Chapters

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).