Top 20 Greatest Video Game Plot Twists

We never saw these video game plot twists coming. For this list, we’re going over the iconic moments where the rug was pulled out from under players’ feet, changing everything they thought they knew about the game in question! As expected, major spoilers on the horizon! Our countdown includes Shepherd’s Betrayal from “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” (2009), The Monster is Real from “Disco Elysium” (2019), Odin is Tyr from “God of War Ragnarok” (2022), Wesker Works for Umbrella from “Resident Evil” (1996), and more! Think we skimmed over a twist deserving of respect? Let us know in the comments!

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[jimmymurphy]

Bioshock 1 would you kindly still has to number one for me. The build up to it is just insane and it completely makes you rethink the entire game up until then.

[zachnolan]

Spec Ops was a game we really weren’t ready for. The only issues were it’s somewhat meh gameplay but literally everything else felt so much bigger. Great setting, plot, plot twist, the way the game lulls you in until all of a sudden you begin to feel the weight of your mistakes. Such a gem

[AllOutTenacious]

The bioshock twist hasn’t left me since I first played it on release….and that was 16 years ago. Smh, what a classic

[flexivefowl]

Shepherds betrayal really caught me off guard when I first played MW2

[ewokk]

Revan reveal was so awesome because we were presented with all the clues game dropped before, which were hiding in plain sight...

[therealJakey]

Bioshock’s twist was insanely big for me. It was out of nowhere, perfectly executed and was brilliantly smart of the devs to make it.

[Samsquanch]

Bioshock’s twist still hits the same 15 years later. I can only hope that same feeling gets shared with more people once the movie comes out; I truly hope whoever is at the helm of that project does it justice

[LucaDGropius]

Dusknoir being a villain and Grovyle being a hero in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon explorers of the sky was a pretty good Plot twist

[brodaforlife]

For the rest of my life I will remember the iconic line of WOULD YOU KINDLY? Considering how it’s not only one of the best plot twists in gaming but how it’s from one best games ever made

[dashtoroya]

0:40 20) the stranger's identity- the walking dead
1:30 19) the final boss - Pokemon gold and silver
2:10 18) the monster is real - disco Elysium
3:00 17) cute anime game becomes psychological horror - doki doki literature club.
3:43 16) radagon is marika - elden ring
4:33 15) killing colossi is bad - shadow of the colossus
5:27 14) haytem is a templar - assassin's Creed III
6:22 13) Kessler is future Cole - infamous
7:20 12) aerith's death - final fantasy VII
8:02 11) the government goes back on their word - red dead redemptions
9:00 10) Wesker works for umbrella - resident evil 1
9:49 9) coloneo Konrad was in your head - spec ops: the line
10:37 8) James killed his wife - silent Hill 2
11:25 7) you were the villain - braid
12:13 6)glados is Caroline - portal
13:15 5) odin Is tyr - god of war Ragnarok
14:08 4) you're not solid snake in this one - metal gear solid 2
15:00 3) shepherd's betrayal - COD mordern warfare
15:56 2)you were Darth revan all along - star wars knight of old republic
17:15 1) would you kindly - Bioshock

And speaking for genre shift in doko doki, how could they not include Halo combat evolve's flood introduction twist, that twist made Halo a great franchise.

[emiebex]

Final Fantasy 7- Learning Sephiroth was really a creation using Jenova's alien DNA blew my mind when I was a Kid.

[ElenaAsh]

Revealing Albert Wesker real identity was one of the best plot twist

[Narutos]

Mines is arkham city when clayface posed as joker and i wasn't paying attention when joker was putting on his lipstick during the cutscene because I thought that was a mirror the whole time and i questioned how joker miraculously looks fine after all that titan formula business in arkham asylum

[danasaeed]

Tyr Revealing Himself To Be Odin Was Out Of This World!

[echoism]

in my opinion, Aerith's death in FFVII was not the main plot twist, but the revealing of Cloud's past

[jeremygilbert]

I feel obligated to add the oft overlooked Legacy of Kain series. The twist in Blood Omen that Kain is, in fact, the Guardian of Balance and would have to kill himself to restore the Pillars was great but the one that really stuck with me was the conclusion at the end of Soul Reaver 2 that the spirit that had been inhabiting the Soul Reaver and was now bound to Raziel was, and always had been, him. It's a bit predictable if you're paying attention but still, finding out that the weapon you've been weilding for 2 solid games is actually your own mad Soul twinned and bound eternally to you making you a walking talking paradox was truly an epic one. Amy Hennig is truly a master storyteller.

[ARIXANDRE]

Kudos for including the Disco Elysium entry. A curated list, indeed!

[emiebex]

Resident Evil Series - Finding out Wesker was really working for Umbrella the whole time, but also playing them until he could find a way to Rule The World.

[kbeatzgonecrazy]

There are a lot of Plot twists in Elden ring. Too many that the story itself is confusing.
Also I played too much pokemon made me less to think that Red was a Plot twist😂😂😂

Also In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Proffesor Sada/Turo were actually dead at the end was a good twist