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).
Chapter List[]
Number | Name | Character(s) controlled | Notes |
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1 | Prologue | Ethan Mars |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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29 | Fugitive | Madison Paige, Ethan Mars |
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30 | Jayden Blues | Norman Jayden | |
31 | Under Arrest | Norman Jayden |
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32 | Manfred | Scott Shelby | |
33 | The Shark | Ethan Mars |
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34 | The Doc | Madison Paige |
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35 | Mad Jack | Norman Jayden |
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36 | Eureka | Scott Shelby | |
37 | The Cemetery | Scott Shelby | |
38 | Twins | John Sheppard's twin brother |
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39 | Flowers on the Grave | Scott Shelby | |
40 | Sexy Girl | Madison Paige |
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41 | Fish Tank | Norman Jayden |
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42 | On the Loose | Ethan Mars, Madison Paige |
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43 | Trapped | Scott Shelby |
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44 | Face to Face | Scott Shelby | |
45 | Ann Sheppard | Madison Paige |
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46 | The Rat | Ethan Mars |
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47 | Solving the Puzzle | Norman Jayden |
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48 | Goodbye Lauren | N/A |
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49 | Hold My Hand | John Sheppard's twin brother |
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50 | Origami Killer | The Origami Killer |
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51 | Killer's Place | Madison Paige |
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52 | The Old Warehouse | Madison Paige, Ethan Mars, Norman Jayden |
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53 | The Taxidermist | Madison Paige |
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Deleted Scenes[]
These chapters were included in early preview builds of the game, but were removed before release for pacing and story progression. They are numbered based on their placement if they were retained.
Number | Name | Character(s) controlled | Notes |
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4* | Underwater | Ethan Mars |
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5* | Wake Up | Ethan Mars | |
8* | Swimming Again | Ethan Mars |
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Epilogue List[]
- Main article: Endings
All of the following articles contain 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[]
- On the PS4 release, if "Under Arrest" is replayed via chapter select, it will always show the cutscene with Ethan being thrown in a cell, even if he evaded arrest on the saved game being played. This is likely a bug, as the PS3 and PC versions will load the chapter normally.
- 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.
- A glitch may occur which causes the game to become stuck on a loading screen. The console 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. 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).
- 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.
- If Lauren dies in "Trapped," the unplayable chapter "Goodbye Lauren" will be skipped, skipping seven of 52 chapters in total.
- In the game files, there is an unused save slot for "Under Arrest" that resembles the chapter slots used in Fahrenheit, where the character being controlled is shown over an image of a location featured in that chapter.
- Unused chapter select images for Ethan's blackouts and a removed chapter where he takes Shaun to school still exist in the game files.
- In an early preview build, each chapter used a unique chapter select banner featuring scene lighting on the character's face. It was also possible for the player to save their progress into any of the three available slots at any time.