in Cave Story, players are ordered to do a wide range of very specific things such as leaving Professor Booster after he falls in plain view, obtaining an upgraded jetpack, locating an item known as the Tow Rope, fighting off a boss, going through previously locked doors, and so on. The checklist is long and players will need to follow it closely. This ending took some gamers a long time to uncover just to receive a happier finale.

#5 Far Cry 5 – Leave Joseph Seed

PC | Xbox | PlayStation

Just like our Far Cry 4 entry, Far Cry 5 has another quick ending you can obtain just a few minutes into the game. Unlike Far Cry 4, Far Cry 5 is set in a fictional region of the United States being ruled by a religious leader. With the locale under the zealot’s complete control and no real means of being able to escape or ask for help, players are essentially at the end of their rope. Early into the game, you’ll be face-to-face with the leading main antagonist named The Father, otherwise known as Joseph Seed. It’s up to you to arrest him.

However, the arrest itself is actually optional. If you refuse to arrest Joseph Seed–which is essentially not pressing the trigger prompt–you’ll end up walking out the door, leaving him to resume control over the county while the credits roll. Unlike Far Cry 4 which features a more narrative-heavy end to the player’s journey, the fifth installment’s ending is much more sudden.

#4 Chrono Trigger – Developer Room

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Chrono Cross is a beloved JRPG with plenty of endings to discover. If you want to meet the developers of the game in sprite form, you’ll have to achieve the Programmer’s Ending–the most difficult ending to snag. Before challenging Lavos, your save file should read ‘The Millenial Fair.’

There are two ways to get this ending, both requiring defeating Lavos in the hardest ways possible. Players can either beat him at the first Ocean Palace fight before Crono dies or at the very beginning of the game.

This room contains various sprites of the developers who created the game where you’ll receive a message of congratulations for beating the game. They also call you a new member of the Dream Team.

#3 The Matrix: Path of Neo – Blue Pill

You’ve likely seen The Matrix by now–after all, it’s over two decades old. The film’s use of CG was the talk of the town back at the turn of the millennium, and understandably, it spawned a few video game titles. One of these was The Matrix: Path of Neo, in which players take the role of Neo and go through a variety of important moments from the films. One of those moments was when Morpheus presents Neo with the red and blue pill.

If players accept the red pill, they’ll progress in the game. However, if the blue pill is selected, they’ll wake up and forget everything that had happened to that point. This takes the player right back to the menu where they can start back over and choose the red pill. (You’ll need to do it eventually.)

#2 The Evil Within – Ruvik Brain

PC | Xbox | PlayStation

If you have the DLC for The Evil Within, you can get a quick ending. This survival horror title has plenty of enthralling moments which give you a reason to progress quickly. However, if you have made it to Chapter 4: “A Ghost is Born,” you can meet up with Ruvik’s brain located in the S.T.E.M. machine above the mental hospital. All you have to do is shoot at the brain which will end the game. This will also give players an achievement known as Stick to the Script.

#1 We Happy Few – Take the Joy

PC | Xbox | PlayStation

We Happy Few paints a picture of a bleak dystopian world where civilians are blinded by all things bad through the use of a government-ordered drug. Hindered from their view of the real world, players take control of protagonists that opt out and can fully see the world around them for what it is as they attempt to blend in while completing various objectives. Just like the Far Cry series, there is a hidden early ending available.

When you take on the role of Arthur at the start of the game, you’ll have the option to take your Joy pill. Normally, players will opt out so they can progress in the game–however, you can also choose to take the pill. This will end the game, but at least you’ll be happy.

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Bonus

Blair Witch

PC | Xbox | PlayStation | Nintendo

The Blair Witch game may not have had the most successful release in the market, but those who did pick up the obscure title discovered a few different endings during their haunting playthroughs. Two particular endings were a bit more secret than the others. Each end had a specific set of guidelines players would need to adhere to for them to be unlocked. Likewise, these endings help flesh out some of the character’s fates. We have a guide right here that you can follow to unlock not only the two secret endings, but the good and bad endings as well.