
The chapter select menu
As part of its "interactive movie" concept, Heavy Rain is divided into a series of chapters, like a DVD. Each focuses specifically on one of the four protagonists at a time (though some focus on two or three).
List of chapters[]
Number | Name | Character(s) controlled | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Prologue | Ethan Mars | Gameplay tutorial |
2 | The Mall | Ethan Mars | |
3 | Father and Son | Ethan Mars | |
4 | Sleazy Place | Scott Shelby | |
5 | Crime Scene | Norman Jayden | |
6 | The Shrink | Ethan Mars | |
7 | The Park | Ethan Mars | |
8 | Where's Shaun? | Ethan Mars | |
9 | Welcome, Norman | Norman Jayden, Ethan Mars | |
10 | Hassan's Shop | Scott Shelby | |
11 | Sleepless Night | Madison Paige | |
12 | Paparazzi | Ethan Mars | |
13 | Lexington Station | Ethan Mars | |
14 | The Motel | Ethan Mars | |
15 | Kick Off Meeting | Norman Jayden | |
16 | Nathaniel | Norman Jayden | |
17 | Suicide Baby | Scott Shelby | |
18 | The Bear | Ethan Mars | First of five trials |
19 | First Encounter | Madison Paige, Ethan Mars | |
20 | Covered Market | Norman Jayden | |
21 | A Visitor | Scott Shelby | |
22 | Kramer's Party | Scott Shelby | |
23 | The Butterfly | Ethan Mars | Second of five trials |
24 | The Nurse | Madison Paige, Ethan Mars | |
25 | Police News | N/A | |
26 | Shrink and Punches | Norman Jayden | |
27 | The Golf Club | Scott Shelby | |
28 | The Lizard | Ethan Mars | Third of five trials |
29 | Fugitive | Madison Paige, Ethan Mars | Ethan can be arrested here |
30 | Jayden Blues | Norman Jayden | |
31 | Under Arrest | Norman Jayden | Will take place after Ethan's first arrest (in either "Fugitive" or "On the Loose" [if Norman is still alive])
Will be skipped if Ethan evades arrest both times Will not be playable if Ethan is arrested twice, or if he is arrested in "On the Loose" and Norman is dead |
32 | Manfred | Scott Shelby | |
33 | The Shark | Ethan Mars | Fourth of five trials |
34 | The Doc | Madison Paige | Madison can die here |
35 | Mad Jack | Norman Jayden | Norman can die here |
36 | Eureka | Scott Shelby | |
37 | The Cemetery | Scott Shelby | |
38 | Twins | John Sheppard's twin brother | Flashback |
39 | Flowers on the Grave | Scott Shelby | |
40 | Sexy Girl | Madison Paige | Will be skipped if Madison is dead |
41 | Fish Tank | Norman Jayden | Will be skipped if Norman is dead
Norman can die here |
42 | On the Loose | Ethan Mars, Madison Paige | Ethan and Madison (if alive) can start a romance here
Ethan can be arrested here |
43 | Trapped | Scott Shelby | Lauren Winter can die here |
44 | Face to Face | Scott Shelby | |
45 | Ann Sheppard | Madison Paige | Will be skipped if Madison is dead |
46 | The Rat | Ethan Mars | Fifth of five trials
Will be skipped if Ethan is in police custody |
47 | Solving the Puzzle | Norman Jayden | Will be skipped if Norman is dead
Norman can die here |
48 | Goodbye Lauren | N/A | Will be skipped if Lauren is dead |
49 | Hold My Hand | John Sheppard's twin brother | Flashback |
50 | Origami Killer | The Origami Killer | Reveals the killer's identity |
51 | Killer's Place | Madison Paige | Will be skipped if Madison is dead
Madison can die here |
52 | The Old Warehouse | Madison Paige, Ethan Mars, Norman Jayden | Will not be playable if Ethan is in police custody and both Madison and Norman are dead, or if none of them find the warehouse's address
Shaun Mars and all playable characters can die here |
53 | The Taxidermist | Madison Paige | Bonus DLC
Occurs two years before Heavy Rain chronologically Madison can die here |
List of epilogues[]
- Main article: Endings
Reading any of the following articles will give away spoilers. Please consider waiting until you have finished the game before you read them.
- News Report
- Ethan's Grave
- A New Start
- A New Life
- Innocent
- Dead Heroine
- Heroine
- Uploaded
- Resignation
- Case Closed
- Origami's Grave
- A Mother's Revenge
- Unpunished
- Origami Blues
- Tears In The Rain
- Helpless
- Square One
- Smoking Mirror
Trivia[]
- In certain chapters, the game may glitch and alter players' choices when returning to a chapter via chapter select without saving progress. For example, the chapter "Under Arrest" may glitch and show the cutscene with Ethan being thrown in a cell even if Ethan evaded arrest on the actual saved game.
- If the player has more than one save file in use, if they complete a chapter via chapter select without saving and then exit to the main menu, the game will switch to the newer save file and the player will have to load the save they were playing on previously.
- Sometimes a glitch may occur on the PS3 version of the game which causes the game to become stuck on a loading screen. The PS3 will usually restart itself to correct the glitch if it happens.
- The lowest number of total chapters that can be completed in a game is 45. If Madison and Norman die in "The Doc" and "Mad Jack" respectively, five of the 52 total chapters will be skipped; if Ethan is not arrested in either "Fugitive" or "On the Loose," "Under Arrest" will be skipped (alternatively, if he is arrested in both chapters and/or Norman is dead when he is arrested, "The Rat" will be skipped instead); and if Lauren dies in "Trapped," "Goodbye Lauren" will be skipped, thus skipping seven of 52 chapters in total. The lowest number of playable chapters that can be completed in a game is 41 (counting "The Old Warehouse" as unplayable in the case that no one arrives at the warehouse).