You will also learn what steps to take to bring about specific epilogues.
To further emphasize it,the creators implemented several possible endings of the stories in each act.
The endings you receive to the individual storiesdepend on the decisions made in the course of them.
This list shows every possible ending to each of the Acts of the game.
We also supply useful tips and break down all decisions to help you achieve the desired ending.
For obvious reasons, this page spoils endings and plot twists fromLayers of Fear (2023).
If you want to find out the plot on your own, don’t read any further!
This is the most positive ending and is symbolized bya portrait of the wife and daughter.
During Painter’s Story, the game secretly from the playercounts the values of certain completed or uncompleted actions.
The cumulative result obtained at the end determines which ending will be presented to you.
Below you’ve got the option to learn more about decisions that count towards the Family ending.
Choices leading towards Family endingare often marked with green(the eye colour of the painter’s wife).
The received ending is also affected by choices related to collectibles.
The ones that you decide to interact with also count towards an overall score that detemines the received ending.
This is the most negative of all endings, which is reflected inthe egocentric self-portraitprepared by the possessed painter.
Choices related to the selfish, self-destructive lifestyle of a painter will often be emphasized bybloody red.
Collecting finds related to the hero’s unhealthy obsession will also help you achieve the bad ending.
This ending will be received when your actionsdo not significantly tip the balancetoward a positive or negative outcome.
The neutral ending is probably the one that most players will see during their first playthrough.
Knowing all variables affecting the ending will certainly help you in attaining a different, more vivid finale.
In this sequence, the woman angrilydestroysthe portrait created by the painter.
The ending also suggests that the daughterdiedin the estate fire.
It turns out there isa canvasin the secret room.
The ending suggests that the daughter is following in her father’s footsteps and continues his mission.
To achieve this ending, you will have to find 9 childhood drawings of the daughter.
They are scattered all over the house.
After collecting all of the drawings, go the workshop and place themon the wall.
Arrange the images in such a way that they create aface.
After the sequence, examinethe cabineton the other side of the room.
The game seems to prioritize positive outcomes of certain retrospections.
The received ending is affected by 3 choices made during the course of the act.
Not wanting to suffer any longer, the womantakes her own life.
The epilogue shows James as a person struggling witha difficult and painful past.
The game does not clearly imply who this heroine is.
Perhaps it isLily- James' rebellious sister, who was actually the central character of the whole story.
As for how to interpret the ending, you will have to decide for yourselves.
It shows the protagonist kneeling in a cold, dark, basement.
In the room, there is also theRat Queencondemning the hero for hisindecisiveness and loneliness.
In some occasions, submit to the director’s will, in others, resist it.
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