10 Worst Possible Alternative Video Game Endings

10. Dark Souls III - Betrayal

Dark Souls 3 has several possible endings. You can choose to usurp the fire entirely, embrace the hollowing curse, or marry and then promptly murder your wife and take your place as the Hollow Lord. Although this all sounds pretty grim, it isn’t actually the worst possible ending you can reap in Dark Souls 3.

That involves a betrayal far more unexpected, and spontaneous.

All throughout the game, Firelink Shrine’s Firekeeper has been your light in the darkness. She is blind, but if you collect the Eyes of a Fire Keeper and gift her them, she fearfully explains that this means setting off on a path of betrayal together, to create a world without flame. She makes completely sure that this is what you want, before the two of you meet once more at the kiln of the first flame, after defeating the final boss.

Obediently, the Firekeeper begins to take the first flame, fulfilling your wishes for a world without fire. As the fire is fading and darkness creeps in, you can kill her!

She’ll collapse, still clutching the precious flame. Unceremoniously, the chosen undead will stamp on her head and steal the flame from her dying grasp.

The ending is reminiscent of one of Demon’s Souls’. It is unspeakably cruel, and by far the worst way you could choose for your adventure’s conclusion.