We all love the feeling of accomplishment you get when completing a video game, but sometimes your character dies, unable to enjoy any of it. For this list, we’ll be looking at games where your player character perishes right before the credits roll. Be warned, there are heavy spoilers ahead. Our countdown includes “Halo: Reach” (2010), “Mafia” (2002), “Outlast” (2013), “BioShock Infinite” (2013), and more! Did any of these deaths catch you off guard? Which protagonist do you wish had made it to the end? Let us know in the comments below.
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Erick De la rosa
04.07.2022I was pissed off seeing fallout 3
Yumi Jaymesme
02.07.2022Watching Cole die in LA Noire was heart wrenching. Then of course the antagonists speaking at his funeral made me mad. I had wish that Cole did survive his death and is just hiding out somewhere as potential sequel material.
Guns 6
02.07.2022There is actually multiple endings for fallout 3 and yes you can choose to die, you can also make sentinel lyons go in for you, or have one of your companions save the day watchmojo get your information correct lol.
Last Preparation981 anime
02.07.2022Guys why didn’t we talk about COD GHOST
Michael Fuller
02.07.2022I look forward to playing resistance 2 and i will consider playing outlast.
hockland
02.07.2022Nice work there Watchmojo spoiling Force Unleashed in just the thumbnail
David Alan
02.07.2022Arthur Morgan should be #1….
Daniel Paniagua
02.07.2022Nathan Hale 😭😭😭😭😭😭
William Baker
02.07.2022I’ve been playing video games for over 20 years. The good ending to infamous 2 is one of only 2 times I’ve ever cried to a game.
Nathan Wigger
02.07.2022Kinda shocked none of the RDRs made this vs LA Noire.
Reach was such a gem. A respectable 3rd place.
I’d have to argue against ME3 since Sheppard is still alive.
kishawn goodman
02.07.2022I wanna end this starkiller shit for good so at the end of stfu2 darth Vader says “I LIED TO U WHEN I SAID THE CLONING PROCESS WASN’T COMPLETE” and HES SAYING THIS WHILE A EVIL CLONE VERSION OF U IS LOOKING DOWN AT U WHILE UR DYING idc about the cave shit that can be explained too
FNAF64
01.07.2022FNAF 6 has you die at the end with all the Animatronics and Henry
Amanda Hunter
01.07.2022Speaking of which I actually played video games with my mom Terry as a team because teamwork is great and we played Lego games and harvest moon where at the end the farmer died of a heart attack and we both cried because of how sad it was his death the farmer that lived a happily married life and had children but died at a certain season that we both cried because of because I am an empath and death makes me cry especially painful moments that has to do with suffering with constant pain too while crying regardless of age. The thought of crying makes me cry tears especially when sad memories makes me cry tears of pain and suffering because I harbor sadness ever since I was 10 before and after foster care I'm still depressed after my biological parents and grandparents died I had no hope for future because nobody cares about me if as a 35 year old I don't have a future to make me happy
Nadeem Mahmood
01.07.2022Where is Ethan from resident evil 8?
Fredrik Ung
01.07.2022Wrong noble 6 is alive
Patrick Bateman
01.07.2022What a horrible list.
Rinraiden
01.07.2022"Canonically speaking, Shepard is dead"? Unless somehow I missed Bioware revealing a canon ending to ME3, the Shepard Lives ending is as canon as the other endings.
Cameron Radaszewski
01.07.2022Tons of amazing games! The ones that stuck with me the most had to of been Red Dead Redemption, Bioshock, Ezio in AC and even though they weren't the main character, I played Gears 1-3 couch co op as Dom with my best friend and he became my favorite character. Absolutely killed me inside.
Grizzly
01.07.2022Clicked on the video and got spoilers for a game I'm now playing RD2 & RE8 😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭
Ben Babcock
01.07.2022Jack got Vengeance for the entire gang
chopchop pochpoch
01.07.2022No darksouls?
Brain Dominguez
29.06.2022Where is resident evil village ?
Jacob
29.06.2022No love for Galerians
Mitch C
29.06.2022I die during a lot of games. What’s the difference?
Cesar Martorano
29.06.2022It's just as easy to be spoiled by just watching the list of games included
Connor Grant
29.06.2022Where's Inside? Your character gets absorbed into what I at least consider a Lovecraftian monstrosity for god's sake!
Connor Grant
29.06.2022Oh yeah I forgot to mention that when you kill Edgar Ross in RDR's epilogue,be sure to aim all of your Dead Eye shots at Edgar's baby-maker,if you know what I mean. It makes his death extra satisfying to watch.
Javier Santana Avilés
29.06.2022The problem in Mass Effect 3 wasn´t Shepard death, but the lack of a final fight
Bernardo Gutierrrz
29.06.2022NO BLOODBORNE!? TRASH!
Jonathan Martin
29.06.2022Well, Starkiller was in fact killed, but he was resurrected by the second game… there are plenty of hints proving that Galen Marek is in fact the original one in the sequel.
A couple of playable characters are killed in the CoD series, especially in the Modern Warfare trilogy.
Eli Yarbrough
29.06.2022Not true noble 6 is not dead he is in the new halo infinite
Stephen grummitt
28.06.2022last of us 2 so sad rdr 2 and 3 and la noir mafia ugh sooo sad all that effort and story to get killed lol that timed race care level soo tuff
Apfeswaho Tshikhudo
28.06.2022dead space 3
James Livingstone
28.06.2022Where is Far Cry 2?
Jenna Miller
28.06.2022NOTHING will touch halo reach story ending. the music and everything is perfect. "mission objective – survive" i was like the fuck
Brian Hovdebo
28.06.2022Number 3: Spartans never die, they go Missing In Action
A Fucking Blackhawk Helicopter
28.06.2022im a simple man, i see the force unleashed, i click
titan hades
28.06.2022Forgetting Final Fantasy 10.
titan hades
28.06.2022Dragon Age Origins
patrick westgard
28.06.2022Desmond’s death in assassins creed saddened me
AndroGeek HomeHub
28.06.2022Crisis Core got me
Tommy2Times
27.06.2022No God of War 3? No Mafia 3?
random guy
27.06.2022infinite warfare should deserve more recognition
Alea Anderson
27.06.2022Of course Crisis Core would have to be on this list.
Jon Hertzog
27.06.2022"Hey, you! Big, tall, immune to radiation, and only with me cause of my overflowing good karma! Punch in the code so I don't die!"
"NOPE!"
-.-
BurritoSmash
27.06.2022Mass effect 3 is just a super depressing game and I got even sadder when shepard died, unless…
Maru watches you
27.06.202210:29 no shit that's the canon ending, Vader is still alive
Jamaal Bowens
27.06.20223 things i should never be while playing bioshock bored, confused and annoyed
adrian rodriguez
27.06.2022Farcry 3 Jason Brody? Honorable mention at least?
Thaviru nilnethu
27.06.2022Lee's death will forever be thesaddest death i've ever experienced in a game . Everytime I watch his final moments it makes mw sad