History SequelHook / VideoGames

*** In ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', the FinalBoss whacks Axl in the head, leaving an ominous-looking shard in the wound.

*** At the end of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'', the Dark Elf is purified, reverting to the Mother Elf and safely taking Zero back to the Resistance Base. Both Ciel and X (the latter just before [[AscendtoAHigherPlaneOfExistence permanently retiring himself to Cyberspace]]) tell Zero that Weil may have had a setback when Zero destroyed Omega, but he is still ruler of Neo Arcadia, and very much a threat.

*** The original game drops the majority of the Hooks in [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter Aile's]] storyline, with both the CoDragons and even the BigBad Serpent dropping hints to the ManBehindTheMan and that stopping [[ArtifactOfDoom Model W]] isn't even ''close'' to the end of the overarching story.

* In the TrueEnding to ''VideoGame/SpyFox in: Dry Cereal'', the title character tries this on Monkey Penny during their chat upon Fox landing on William the Kid's blimp and Monkey Penny telling him not to let Kid get away:

* ''VideoGame/Case02ParanormalEvil'': [[TheStinger After the credits]], [[spoiler:there's an ominous statement that Marty and Sally will be involved in Case 03: True Cannibal Boy, with an image of Hans popping up.]]

* ''VideoGame/RickDangerous'' ''2'' ends with the hero entering a teleporter, his nemesis The Fat Guy revealed to be alive and the words "What will Rick do next?", however a third game was never made.

* ''VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': The last line of this InteractiveFiction game is, "You set one single foot on the ancient dust -- and almost instantly the most incredible adventure starts, which you'll have to buy the next game to find out about." Alas, [[{{Vaporware}} the sequel never even came close to being released]].

** The first ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars'' had a bonus level for obtaining 100% completion taking place at the beginning of ''Film/ANewHope'', starring Darth Vader and a stormtrooper boarding the Tantive IV and ending with Leia entrusting R2-D2 with the plans for the Death Star.

*** Proto Man arrives just in time to save Mega Man at the end of ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', but apparently not Wily, who had a large piece of debris dropped on him. However, in the PanUpToTheSkyEnding, Mega Man fails to notice a familiar flying saucer flying in the distance.

*** Proto Man arrives just in time to save Mega Man at the end of ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', but apparently not Wily, who had a large piece of debris dropped on him. However, in the PanUpToTheSky ending, Mega Man fails to notice a familiar flying saucer flying in the distance.

*** Proto Man arrives just in time to save Mega Man at the end of ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', but apparently not Wily, who had a large piece of debris dropped on him. However, in the PanUpThoTheSky ending, Mega Man fails to notice a familiar flying saucer flying in the distance.
*** As a CallForward, ''Videogame/MegaManThePowerBattle'' ends with Dr. Wily claiming that he started construction on a robot that will be far superior to both Mega Man and Bass. ''[[Videogame/MegaMan2ThePowerFighters The Power Fighters]]'' further runs with the idea by having Wily actually show off the blueprints of this new robot: Zero.

*** Much later on in ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', the FinalBoss whacks Axl in the head, leaving an ominous-looking shard in the wound.

{{Sequel Hook}}s in video games.

* ''VideoGame/AliensVsPredator'': In the latest game, you get three hooks for the price of one! [[spoiler:First, you see Number 6 (the Alien) take over a Weyland Yutani ship and become a queen (future setting?), but you also see evidence that both the player character's Predator ''and'' Karl Bishop Weyland are gunning for the Alien Homeworld as their next destination.]]

** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' ends Desmond's story and concludes the major story arc of the MetaPlot, but introduces the beginning of an entirely new MetaPlot: [[spoiler:finding a way to prevent a vengeful PhysicalGod that [[SealedEvilInACan is released]] in the course of saving the world from enslaving mankind and recreating the First Civilization]].
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' has two (three if you count [[spoiler:True]] Episode 18).
** Episode 18 ends with Asura and Yasha putting an end to Gohma Vlitra, finally saving Gaea and beginning their trip back to Mithra. [[spoiler:However, if you fulfill a certain criteria (i.e. gather enough S Ranks from the other stories) then you have the ability to play True Episode 18.]]
** [[spoiler:True]] Episode 18 has Asura and Yasha do everything as stated above, but when they do get back, [[spoiler:[[DragonTheirFeet Olga finally returns]], attempting to kill Mithra as revenge for Deus. She is then promptly killed by none other than the Golden Spider, who reveals that he has other plans in store for Mithra.]] While this ending did look like it set up a plot for a sequel, it was eventually revealed to be more of a DLC hook when the final Part was released as a DLC along with the Lost Episodes and two mid-episodes.
** The True Ending DLC ends on more of a cliffhanger than the last one. [[spoiler:After Asura [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu kills Chakravartin at the cost of his own life]] and saves Mithra and Gaea for good, the post-episode interlude brings about another setting where everyone was reincarnated as apparently normal folk. At least, that is possibly the idea, if it were not for Not!Asura trying to face a meteor coming straight at him, mirroring the Japanese cover art.]]

*** ''The Black Pits 2'' adventure that comes with the [[UpdatedRerelease Enhanced Edition]] of the second game ends with the ostensibly master of the arena you'd been kidnapped to being killed by an unidentified "master" for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]], and your own group of adventurers [[spoiler:teleported away to some unknown location by the BigBad of the ''first'' Black Pits, who turns out to have survived/been resurrected]].

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' contains a Sequel Hook in an extremely well-hidden EasterEgg: [[spoiler:hidden in Warden Sharp's office is ''another'' office, detailing what he plans to do if he wins the mayoral race - [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity turning Gotham into a gigantic asylum]], which lines up perfectly with the Spirit of Arkham message.]]
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', which did indeed result from said Hook, has the following: [[spoiler:The introduction of Hush, and Harley being pregnant with the recently-deceased Joker's child.]] Also, [[spoiler:Azrael's prophecy of Batman's destiny for Gotham. However, the ''[[ADayInTheLimelight Harley Quinn's Revenge]]'' DLC seems to reveal that the pregnancy test that Harley used gave a false positive, negating that particular sequel hook for some unknown reason. In addition there is a boat in the game where if you use the cryptographic sequencer, you can open a hatch. Go down, and you'll find a dead body that jerks back to life if you examine it closely before dying, and a shipment order filled out to one "Johnathan Crane". If you also use the sequencer and move around the screen, you'll find coded messages from the Scarecrow saying [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight he'll have his revenge]].]]
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' features a version of the Wayne Manor Predator map from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' with a piano that can open a panel and a case Bruce seems to be working on, one where he suspects a murder victim knew their killer and the number 4-25. At first, it seemed like a case of TrollingCreator as on April 25, 2016, Rocksteady celebrated the 75th Anniversary of ComicBook/TheJoker's debut, but it also foreshadows ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamVR'', which [[spoiler:is about Bruce having a nightmare about a Jokerizied version of himself killing Nightwing and features 4-25 as an ArcNumber.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Bioforge}}'': [[spoiler:Dr. Escher survived and has been captured, with Dr. Mastaba gloating that she will be his next test subject.]] But alas, all hope for a sequel/expansion was long since gone.
* ''VideoGame/BioShock2'': There's an audio log entry that has a scientist expressing the need to add some [[{{Brainwashed}} mental conditioning]] to their [[PapaWolf Big Daddies]], because they aren't properly defending the [[CreepyChild Little Sisters]] like they were supposed to. The reason for this? [[spoiler:At least one of these unconditioned Big Daddies just wandered off. A type of Big Daddy with weaponry, plasmids, and no emotional connection to a Little Sister.]] I wonder what use that could be for?
* ''VideoGame/{{Blackthorne}}'': In the ending of the game, after the credits have finished, there is a cutscene showing the same place on Earth where Blackthorne got teleported to Tuul from in the opening cutscene, and [[spoiler:an orc teleports in, and laughs]]. The game was released in 1994, and there is no sequel yet, so there will probably never be a sequel. Meanwhile, the company that made ''Blackthorne'' got busy making a little game called ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''...

** In ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', after Athena has finished telling the tale of Jack's fall from grace, [[spoiler:Lilith orders her firing squad to kill Athena, only for their shots to be deflected by the Eridian who appeared alongside Zarpedon near the beginning of the game, who tells them of a war and that they will need to recruit many Vault Hunters to survive it.]]

** The mid-credits [[TheStinger Stinger]] hits us with the massive cliffhanger of [[spoiler:Boxxyfan restoring his avatar and taking control of STORM]], apparently setting up the events of a sequel. This turns out to be a subversion, because there's an epilogue bonus chapter dealing with the fallout of that cliffhanger, and the "True Ending" makes sure not to leave any loose ends untied.
** Played straight with the hidden "PC Ending", which raises a ton of questions about the game's universe and ends with the party [[spoiler:stranded in a parallel version of earth inhabited by [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]]]]. One could imagine any number of sequels springing from that.
* ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'', the sequel to ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecroDancer'', has the heroine summoned to the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe to aid with a [[RhythmGame music-based threat]]. The game ends with Link and Zelda using the power of the Triforce to help Cadence return back to home, but since she ends up landing in a forest at night, she's left wondering if she's actually returned to her proper universe or not.

* ''VideoGame/TheConduit'' ends on a ''very'' abrupt sequel hook, with [[spoiler:the BigBad apparently conferring with [[TheManBehindTheMan his superiors]].]]

* ''VideoGame/DandyDungeon'' ends with Yamada freeing his LoveInterest Maria-chan after defeating his former boss Chairman Ayanokoji [[spoiler:who is also Maria's father]]. Just after the wedding between him and Maria, the girl gets kidnapped by a bat monster (in a shout-out to ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'') sent by the evil foreign conglomerate that absorbed Ayanokoji's Empire Group industries.

* Late in ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', JC Denton discovers [[spoiler:the Cloning Bay facility where he was created]]. Of the four cells, one is empty [[spoiler:(the one marked with JC Denton's name)]] and another is labelled "[[VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar Alex Denton]]".
* ''VideoGame/DiabloII'': The original (pre-expansion) plot ended with one of these. The whole story has been set in flashbacks told by a crazy man in a madhouse named Marius who tells the Archangel Tyrael about how he travelled the world with Diablo himself and saw the three Prime Evils rise to power. Eventually he gives up the {{soul|Jar}}stone of Baal, Diablo's younger brother, to his visitor so all of it can finally end... '''TWIST!''' It wasn't Tyrael at all, but Baal in disguise. He kills Marius and takes his soulstone back and leaves to pursue unknown plans.

** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'''s GBA port has a different ending from the SNES original. K. Rool returns on the Gangplank Galleon just before the credits sequence and [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 threatens to blow up DK Island]]. The Kongs jump off the ship into the water as it sails away, and Cranky effectively {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this trope:

** ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing''[='=]s ending cutscene shows Wizpig, after his defeat, flying off the island in his ship laughing. The ending credits also feature a "ToBeContinued" at the end. Creator/{{Rare}} was indeed working on a sequel named ''Donkey Kong Racing'', but it became {{vaporware}} after they were bought out by Microsoft. ''Diddy Kong Racing''[='=]s UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake doesn't feature a "To be continued".

* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'': During the game, Sebastian can collect slides and talk with Kidman about their friendship, the events of the previous game, Lily, Myra, etc. every time a new one is found. After acquiring ten, the final one is given to Sebastian by hand by Tatiana, who says he needs to discuss something he has been avoiding. [[spoiler:The final slide is a picture of [[{{Tritagonist}} Joseph Oda]], Sebastian's friend who was supposedly killed during the first game by Kidman. Kidman however reveals that Joseph is still alive and that the his situation is complicated, but that she'll only give Sebastian more information once he's out of Union, leaving this dangling plot thread to be picked up by a sequel or even a DLC]].

*** The game ends with a fairly noteworthy one: [[spoiler:Tidus, having performed a HeroicSacrifice, finds himself in a giant, empty pool of water and swims for the surface with a grin on his face.]] The International version has an additional bonus movie that more directly sets up ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''.
*** There's also an in-universe inverted subversion. Tidus's father Jecht had a move called ''Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III''. The reason for the Mark III? To draw crowds expecting to see Mark I or II, which don't exist.
** ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has one in the form of a secret ending obtainable by collecting three [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]]. [[spoiler:Genesis picks up Weiss, who is apparently NotQuiteDead, and explicitly says, "It is not yet time for slumber. There is much work to do, my brother."]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' ends with no less than the [[spoiler:DawnOfAnEra, along with Hope's question of "will we ever see them again?"]]

*** This game has an [[UpToEleven even bigger]] Hook: [[spoiler:One of the main characters dies, the timeline collapses, the bad guy wins, and the final shot is of a crystallized Lightning]] as ToBeContinued flashes on the screen.

** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'': Well, everything has been wrapped up. [[spoiler:The pizzeria is gone (most likely for good), the animatronics are destroyed, the kids that haunted the suits have finally been laid to rest, the Purple Man has finally been killed, and the last newspaper says that nearly everything has been consumed by a fire. ''Nearly'' everything. What remains will be sold at a public auction... and brightening the last newspaper shows that ''Springtrap may still be around''.]]
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' takes this further with the ending cutscene for the "Golden Freddy" mode. Not only is [[spoiler:Springtrap]] still around, but he's [[spoiler:confirmed to be the father of our protagonist, who became a RevenantZombie after Ennard left his body. Eggs--actually named Michael-- vows to track down Springtrap]].
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'''s Halloween DLC "Curse of Dreadbear" has an EasterEgg in the Corn Maze level, where, if you unlock the cellar, you come across a rabbit mask inside a ransacked version of the "Prize Won" screen. [[spoiler:Putting it on while holding the Glitchtrap plushie triggers a woman speaking in voiceover, revealing that Glitchtrap has someone who is acting on his behalf.]]
* Inverted in the Omicron ending of ''[[VideoGame/{{Darius}} G-Darius]]'', which has [[spoiler:the Belser Army, the series' main antagonists, approaching the wreckage of [[FinalBoss G.T.]] and capturing it, therefore making this game a prequel to the entire ''Darius'' series.]]

** At the end of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'', [[spoiler:Kratos goes back in time to the War of the Titans, gathers them all up, and brings them forward in time so they can collectively get revenge on the Gods for royally screwing them over. Kratos, holding onto Gaia, screams up to the Gods, all while holding the Blade of Olympus: "Zeus! Your son has returned! I bring the destruction of Olympus!" The camera pans back to unveil countless Titans climbing up Mount Olympus, ready and raring to get a piece of the Gods.]] Talk about a... ''cliffhanger''. Hah. Indeed, ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' starts at that exact moment. Zeus repeats his speech to the other gods, albeit with a few slight changes. Kratos also repeats his final line before all the action starts.
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWar3'' also applies. [[spoiler:Kratos fights his inner demons and forgives himself for slaying his family, using the power of Hope to defeat Zeus. Instead of giving said power to Athena, he kills himself, releasing it to the world. After presumably dying right before the credits, an additional scene is shown after the credits. A trail of blood leads from the scene of Kratos's death to the edge of the cliff he plunges off of at the beginning of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI''.]] But of course, none of this matters because ''God of War 3'' is the end of Kratos's saga. Or it was until the release of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' followed up on the plot.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' ends with Matthew, Karis, and Tyrell coming back home, only to find that [[spoiler:the Mourning Moon has returned and ravaged their home, with their parents nowhere in sight]].

** At the end of the "Piece of the Pie" event, Grueler informs the player and Vyrn [[spoiler:that the ones responsible for his father's assassination is the organization known as the Foe, a group of fanatics that worship the Astrals and are dedicated to sowing the seeds of war everywhere. Along with mentioning the Society as one of the forces behind the scenes, the same group that Beatrix, Zeta, Vaseraga, and Eustace are a part of, stating that the Society aims to gain control over the whole world by ensnaring primal beasts and using their powers.]]
** [[spoiler: In Lucio/Lucifer's fate episode, the mention of the otherworldly being is brought up. The being in question being the same one that taunted Jeanne d'Arc (or broke her in her dark version), and also makes an appearance in the "Four Knights of a Fallen Land" event as a demon that was summoned by Isabella who tried to usurp the throne from King Carl. For whatever reason, the being wants Lyria and Vyrn for their own purpose. One of his kind later shows up in the higher tiers of the Extra Co-Op quests to warn the protagonist and Lyria of the dangers.]]
** The Society members (Vaseraga, Zeta, Beatrix, and Eustace) have a lore about their involvement in the organization and fight against an entity called the Foe. [[spoiler:Said entity being involved with the war that took Ezecrain's hometown is mostly confirmed in the event "Right Behind You", where the Foe is an entity that sows discord among the sky realm to test their unity and if that unity breaks, the Foe can recruit people to their cause [[{{Brainwashed}} forcefully]] and attack unopposed without anyone capable of defending themselves against such an attack.]]
** Additionally, [[spoiler:the "Right Behind You" event ends with the warning that the battle with the Foe, now identified as people that live in the moon, is not over, and Neutronon's last words is that they plan to go after the creator]].

** The "What Makes The Sky Blue" event, which commemorates ''Granblue Fantasy'''s anniversary of running its service, speaks of the game lore about the Astrals and their creations and their connection with the Crimson Horizon mentioned often. [[spoiler:Part II, "Paradise Lost", ends with the revelation of Beelzebub gaining the dark half of the abomination that was once sealed by Lucifer himself and that the fight against Belial and Beelzebub isn't over]].
** A ''huge'' one with the "Dawning Sky" arc's end for the next arc of the main story. [[spoiler:The Grandcypher suffers heavy damage from the falling debris of the Great Wall's destruction and ends up falling to the bottoms of the sky, the Crimson Horizon. Noa, through his bond with the Grandcypher, assures the player that their travels are not over yet.]]

* ''VideoGame/GuildWars: Eye of the North'': The victory cutscene at the end of the main story ends with a brief glimpse of a gigantic dragon-like creature awakening in the chamber where [[spoiler:the player characters have just defeated the Great Destroyer]]. Sure enough, ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' is set in a world dominated by ancient, reawakened dragons.

** ''VideoGame/Halo3'' shows [[spoiler:the presumed-dead Master Chief and Cortana drifting through space towards a mysterious planet]].

** ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' ends with [[spoiler:Serina's voice telling the captain to wake up]]. The game has an achievement called "Ready for the Sequel", which was rather ironic for a time, due to its developer going under, until ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'' was ''finally'' announced by a different developer.
** ''VideoGame/Halo4'' doesn't have a hook for its main campaign, but the ''Spartan Ops'' campaign (which occurs six months after Master Chief's story) ends with Jul 'Mdama's fleet evacuating Requiem and [[spoiler:Dr. Halsey defecting to the Covenant]].
** ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'' ends with [[spoiler:a Halo moving into view as an off-screen Cortana hums a tune]].
* In ''VideoGame/HauntingStarringPolterguy'', poltergeist Polterguy's last piece of dialog tells us that [[spoiler:he will continue spooking around after he has been revived and made a ghost again]]. However, no sequel was ever produced.
* ''VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': The last line of this InteractiveFiction game is, "You [[spoiler:set one single foot on the ancient dust]] -- and almost instantly the most incredible adventure starts, which you'll have to buy the next game to find out about." Alas, [[{{Vaporware}} the sequel never even came close to being released]].
* ''VideoGame/HostileWatersAntaeusRising'' has two. Not only does the ending cinematic reveal that your [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]] might have [[spoiler:spawned something even worse]], TheStinger suggests [[spoiler:it was in vain]].

** ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' ends with a recorded message from Papa Caesar, revealing that [[spoiler:Isaac Washington's father is still alive]].

** ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'': In the good ending, a [[spoiler:dead Cole]] is sent off to sea when suddenly a question mark-shaped bolt of lightning strikes his coffin.

** The first game has a blatant one in the secret ending. [[spoiler:After Nugget kills everyone but himself and the protagonist with the power of [[CollectionSidequest the 25 talismans]], he says that he and the protagonist "must travel to another school" and "[...]do it all again! Only bigger and better!" He even outright calls it ''Kindergarten 2''.]] This was followed up on [[VideoGame/Kindergarten2 two years later]] (though [[spoiler:as the sequel follows up on the OmegaEnding and not the secret ending, [almost] all the characters are alive again]]).

** This is particularly annoying in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': The games always end with [[spoiler:a letter from King Mickey being opened and read, but not showing the player the contents]], and the bonus movie you can unlock as before shows [[spoiler: a ludicrously vague explanation of the plot for the '''prequel'''. Yes, a prequel hook]].
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' turns out to have a DistantFinale that is probably the biggest Sequel Hook in the series, and that DistantFinale is a continuation of the second game's Sequel Hook, which pretty much refers to the other three games made after it (''coded'', ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days]]'', and ''Birth by Sleep''). Combine their Hooks and you get a massive Sequel Hook for Sora's new journey in a possible third game to [[spoiler:reconnect Kingdom Hearts]].
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded Re:coded]]'' gets a big one as well, revealing that [[spoiler: Xehanort is due to return now that Sora has taken out both Xehanort's Heartless and Xemnas, his Nobody. Furthermore, Yen Sid is going to hold a Master Qualification Exam for both Sora and Riku in order to prepare them for the upcoming battle.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance 3D]]'' ends with Sora recovering from [[spoiler:having his heart shattered and bathed in darkness]], and the BigBad not only alive and well, but almost finished assembling an entire new Organization. The secret movie you have to jump through the most hoops to get shows [[spoiler:Yen Sid summoning Kairi to train with the Keyblade she got back in ''II''.]]
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' ends with [[spoiler:Sora performing a HeroicSacrifice to revive Kairi, and Braig/Xigbar revealing his true identity as Luxu and summoning four of the five Foretellers to explain his role to them. We then see another flashback of Eraqus and Xehanort playing chess, where Eraqus says he has a "new game" and places seven dark pieces on the board with a single light one.]] The secret ending after that is an even bigger MindScrew, with [[spoiler:Sora alive and well with Riku in the middle of Tokyo with the [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou 104 building]] in the horizon and the protagonist of the fictional video game from the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' world looking down at Riku from the top of a building.]]
*** The DLC expansion ''Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind''' adds a whole mountain of hooks.[[spoiler: A year has passed since Sora vanished, and all the heroes are on various quests to find clues to save him. Mickey, Donald and Goofy are exploring Disney Worlds. Terra, Aqua, and Ventus are exploring the Realm of Darkness. Roxas and Xion are exploring their own memories. Kairi subjected herself to a deep sleep in the hopes of reaching out to him. Riku plans to explore a strange dream he's been having with the help of the Fairy Godmother. Meanwhile, Sora runs into Yozora, who is very real, and battles him. Aftewards, Yozora returns to his own world in a recreation of the trailer for ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'' and is met by a man that sounds just like Luxord.]]

** Inverted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', which have a Sequel Hook to a ''previous'' game: Link leaves [[spoiler:on a small sailboat]], setting the pieces for the plot of [[spoiler:''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'']]. Creator/{{Nintendo}} has since [[ShrugOfGod zig-zagged]] on which order these games actually go, occasionally stating that the latter game game takes place just before the Oracle titles.

** ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes2'': After the credits, the Avengers are met by [[spoiler:Ravonna, Cosmos, and the Supreme Intelligence]] warning that there's a new threat coming their way.

* ''VideoGame/MachinaOfThePlanetTreeUnityUnions'': [[spoiler:Before dying, Nova states that Corona's mother, Aurelia, is still alive. However, Arcturus and Dalpa fear that she may have lost her sanity due to being connected to the Boundary for too long, but there's no confirmation. Despite the horrifying implications, Corona wants to journey to find her mother, though she wants to learn swordplay before doing so.]]
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' ends with a shot of ComicBook/{{Galactus}} plotting his revenge on Earth's heroes for stealing his planet-eating devices, and TheStinger revealing that [[spoiler:ComicBook/BlackWidow was TheMole after all]]. These all end up being subverted in the sequel: the Galactus incident is said by Thor to have occurred offscreen between the two games, and the second Hook appears to have been completely forgotten when you meet the character in question.
* ''VideoGame/MarySkelterNightmares'', in its post-game ending, has the Blood Team coming across [[spoiler:another Jail]]. The sequel initially appears to ignore this, adding new protagonist Tsuu and a non-DeathByOriginStory Little Mermaid but having an otherwise identical premise; however, it eventually comes to light that [[spoiler:the sequel is a result of the first game's timeline being modified, which occurs shortly after the Sequel Hook in the first game]]. The post-game of the EmbeddedPrecursor version of the first ''Mary Skelter'' then allows players to [[spoiler:subvert the events that lead to the sequel: taking advantage of Jack's and Tsuu's RippleEffectProofMemory, the Blood Team accomplishes Tsuu's goal by reviving Little Mermaid in the first game's timeline instead of [[ButterflyOfDoom mucking things up]] with time travel.]]

** Near the end of ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', Shepard says that there's still Reapers in Dark Space, and that they still need to be defeated. They run off, and... the game ends. Though of course, it was revealed that it was planned as a trilogy before the game came out.

*** The final DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', "Arrival", has Shepard [[spoiler:blow up an entire solar system, but slow down the Reaper armada by several months. Hackett confronts the Commander on this and informs Shepard it won't be long before s/he's brought to Earth to stand trial for what s/he's done.]]
** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' has a whole slew of them. TheDragon is still around and active, and depending on the player's choices it'll turn out she's called for back-up. The Initiative is ready to get up and running on their actual colonization efforts, there's a hint that the Remnant's creators are somewhere out there, never mind [[spoiler:the beings who set off the Scourge]]. Ryder learns there's a signal from the fifth, missing Ark, [[spoiler:imploring anyone who gets it to stay away]], and [[spoiler:the Initiative's mysterious backer, whoever they are, is still unaccounted for.]] Whether they'll ever get any follow-up... *shrug*

*** ''Advent'': A secret ending shows [[spoiler:Master ''Thomas'']] preparing to continue what [[BigBad Master Albert]] originally set out to do. The former [[spoiler:even recruited the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad enemy MegaMen]] to do his bidding]].
* ''VideoGame/MetalArms'': The last part of the credits shows [[spoiler:Dr. Exavolt blasting off in a shuttle]], cackling and saying, "I'm not finished with you yet, Glitch!" Unfortunately after this game, Swinging Ape Studios was bought out by Creator/{{Blizzard}} to work on ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}: Ghost'', and when that game became {{Vaporware}}, so too did Swinging Ape.

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' ends with a phone call between Ocelot and his true employer, [[spoiler:Solidus Snake, the President of the United States and the third clone of Big Boss]].
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' ends with a certain fact about the Patriots' identities coming to light... [[GainaxEnding confusingly]].
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' ends with an embittered Naked Snake [[StartOfDarkness becoming Big Boss]], and with a call between Ocelot and his true employer [[spoiler:the CIA Director, setting up the alliance between Ocelot and Big Boss that will give birth to the Patriots]].
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'' ends with another phone call, this time between Ocelot and "the man with the same codename as Null" ([[spoiler:Zero, hoping to invite Big Boss to form the Patriots]]).

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'', being a prologue, ends with [[spoiler:Snake managing to rescue Paz, Chico and the captives of Camp Omega, and the mission is seemingly a success... only for them to reach their base and find it under attack by a mysterious PMC, [=XOF=]. Snake manages to save Miller before the base is destroyed, but Paz awakens and reveals there was another bomb in her body they missed. She jumps out the helicopter to save them, but doesn't clear the distance before she blows up, causing the helicopter to crash and Snake and Miller become critically wounded and soon captured. Chico's fate remains unknown.]] If that wasn't enough, [[spoiler:a post-credits dialogue reveals that Skull Face wants to kill Zero, and he interrogates Paz for his location, as she is one of the few agents to have met him personally. Paz agrees to give Zero's location, but the tape ends before we hear her give the details]], which leads into the next game, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''.

** ''VideoGame/Metroid1'': The game's ending warns that while Samus succeeded in her mission and restored peace, it may be invaded by the other Metroid(s). This is followed up in ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus''. Though in a superb bit of Irony, it winds up being Samus who "invades" the Metroid homeworld.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'': All three main games feature Sequel Hooks as part of their [[MultipleEndings Segmented Endings]], unlocked via HundredPercentCompletion. Yes, even ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', though it's supposed to end the trilogy. In the first two, [[spoiler:the BigBad reveals that she's NotQuiteDead]], and in the third, [[spoiler:a mysterious ship follows Samus's to parts unknown. The ship was since confirmed to be the Delano 7, piloted by Sylux from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'', making the hook more blatant]].

** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' reveals that [[spoiler:Shinnok is ready to perform his act in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' after the timeline has been altered, and generally, the heroes' side have been in a worse condition.]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' reveals that [[spoiler:Raiden has become a KnightTemplar who takes a hard-line stance in Earthrealm's defense, threatening to destroy any who would threaten it.]]

** Subverted in ''VideoGame/MOTHER3''. You get the "The End...?" message, but try walking around... [[spoiler:Eventually, dialogue from the characters will start, assuring you that everything is fine and saying their goodbyes. Then the credits roll. The ''actual'' ending screen simply has "The End" on it, with no Sequel Hooks of any kind.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{MYST}}'': In the "good" ending, Atrus returns to D'ni after ostensibly [[spoiler: destroying his sons' prison books (though this is retconned in ''VideoGame/{{MYST IV}}'')]] to continue his work to stabilize the world where his wife Catherine is held hostage by a foe "much greater than [[spoiler:[his] sons]] can even imagine," [[spoiler:(his father Gehn)]] and tells you he'll likely need your help again. This is the plot of the sequel ''VideoGame/{{RIVEN}}''.

** At the end of ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', [[spoiler:as Mii walks back to her mansion, Kogoro says he's glad he doesn't have to worry about the fate of the world anymore, but Mii mentions that it might happen again, as long as she has the "power". At the end of Chapter 31 of the sequel, Otohime assures Tarosuke will be joining the rest of the heroes on another big adventure in the future.]]
* ''VideoGame/NinjaBlade'' has the hero Ken Ogawa's father cryptically tell Ken to "save your mother" around 3/4ths into the game. After the final boss, Ken mentions to his handler that he has "something to take care of" and is then shown disappearing somewhere in the city... implying that he's off to discover and save his mother whilst explaining nothing.
* ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}: VideoGame/StrangersWrath'' features this after a double plot twist in the end sequence. After defeating the BigBad Sekto, [[spoiler:you find out that "Sekto" is really the demon you heard about at the Grubb temple earlier in the game, and that Sekto is really the old guardian of the Grubb Tribe, having been brainwashed by a face-hugging parasite]]. When it looks like Sekto is dead, and everything is back to normal, [[spoiler:you see the octopus-like Sekto swim down the newly restored river, apparently looking for a new host]]. Sadly, Oddworld Inhabitants dropped out of the video game business after ''Stranger''.
* ''VideoGame/OverlordI'' simply features a TheEndOrIsIt, but the ExpansionPack ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell'' ends with a fairly straight Sequel Hook. [[spoiler:The Overlord you were just playing is trapped in the Infernal Abyss, possibly forever, but his Mistress is pregnant. Unsurprisingly, the sequel involves you playing as the Overlord's son, trying to undo the HappilyEverAfter that ensued in the absence of a legitimate force for evil.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' unusually has its sequel hook in the ''middle'' of the game: At the end of the second case, [[spoiler:Morgan Fey, one of the conspirators in the murder]], vows revenge. Said revenge plot [[spoiler:is put into action in the last case of the third game, ''Trials and Tribulations'']].
* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 2'' has a rather closed ending, but the first has a best ending where [[spoiler:several Onions of colors not seen before fly up from the planet -- hinting at at least '''''fourteen''''' additional Pikmin types]], but [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse this has not been referenced in either sequel]] [[spoiler:and the Onions were later redesigned anyway]]. The third game also has ''three'' on its best ending: [[spoiler:the narrator implies that the Drake's initial crash wasn't an accident, the credits (on any ending) end with something crashing on PNF-404 and the Pikmin running to it, and there's a way to view an SOS revealing that Louie was left stranded on the planet again]].

** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' have several potential plot points brought up during the postgame. It was commonly assumed that they would be followed up in the inevitable [[UpdatedRerelease third version]]... but with the announcement of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', it turns out they were this.

** The postgame of ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' shows [[spoiler:most of the bosses that you face through the course of the game (Gonzap, Chobin, Lovrina, etc.) appearing in the NintendoHard [[BossRush Orre Colosseum]]. If you manage to defeat them, they all send you friendly emails... bar Ardos, who declares you Cipher's number one enemy and says he will resurrect Cipher one day.]] After over a decade, we're still waiting.

** The game ends with a run through an industrial-like mass of corridors and vents until we see a room holding [[spoiler:the promised cake, a buffed-up Companion Cube, and some spheres in the background. Suddenly, their "eyes" [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glow a bright orange]] one by one, before a claw arm puts out the cake candle and floods the room in darkness.]] Then [=GLaDOS's=] VillainSong plays.
** A later update modifies the cutscene shown outside the facility near the end, giving a more direct hook. [[spoiler:An off-screen robot or android says ''"[[BrickJoke Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position]]"'' before dragging the player backwards.]]
* The ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series has these in the form of pictures that appear after the end credits. These pictures all relate to the next game in line for the series. The only exceptions are ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', which doesn't have such a picture, and ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask'', [[spoiler: which goes UpToEleven by replacing the picture with a full-blown ''cutscene'' that not only ties this game with ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter'' and ''Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva'', but also sets the stage for the sixth game]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' has the campers all going home and Raz and Lili sadly separating... only to suddenly reveal that the head of the Psychonauts (revealed to be [[spoiler:Lili's father]]) has been kidnapped by a dangerous enemy, and both kids fly off with Sasha, Milla, and Oleander to rescue him. Despite the obvious hook, the creator was unsure if there would be a sequel, given the first game's poor sales but cult status, although one was eventually released as the result of a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2018, with the aforementioned sequel hook forming the basis of a standalone game for the Playstation VR, ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin}}'', intended to bridge the gap between the first game and its sequel.

** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'' ends on a blatant (and very effective) cliffhanger with [[spoiler:the NotQuiteDead Ad Avis taking possession of the protagonist]].

** Then there are a few ''actual'' Sequel Hooks -- [[spoiler:the council of "greater shra" in Moke's sidequest]] and [[spoiler:the final +ii emitter]], among others.
* ''VideoGame/RenegadeOps'': We are told that [[spoiler:Natasha]] and [[spoiler:Inferno]] are working for some great power, but who or what that is, we don't get to know.
%% * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' ends pretty much every single game this way. ZCE
* ''VideoGame/ReVOLUTION'': [[spoiler:Jack goes after the magnate guy, and on the final level, in the very end, we see a car fly away. The ending cutscene shows Jack just standing there, and then Marcus, the resistance leader, comes with his car, says, "It's over Jack, let's go", they go away, and then the staff roll goes by]]. However, a sequel was never made.

* ''VideoGame/SacredEarthPromise'': The game ends with Balcruade and Zuleika on the run, which means the protagonists will have to stop their thievery in a future installment. [[spoiler:TheStinger reveals that Relima is a Prophet and that she'll have a major role in shaping the world's future.]]

** ''Simon the Sorcerer 2'' ends with [[spoiler:Simon still trapped in Sordid's body]].
* If ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor'' is beaten on the Isa & Kachi Mode, [[spoiler:we see Isa and Kachi discuss how their enemies will still inevitably come for them. Kachi's memory starts to return, and she remembers that she is in fact [[BigBad Achi]]. Or that she was just faking her memory loss, and she knew who she was all along? That's what the American version implies anyway.]]
%%* Double's ending in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' turns out to be one[[spoiler:, or in this case a True Story Hook]].
* At the end of ''[[VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Skylanders: Giants]]'', Kaos and Glumshanks return home to Kaos's castle to find his mother waiting for them, and she becomes one of the main antagonists in ''Swap Force''. This example is later {{retcon}}ned, as in ''Swap Force'' Kaos doesn't communicate with his mother until a quarter into the game.

** ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' ends with Sly vanishing after his clash with Le Paradox, with the gang and Carmelita having no clue where he is. [[spoiler:The secret ending, awarded for acquiring the game's Platinum trophy, reveals that Sly is okay... albeit smack in the middle of ''Ancient Egypt''.]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'': The [=PC88=] and [=MSX2=] versions end after [[spoiler:the death of the Benson Snatcher, with the mystery of the Snatchers still unsolved]]. This is not an intentional Sequel Hook, but a cut-off point before the third and final act, [[ObviousBeta which was not included in those versions due to time constraints]]. The later remakes for the PC Engine and Sega CD added the missing act to the game.

%% ** ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'' ends with a plot twist that sets up a sequel.
** ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' ends with [[spoiler:Sonic being sent into a time warp caused by a chain reaction between the Chaos Emeralds and the Phantom Ruby]]. It's left hanging what happened to him, [[spoiler:[[StealthSequel but it's most likely]] [[VideoGame/SonicForces he ended up in another dimension conquered by Dr. Eggman]]]]...

* Near the end of ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' Mary Jane discovers a secret lab in [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Osborn's]] penthouse with his research and Green Goblin weapon prototypes. TheStinger reveals that [[spoiler:he never sent Harry away for treatment at all; he was keeping him in a HealingTank in the lab and experimenting on him with the [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Venom symbiote]].]]
* After you beat ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''[='=]s Hero Mode, Cap'n' Cuttlefish hints at [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 something to come]] when you talk to him at his shack:
-->'''Cap'n' Cuttlefish:''' There be a storm a-brewin'... I feel it in my cuttles!

** ''VideoGame/SplinterCellConviction'' has one, though it might take some FridgeLogic to notice: [[spoiler:Reed]]'s plan may be foiled, but [[spoiler:Megiddo]] is still out there.

*** In the co-op campaign, Fisher and Briggs recover the [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead body of Kestrel from ''Conviction'''s co-op campaign and move him to the Paladin's medical bay]].

* The 120% ending of ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' [[spoiler:Shows Spyro humiliating Gnasty Gnorc in a live interview, leading to Gnasty using his magic to trap all the Dragons in crystal again, just like the intro. Also just like the intro, he doesn't trap Spyro (When will he learn?)]] This seems to be the setup for a potential sequel..... but then the sequel we actually ended up getting had a completely different plot.

* ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed II'': [[ForegoneConclusion Did you honestly think]] that [[spoiler:Darth Vader]] was going to remain captured? Unfortunately, ExecutiveMeddling led to the third game being cancelled, so it's possible and likely that we will never know how this plot point is resolved, just that it ''is'' since that kinda is required for the original trilogy of films, which take place after the ''Force Unleashed'' games.

** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotSpirits'': [[spoiler:After you beat Levi, she reveals that she is a puppet of Commander Gozzo. Gozzo thanks Levi for her efforts and intends to commence his invasion of Earth.]]

*** [[spoiler:Elder Gods Kurou and Al]] are going to entrust their son to regular Kurou and Al.

* ''VideoGame/TheiaTheCrimsonEclipse'': The ''Another Withered Future'' epilogue [[spoiler:shows that the victory that Seth's party achieved won't last, since the Orihalcon is still a non-renewable energy source that will eventually dry up. Seth's descendant, Dayke Sideris, uses the Original Light to unlock Arca Babylon, which will supposedly solve the current crisis, but the epilogue cuts off before he can reach that place.]]

** '' Time Crisis 5'' ends with [[spoiler:Wild Dog launching the [[MacGuffin briefcase]] out of VSSE's hands before blowing himself up a fifth time and later being discovered by a mysterious man with a katana, who retrieves the case and says, "How about that! Wild Dog is good for something after all." This is followed by a message announcing a True Mastermind Edition, which will feature three more stages.]]

* ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon'' has this in the form of a [[TheStinger stinger]] in which Neil appears to [[spoiler:take out a bottle of painkillers and gulp it down before leaving with Eva, implying that he's either addicted or dying]]. It also has a checkmark appear next to "Episode 1: To The Moon" afterwards.

* ''VideoGame/{{Turok}} 3: Shadow of Oblivion'' ends with a post-credits scene that concludes with [[spoiler:Adon leaving her post on the Council of Voice to try and save Joshua Fireseed. The Council of Voices is then seen appointing a mysterious figure to ensure she doesn't succeed.]] Acclaim Entertainment intended to continue the story in a future sequel. The company went belly up in 2004 though, and the ''Turok'' game license went to Touchstone Games, who promptly rebooted the whole ''Turok'' story. It's very unlikely that this ending is ever going to be resolved.

* If the right choices are made, a post-credit sequence in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' [[spoiler:reveals Josh has started to transform into a wendigo and is living in the caves under the mountain]].

* In ''VideoGame/VoyageInspiredByJulesVerne'', after getting off the moon, Michel crash-lands on Earth [[spoiler:and finds himself on a desert island, where he's found by Captain Nemo]].
* ''VideoGame/{{WET}}'': One of Pelham's bodyguards, a rapier-wielding gentleman named Ze Kollektor is only fought one by Rubi as a CutsceneBoss before he disappears from the story saying WeWillMeetAgain. [[spoiler:Tarantula is also revealed to have survived getting her neck snapped by Rubi in the post-credits scene.]] A sequel was announced in 2010 but quietly abandoned in 2011 - no official announcement was made but press agencies noticed that former employees had the project listed as cancelled on their CVs.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has too many to count. In short: what exactly is [[spoiler:the Samaar Federation]], what are the Ghosts, who is the Great One, who is [[spoiler:the Black Knight]], who exactly is L, who built the various ruins dotting Mira, what's the deal with [[spoiler:Elma]], who is [[spoiler:Eleonora]] really working for, what's the purpose of [[spoiler:J-Bodies]], what's the deal with Mira anyway, how is [[spoiler:Lao still alive]], and most obviously, how the hell [[spoiler:are everyone's mimeosomes still functioning even though the Lifehold Core has been destroyed for several months]]?

* The 2012 reboot of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' ends with Sweet Tooth's son Charlie seeking to continue his father's legacy and take revenge on Calypso for killing him, while his daughter Sophie has been brought BackFromTheDead by Calypso and looks like she'll be an adversary to him.

** ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' leaves an even more egregious one: What the hell is Samus going to do now?

** ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' ends with Shadow and Omega looking over the corpse of Metal Sonic and Shadow contemplating his revival.

** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' takes this further with the ending cutscene for the "Golden Freddy" mode. Not only is [[spoiler:Springtrap]] still around, but he's actually [[spoiler:the ''son'' of the killer and wants revenge against his father]].

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' ends with Gordon being saved by the mysterious [=GMan=] he sees at several points in the game, then put into storage for "future assignments". As does ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', with this example resulting in much fandom rage. ''Episode One'' ends with Gordon and Alyx caught in a gargantuan explosion and ''Episode Two'' ends just before an expedition to the arctic (and just after one hell of a PlayerPunch).

** Inverted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', which have a Sequel Hook to a ''previous'' game: Link leaves [[spoiler:on a small sailboat]], setting the pieces for the plot of [[spoiler:''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'']]. Many fans refused to believe this was a Sequel Hook until the timeline was officially revealed.

** An odd internal example happens in ''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'', which contains the latter two games plus ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. All three games are emulated, but an interesting discovery by dataminers that reveal more features than the ''Sunshine'' emulator needed hints at possibly more classic compilations for the Switch to come.

* The 120% ending of ''VideoGame/SpyrotheDragon'' [[spoiler:Shows Spyro humiliating Gnasty Gnorc in a live interview, leading to Gnasty using his magic to trap all the Dragons in crystal again, just like the intro. Also just like the intro, he doesn't trap Spyro (When will he learn?)]] This seems to be the setup for a potential sequel..... but then the sequel we actually ended up getting had a completely different plot.