5 Mind-Bending Games With the Most Unexpected Ending, Ranked
An unexpected ending is one of the most attractive parts of any game, and the gaming world has multiple games to leave you in shock after you are done.
- Unexpected endings often reveal facts that the entire storyline never even hinted at.
- The gaming world has multiple examples of games with the most twisted endings.
- Whether it's Silent Hill 2 or Bioshock, players are surely left speechless after they are done with these games.
If you are a devoted gamer, nothing will feel more satisfying than a sudden and unexpected twist at the end of a title. As players keep progressing through a game’s storyline, they start assuming what can be the climax of the game. If the actual climax matches their thoughts, that’s great, but if there’s a twist that they never thought of happening, it inclines the thrill of the game.
Not necessarily do these twists need to bend the game toward a tragic ending, but good endings also count. Throughout these years, the gaming world has witnessed multiple similar examples, but not all of them can be categorized as mind-blowing endings. So, we have listed the top five games with the most unexpected endings.
1. Borderlands
If you’re an action-adventure game fan, you must have heard about Borderlands. This is one of the most popular FPS games released in 2009. While the game from the very beginning hinted at a vault that is rich in alien technology and other priceless things, the ending took a turn that no one estimated coming.
The story revolves around a group of four Vault Hunters who smash zombies, fight enemies, and tackle the wildlife of the planet to look for the vault. However, as the story approaches the end and finally, players finally break into the vault left behind by an ancient alien race, the Eridians, they discover it’s not at all a vault, but a prison where a giant monster with tentacles called The Destroyer awaits them.
This is the most unexpected ending that players have ever imagined to get while progressing through the story.
2. The Last Of Us Part 1
The Last of Us Part 1 is undoubtedly one of the finest action-adventure games developed by Naughty Dog. Though this game was a remake of the 2013 game and featured a revised experience, the plot twist won the hearts of the fans almost instantly.
The story of the game entirely focuses on the journey of a young girl, Ellie, and Joel, a middle-aged man who’s escorting her to the Fireflies, who need Ellie to get a cure for the cordyceps infection. Initially, the leader confirms they only use Ellie’s immunity to make the antidote to save humanity, but after Joel hands over Ellie to them, he, along with the players, gets to know that Ellie will be killed in this process.
It was a massive shock and one of the most unexpected endings that players would receive, and it completely justifies Joel’s brutal kills after that to save Ellie from death.
3. Bioshock
2K’s 2007 first-person shooter Bioshock is one of the most unforgettable experiences for those who have played the game. Considering this game has multiple endings, it is understandable that you have probably missed the twisted one, where the game reveals one of the shocking truths about the game’s protagonist.
In the end, players will get to know that their character is basically the son of the primary antagonist of the game, and they can be hypnotized by the phrase “Would you kindly.” So, the next shock will come when the game tells them that the companion who has been guiding them through the radio was actually controlling their action by saying that phrase the entire time.
4. Dead Space
Dead Space is one of those games that has an equally well-made remake version released in recent years. Since this game was released in 2008, it has taken the scientific horror franchise to a new height. If you have played the game, you are already aware of the setting of the game, where the terrifying Necromorphs await every step to kill players.
From the beginning, the story focuses on the adventures of the starship engineer Isaac Clarke, who set on this deadly journey to find his girlfriend Nicole. The game is full of unfathomable levels of violence and trauma, only to prepare players for a final shock where it reveals that Nicole, whom players have encountered throughout the journey, is only a hallucination, and she died before the players arrived here. It was a completely unexpected ending to this game.
5. Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 is originally a 2001 game, but the 2024 remake is just as good as the original. Whether you have played the OG version or you have been playing the remake version, the storyline of this game will surely impress you, with a massive plot twist that will leave you spellbound.
This game has multiple endings, and among them, one is the Bliss ending, which is the most shocking one. While throughout the journey, James Sunderland is portrayed as a loving husband looking for his wife Mary in the zombie-filled Silent Hill city, at the end a videotape reveals that it was James who killed Mary, and all zombies and undead monsters are only the manifestations of his own guilt that he was fighting throughout the game.
This twist is so unexpected that it would take some time to believe after you have played the game to that point with a completely different idea.
These are some of the mind-blowing games that will give you a massive shock at the end of it and alter the entire thought process. These unexpected endings have made these games more remarkable than they would be without them.
