Endings

There are several ways that Heavy Rain can end. One ending may be having all the characters die and not finding the Origami Killer. Another may be having all the characters survive and eventually find him. The main points that decide the ending the player receives are who is alive, who is dead and whether Shaun Mars was saved or not. It should be noted that if Shaun dies and Ethan lives, Ethan will always commit suicide.

Ethan Mars

Ending Title	Requirements	Epilogue Results
Ethan's Grave	Ethan dies at The Old Warehouse.	Shaun and Grace stand heartbroken at Ethan's grave. Madison and/or Scott may be seen in the distance if either of them survive.
A New Start	Ethan survives and evades arrest; Shaun is saved; Madison is either never kissed, rejected or dies.	Ethan and Shaun move to a new apartment and seem genuinely happy for the first time in years.
A New Life	Ethan survives and evades arrest; Shaun and Madison both live; Madison is kissed, forgiven and survives.	Ethan, Madison and Shaun move into the same apartment depicted in A New Start.
Origami Blues	Ethan survives and evades arrest; Shaun dies; Madison is either never kissed, rejected or dies.	Ethan sits in the motel, takes the gun from the Shark Trial and shoots himself.
Tears In the Rain	Ethan survives and evades arrest; Shaun dies; Madison is kissed, forgiven and survives.	Madison and Ethan stand at Shaun's grave. Madison tries to comfort Ethan, saying that they will move away to a place where it never rains, and that she wants to have a child with him to start a new life. Ethan, having become despondent, unable to forgive himself for Shaun's death, asks her to give him a minute alone. As she walks back to the car, she looks back to see him shoot himself, and she cries hysterically over his corpse.
Helpless	Ethan is arrested and doesn't escape; Shaun dies.	Ethan is framed as the Origami Killer and imprisoned with dozens of origami figures in his cell, where he hangs himself.
Innocent	Ethan is arrested and doesn't escape; Shaun lives.	Ethan's innocence is proven and he is released from prison, and is greeted by Shaun and Grace, where it is implied that they will try to mend their relationship.

Madison Paige

Ending Title	Gameplay Conditions	Epilogue Results
Dead Heroine	Madison dies; and Shaun is saved.	Britney Sanders stands at Madison's grave, reporting her tragic death, thens shows her actual indifference afterwards. If Ethan is still alive, he can be seen watching Madison's grave from afar.
Heroine	Ethan either dies or rejects Madison and is arrested; Madison surives and reaches the warehouse; Shaun is saved.	Madison saves Shaun and is praised as a heroine. She appears on a talk show and writes a book titled "Heavy Rain" about her experience. At a book signing, someone named Vincent says that she deserves a more "ferocious" adversary. When she looks up, he's gone.
Square One	Ethan dies or rejects Madison or is arrested; Madison survives, but either Shaun is dead or Madison doesn't reach the warehouse.	Madison's insomnia begins to get worse as she can't tell reality from her dreams. After Sam leaves another message on her phone (clearly worried about her), intruders from her first scene surround her, and the scene ends there.

Norman Jayden

Ending Title	Gameplay Conditions	Epilogue Results
Uploaded	Jayden dies but does not overindulge with Triptocaine.	Captain Perry invites Blake to Jayden's funeral, to which Blake happily declines. Perry does not mind, allowing Blake to keep Jayden's ARI glasses. Blake puts them on, and sees Jayden in the simulated environment, much to his shock. This implies that Jayden's persona, through overuse of ARI, was "uploaded" by it, and still lives after death through the glasses as a digital ghost.
Resignation	Shaun and Jayden both survive, but Jayden does not make it to the old warehouse.	Unable to resolve the case, Jayden resigns from the FBI, saying that he wants to live a normal life. His boss tells him that he can keep the ARI glasses because a newer model will become standard issue. Jayden denies his offer, saying they won't help him in the real world. He places the glasses on the desk and leaves.
Case Closed	Norman reaches the warehouse and survives; Shaun is saved.	Jayden is hailed as a hero and appears on a talk show. Later, he is seen in a bathroom, and flushes a vial of Tripto down the toilet, overcoming his addiction. If he uses Triptocaine even once by the player's command, he is then seen in a new office working with ARI, and sees miniature tanks appear on his desk. He sees them again even after he takes the glasses off, implying either Tripto, ARI or both have given him brain damage.
Smoking Mirror	Norman lives; no one reaches the warehouse and Shaun dies.	Norman is in an ARI environment without the glasses, talking with an off-screen voice about his guilt over not saving Shaun Mars. The voice warns him about the dangers of using Triptocaine as a solution, and that the drug may have already affected him more than he realizes. The voice is revealed to be a copy of Norman himself, and the scene transitions to Jayden in a motel room, on the floor, dying of a drug overdose.

Scott Shelby

Ending Title	Gameplay Conditions	Epilogue Results
Origami's Grave	Scott dies in The Old Warehouse.	Lauren stands at Scott's grave. She damns him for his actions, spits on his grave and walks away. If Lauren is dead, it will simply show Scott's grave.
A Mother's Revenge	Scott and Lauren Winter survive, and Scott is not caught.	Lauren confronts Scott on the street, and honors her promise to her son by shooting him.
Unpunished	Scott survives, and Lauren drowns in Trapped.	Scott walks through a crowded, rainy street, succeeding in all of his crimes.