Sad, funny, existential, and mind-bending, they launch the emotional gamut.
Here, we take a look at the very best ones.
The entire appeal of this game is discovering its metafictional surprises for yourself, so tread carefully, newcomers!
Shocked, frozen solid, Stanley found himself unable to move for the longest time.
And Stanley… was happy.
It promises to be what it says on the tin: a hole with no end.
Should you return to the holeagainafter this revelation, though, things take a turn for the bizarre.
The Narrator soon intervenes to end this sensory assault and the game restarts.
All the game’s Steam and critic reviews are on display here (props if your review was included!
), particularly one that bemoans the lack of a skip button for the Narrator’s dialogue.
Incensed, the Narrator invents just such a skip button but it’s too powerful.
Some of the best horror games in the history of the genre contain puzzles.
Once inside, a whiteboard greets you, bearing the phrase “Welcome to the… WHITEBOARD ENDING!”
And… that’s your lot.
At least you’ll then get to be one of the elite players who experienced it.
After that, only a hard restart can free you.
you’re able to mod it back in on PC, however.
No escape just yet for poor Stanley!
These games would be much better received if they weren’t attached to an existing series.
Some of the game’s other endings even change drastically if you’re carrying the little metal bugger.
9Heaven Ending
Buttons, Glorious Buttons!
It’s surely a place that he can feel at peace in.
They always say to learn from your mistakes, so the teams behind these games did.
It continues ad nauseam until you get the opportunity to tell him you’re sick of the gag.
There are six in total, and some are pretty devilishly hidden.
It’s an oddly heartwarming denouement.
