There are seven endings inCyberpunk 2077, with four of them being integral to the main endings, two of them acting as secret endings, and one of them unlocked only through theCyberpunk 2077expansion, Phantom Liberty. Yet, with a few variations, there are a total of 9 endings inCyberpunk 2077. Each ending serves its purpose well, and players can make their own decisions to create their own canon and bestCyberpunk 2077ending for their specific V.
Every ending inCyberpunk 2077serves as the conclusion to each V’s own story and the lives that are directly involved in the whirlwind of chaos caused by the chip that is slowly killing them. With V’s life on the line and a desperation for a happy ending, it’s a good idea to look at eachCyberpunk 2077ending to see if it’s for better or worse.
9The Path of Least Resistance
V Dies by Suicide, Taking “The Easy Way Out”
Sitting on the rooftop of Misty’s Esoterica, V is faced with a choice: let more blood spill in an effort to avert the inevitable and save their life, or to simply give up and put the whole thing to rest. Electing to give up, V will toss away the pills and have a conversation with Johnny that to save the ones that they love, it’s time to end things here and now before their minds are lost.
Johnny objects to V’s request to commit suicide, but it’s V’s body, so he understands the decision. This ending sees Vpull the trigger on their gun, killing themselves and ending things on their own terms. It’s a tragic ending and a lacking finale that doesn’t provide closure or payoff, and players have to sit through the closing credits with grief-stricken friends and loved ones talking to V post-mortem.
8The Devil (Sign Contract)
Help Arasaka Rise to Power and Sign Away V’s Soul
While Johnny Silverhand can be a tad aggressive, there is one thing that he constantly states to V: do not trust corporations and Arasaka in particular. Johnny’s entire being in the game is a direct result of Arasaka’s evil schemes, and V can disregard all of Johnny’s advice and contact Hanako Arasaka to aid her in avenging her father Saburo Arasaka and taking back the company from her brother, all at a vague promise at survival for V.
Committing to this ending is a bad fate for everyone but Arasaka. Saburo returns to life thanks to the Soulkiller program, but Johnny is essentially purged from V, while V is left with permanent brain damage that continues to make his condition worse. Arasaka has forgotten about V on their space station, and V becomes a lab rat. With death nigh, V signs away their rights to Arasaka to digitize their consciousness. The Devil is easily the worst main ending, especially this variation of it, as V betrays his friends and sells their soul to Arasaka in a sad an desperate attempt to live. V is digitized, left floating in a digital purgatory perhaps forever. Hanako has already forgotten about V, so it’s rather likely that so will Arasaka and V is a PR problem swept under the digital rug never to be seen again.
7The Devil (Refuse to Sign)
Help Arasaka Rise to Power, But Return Home With Nothing to Show For It
Aiding Hanako Arasaka goes about the same, with V betraying friends and family to try and survive. Arasaka returns to the height of their power and perhaps becomes stronger than ever, all whilst V is experimented on in a space station with no concept of time or memories from the brain damage he hassuffered at the hands of Arasaka’s scalpel.
Provided with a choice to sign a contract to digitize his consciousness or to return home, this option sees V return to Night City. It’s a pointless ending for V, as they have just aided in an evil corporation rising back to full strength, while all V got was brain damage and a few scornful friends. Yet, perhaps V can turn this around in the weeks they have left to live.
6The Tower
The Relic is Removed, But V Becomes a Nobody in Night City
By the time players reach Dogtown and involve themselves in the political espionage of Songbird, Solomon Reed, and the NUSA, they would have hopefully bonded even more with Johnny after feeling even more alone and vulnerable with a cure seemingly always out of reach. Yet, if players betray the trust of Songbird and actually hand her over to Solomon Reed, then a cure is promised to V as part of the deal.
There’s always a catch, and the cure involves taking the chip out like it’s a tumor. Doing so results in Johnny’s death, with no closure for him, just a heartbreaking farewell to Vincent or Valorie if they had developed a friendship. Even worse, V wakes up in 2079 after being in a coma, where all his friends and loved ones have moved on, andcyberware is deadlyto V. V may have a fresh start at life, but they will never become a Night City legend, since their lack of cybernetic implants makes them a standard NPC to walk the streets and hope a rogue bullet never comes.
5Temperance (With Rogue Amendiares)
Johnny Gets a Fresh Shot at Life in V’s Body, and Rogue Dies
After fighting through Arasaka Tower, and V’s conditioning worsening by the minute, V and Johnny finally reach Mikoshi and contact Alt through the Backwall to separate their minds. Yet, there’s a complication, and only one of them can return to V’s body. If V returns, they have months to live due to the corruption of the chip. If Johnny returns to V’s body, it’s a fresh start, and Johnny can live on in V’s body as if it’s the natural progression of things.
It’s not the ending either of them wants, but they can agree. V goes into the Blackwall with Alt, knowing that their life in a body is over. Johnny takes V’s body and starts anew, leaving Night City behind with the memories of V and their past as Johnny acts as a reminder to be a better person. With V gone, and Rogue killed, Johnny truly has to start again with nothing and nobody to remember him.
4Temperance (With the Aldecaldos)
Johnny Begins a New Life in V’s Body, but Saul Dies
Separating the minds of Johnny and V at Mikoshi thanks to help from the Aldecaldos, this variant of the Temperance ending will see Saul deadat the hands of Adam Smasher. It can’t be for nothing though, until Alt gives the devastating news that if V returns to their body, they have only a matter of months before the empty relic inside their head kills them. Yet, if Johnny takes the body, the body and brain will survive.
V elects to stay behind with Alt and explore the Blackwall, leaving Johnny with V’s body and a new start at life. It’s an ending that sees Panam vengeful, vowing to hunt down Johnny for “stealing” V’s body. Being hunted by a nomad clan isn’t ideal, but Rogue stays alive in this ending, and perhaps Johnny can explain to Rogue and even start a future with her like he wanted to before.
3The Sun
V Becomes a Legend and Takes the Gig of a Lifetime From Mister Blue Eyes
Entrusting Johnny with V’s body temporarily allows Johny to go to the Afterlife and seek help from Rogue, where together, they can storm Arasaka Tower once more and give V the life that they deserve. The raid on Arasaka Tower doesn’t come without its casualties, as Rogue is killed by Adam Smasher. However, what results is V becoming the owner of the Afterlife, providing a dream realized for Jackie and V.
As the new owner of the Afterlife, V has proven themselves as a Night City legend, and all the fame and wealth they could have asked for is with them. With a loved one at V’s side, the terminal illness is bound to kill V soon, so they take an impossible job from an elusive and powerful figure, Mr. Blue Eyes. V takes to space to try and pull off a daring casino heist. If V dies, they become an even greater legend. If V pulls it off? Perhaps Mr. Blue Eyes upholds his end of the bargain and provides V with a cure.
Storm Arasaka With Johnny Silverhand
Developing a friendship with Johnny Silverhand feels like the right way to go inCyberpunk 2077. Whilst the rocker boy is rather problematic and certainly egotistical, V’s shared brain with Johnny allows them to form a connection of trust and memories. As their bond grows, so does their desire to not see the people they love hurt, which is why if V doesn’t proceed with an option during the scene on Misty’s rooftop for five minutes, Johnny will suggest a suicide run.
It’s a hard yet rewarding process, and the secret ending toCyberpunk 2077involves Johnny and V storming Arasaka Tower as a one-man army, armed with their combined strength and determination to party like it’s 2023. If V dies during the mission, it’s game over. Yet, if successful, they have the opportunity toreturn as Legend, whether that’s with V in their body, or Johnny at the helm. Either way, nobody dies as a result of this daring Don’t Fear the Reaper ending, leaving players with the choice between The Sun or Temperance as their chosen endings, except this time, nobody dies.
1The Star
V Leaves Night City Behind For a Hopeful Future With Panam and the Aldecaldos
There’s a heavy emphasis on doom and nihilism with V’s endings acrossCyberpunk 2077, and it seems that they just can’t catch a break. Whatever decision V makes, it blows up in their face. Yet, there’s a helpful hand here to guide V to happiness, and that hand is Panam’s. Panam can be a love interest for male V, but even just as a friend, her devotion and loyalty to V shows how much the Aldecaldos care, and that there’s a familywaiting for V with open arms.
The Star ending might sacrifice the leader of the Aldecaldos, Saul, but his memory lives on with his nomad clan, and he’d be happy to know that the Aldecaldos are safe with V and Panam at the helm. With the Star ending, V’s condition might be terminal, but they can spend those months in the company of the people that love them, and perhaps even stop at nothing to find a cure. The Star is the only ending where V doesn’t have to be afraid of dying, and V doesn’t have to die alone.
