8 Video Game Characters Hiding Terrible Secrets

8. Pam - Stardew Valley

When first loading up Stardew Valley and seeing how offensively cute the aesthetics are, you might immediately write this game off as being a sickeningly charming and relaxed affair. And for the most part, you'd be right, seeing as the general day-to-day gameplay centers around crop growing, house maintenance, and building relationships within the local community.

However, it's in this last aspect where the friendly facade of the title drops slightly, as it turns out that some of these locals have some really dark, depressing, and quite dangerous secrets. Across your time you'll meet characters displaying clear signs of PTSD, depression and in the case of Pam, mother of fellow resident Penny, she's a raging alcoholic.

Every single night, the player can find her in the local bar boozing away her problems, and while it might not become apparent at first, Pam is clearly hurting a lot inside. Her home is in a state of disrepair, her job as a bus driver doesn't seem that rewarding, and even when the player maxes out their relationship with Pam, she reveals she's not been able to control her drinking.

However, the really dark sting to this story, is that beer, mead, and other alcoholic gifts are one of the quickest ways to gain favor with her, meaning that you might have accidentally enabled her drinking in order to max out her relationship meter!