8 Video Game Ending Fates Worse Than Death

8. Myst - Being Trapped In A Book Forever

Of the three possible endings to Myst, two of them end with you getting stranded forever inside a book. Which book you end up stuck in, however, is up to you.

In the end you can choose to favor Atrus, the author of the books you’ve met along the way who is trapped in the green book, or one of his sons: Sirrus or Achenar, both of whom suspiciously tried to convince you that Atrus was dead and to please not touch the green book.

The better of the two possibilities occurs when you make a mistake, choosing to go to Atrus without a way to go back or free either yourself or him. It’s a stupid move and it’s a bad outcome to find yourself trapped forever, but at least you would have company in a very angry author.

Should you mess up catastrophically badly though, you will be imprisoned forever alone inside the prison book - having allowed one of the horrible sons of Atrus to be free in your place. This is arguably the worst ending, in that not only have you let one of the baddies walk free but you’ve also condemned yourself to lonely imprisonment.