10 Intense Video Game Endings That Blew Us Away

10. Dead Space

Dead Space is one of the most blisteringly intense survival horror games of all time, offering up a finale which reveals that protagonist Isaac's girlfriend Nicole has been dead the entire time, just before you're forced to face off against the game's grotesque final boss, the colossal beast known as the Hive Mind.

But even once you fell the monster at the end of a frantic boss battle, the game tees up one final sting in the dramatic tail for good measure.

After Isaac makes his hasty escape, he listens to one of Nicole's final video messages before suddenly being attacked by a hallucination of her.

Though jump scares have a tendency to be cheap and lazy, this perfectly-placed jolt brought Dead Space to a fittingly enervating conclusion, ensuring players who let their guard down - that is, everyone - were left thoroughly terrified.