There are seven endings in Cyberpunk 2077, with four of them being integral to the main endings, two of them acting as secret endings, and one of them unlocked only through the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion, Phantom Liberty. Yet, with a few variations, there are a total of 9 endings in Cyberpunk 2077. Each ending serves its purpose well, and players can make their own decisions to create their own canon and best Cyberpunk 2077 ending for their specific V.
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Every ending in Cyberpunk 2077 serves as the conclusion to each V’s own story and the lives that are directly involved in the whirlwind of chaos caused by the chip that is slowly killing them. With V’s life on the line and a desperation for a happy ending, it’s a good idea to look at each Cyberpunk 2077 ending to see if it's for better or worse.
Updated on September 15, 2025, by Jake Fillery: Players can find all Cyberpunk 2077 endings below, including the secret ending, and the ending provided by Phantom Liberty. With each of these endings, we've also added a segment about how to get them for your own playthrough, and which Lifepath would be most likely to choose the endings provided so you can make considerations when it comes to the perfect canon ending for your V in Cyberpunk 2077.
This article contains major spoilers for every Cyberpunk 2077 ending!
9 The Path of Least Resistance
V Dies by Suicide, Taking “The Easy Way Out”
- Choose "Could also put all this to rest" in Nocturne Op55N1
Sitting on the rooftop of Misty’s Esoterica, V is faced with a choice: let more blood spill in an effort to avert the inevitable and save their life, or simply give up and put the whole thing to rest. Electing to give up, V will toss away the pills and have a conversation with Johnny that to save the ones that they love, it’s time to end things here and now before their minds are lost.
Johnny objects to V’s request to commit suicide, but it’s V’s body, so he understands the decision. This ending sees V pull the trigger on their gun, killing themselves and ending things on their own terms. It’s a tragic ending and a lacking finale that doesn’t provide closure or payoff, and players have to sit through the closing credits with grief-stricken friends and loved ones talking to V post-mortem.
This ending doesn't really have canon substance for any of the three lifepaths, as V has come so far, and to give up now, even when Johnny Silverhand is there to have another chance, just shows stubbornness and selfishness to deprive Johnny of a chance in V's body.
8 The Devil (Sign Contract)
Help Arasaka Rise to Power and Sign Away V’s Soul
- Call Hanako for help in Nocturne Op55N1
- Choose [Sign Contract] in Where is My Mind?
While Johnny Silverhand can be a tad aggressive, there is one thing that he constantly states to V: do not trust corporations and Arasaka in particular. Johnny’s entire being in the game is a direct result of Arasaka’s evil schemes, and V can disregard all of Johnny’s advice and contact Hanako Arasaka to aid her in avenging her father, Saburo Arasaka, and taking back the company from her brother, all at a vague promise of survival for V.
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Committing to this ending is a bad fate for everyone but Arasaka. Saburo returns to life thanks to the Soulkiller program, but Johnny is essentially purged from V, while V is left with permanent brain damage that continues to make his condition worse. Arasaka has forgotten about V on their space station, and V becomes a lab rat. With death nigh, V signs away their rights to Arasaka to digitize their consciousness. The Devil is easily the worst main ending, especially this variation of it, as V betrays his friends and sells their souls to Arasaka in a sad and desperate attempt to live. V is digitized, left floating in a digital purgatory, perhaps forever. Hanako has already forgotten about V, so it’s rather likely that so will Arasaka, and V is a PR problem swept under the digital rug never to be seen again.
Teaming with Arasaka and entrusting their mortal soul to them seems like something a Corpo V would do, especially one that relapses into their old ways of entrusting everything to the mega corporations they worked for years prior. A Corpo V would willingly give their soul to a corpo, especially since they've done it in the past, and a rat would do anything to survive.
7 The Devil (Refuse to Sign)
Help Arasaka Rise to Power, But Return Home With Nothing to Show For It
- Call Hanako for help in Nocturne Op55N1
- Choose [Refuse to Sign] in Where is My Mind?
Aiding Hanako Arasaka goes about the same, with V betraying friends and family to try and survive. Arasaka returns to the height of their power and perhaps becomes stronger than ever, all whilst V is experimented on in a space station with no concept of time or memories from the brain damage he has suffered at the hands of Arasaka’s scalpel.
Provided with a choice to sign a contract to digitize his consciousness or to return home, this option sees V return to Night City. It’s a pointless ending for V, as they have just aided in an evil corporation rising back to full strength, while all V got was brain damage and a few scornful friends. Yet, perhaps V can turn this around in the weeks they have left to live.
The Devil is a hard ending to rank in terms of lifepaths, but it's likely that this goes to a V from the Corpo lifepath who realised that they've been duped, and it's time to stop trusting corporations once and for all. This could also be a canon ending to a Street Kid V, who tried to entrust in a powerful corporation, only to be chewed and spat back out like they were warned about so many times prior.
6 The Tower
The Relic is Removed, But V Becomes a Nobody in Night City
- Help Solomon Reed capture Songbird in Firestarter or The Killing Moon
- Accept Reed's offer in Through Pain to Heaven
- Call Solomon Reed for help in Nocturne Op55N1 or Who Wants to Live Forever
By the time players reach Dogtown and involve themselves in the political espionage of Songbird, Solomon Reed, and the NUSA, they would have hopefully bonded even more with Johnny after feeling even more alone and vulnerable with a cure seemingly always out of reach. Yet, if players betray the trust of Songbird and actually hand her over to Solomon Reed, then a cure is promised to V as part of the deal.
There’s always a catch, and the cure involves taking the chip out like it’s a tumor. Doing so results in Johnny’s death, with no closure for him, just a heartbreaking farewell to Vincent or Valorie if they had developed a friendship. Even worse, V wakes up in 2079 after being in a coma, where all his friends and loved ones have moved on, and cyberware is deadly to V. V may have a fresh start at life, but they will never become a Night City legend, since their lack of cybernetic implants makes them a standard NPC to walk the streets and hope a rogue bullet never comes.
The Tower ending can be seen as a decent enough ending for Corpo V, who can't help but entrust their fate into corporations that will be far stronger than they could ever be on their own, and would do anything to survive. This is also semi-decent for Street Kid, as V is promised a job with Reed, but realises that their loyalty and addiction to Night City pull them home.
5 Temperance (With Rogue Amendiares)
Johnny Gets a Fresh Shot at Life in V’s Body, and Rogue Dies
- Complete Rogue's Quests
- Call Rogue for help in Nocturne Op55N1
- Inside Mikoshi, cross the digital bridge as V
After fighting through Arasaka Tower, and V’s conditioning worsening by the minute, V and Johnny finally reach Mikoshi and contact Alt through the Backwall to separate their minds. Yet, there’s a complication, and only one of them can return to V’s body. If V returns, they have months to live due to the corruption of the chip. If Johnny returns to V’s body, it’s a fresh start, and Johnny can live on in V’s body as if it’s the natural progression of things.
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It's not the ending either of them wants, but they can agree. V goes into the Blackwall with Alt, knowing that their life in a body is over. Johnny takes V’s body and starts anew, leaving Night City behind with the memories of V and their past as Johnny acts as a reminder to be a better person. With V gone, and Rogue killed, Johnny truly has to start again with nothing and nobody to remember him.
This ending makes the most sense for the Nomad lifepath, as V has been without his clan for years, and sees going beyond the Blackwall as a way to become a Nomad once more, albeit a digital one that's free to explore the infinite of technology instead of the dirt roads out of Night City.
4 Temperance (With the Aldecaldos)
Johnny Begins a New Life in V’s Body, but Saul Dies
- Complete Panam's Quests
- Call Panam for help in Nocturne Op55N1
- Inside Mikoshi, cross the digital bridge as V
Separating the minds of Johnny and V at Mikoshi thanks to help from the Aldecaldos, this variant of the Temperance ending will see Saul dead at the hands of Adam Smasher. It can’t be for nothing though, until Alt gives the devastating news that if V returns to their body, they have only a matter of months before the empty relic inside their head kills them. Yet, if Johnny takes the body, the body and brain will survive.
V elects to stay behind with Alt and explore the Blackwall, leaving Johnny with V’s body and a new start at life. It’s an ending that sees Panam vengeful, vowing to hunt down Johnny for “stealing” V’s body. Being hunted by a nomad clan isn’t ideal, but Rogue stays alive in this ending, and perhaps Johnny can explain to Rogue and even start a future with her like he wanted to before.
Some might consider this to be a fitting end for the V that gives up, or knows that Johnny deserves a second chance. After all, V was shot in the head and already dead, but which Lifepath would befit this ending? For that, it's most likely going to be Street Kid, who realizes there's nothing left for them outside the Blackwall, especially since a Nomad V would see a future with Panam, especially with Saul's death and their need for a new clan leader.
3 The Sun
V Becomes a Legend and Takes the Gig of a Lifetime From Mister Blue Eyes
- Complete Rogue's Quests
- Call Rogue for help in Nocturne Op55N1
- Inside Mikoshi, have Johnny Silverhand go with Alt beyond the blackwall
Entrusting Johnny with V’s body temporarily allows Johny to go to the Afterlife and seek help from Rogue, where together, they can storm Arasaka Tower once more and give V the life that they deserve. The raid on Arasaka Tower doesn’t come without its casualties, as Rogue is killed by Adam Smasher. However, what results is V becoming the owner of the Afterlife, providing a dream realized for Jackie and V.
As the new owner of the Afterlife, V has proven themselves as a Night City legend, and all the fame and wealth they could have asked for is with them. With a loved one at V’s side, the terminal illness is bound to kill V soon, so they take an impossible job from an elusive and powerful figure, Mr. Blue Eyes. V takes to space to try and pull off a daring casino heist. If V dies, they become an even greater legend. If V pulls it off? Perhaps Mr. Blue Eyes upholds his end of the bargain and provides V with a cure.
The Star ending is great for those who wanted to stick with their guns for the Street Kid Lifepath by fulfilling V and Jackie's dream of making it to the major leagues. V becomes a Night City Legend and is renowned in the Afterlife, but it's an ending that only really makes sense if V wants to provide Jackie with a legacy, or for Street Kid V who simply can't move on past Night City dreams. For Corpo and Nomad V, this ending doesn't seem like the likely candidate, as those two versions of V might have seen another way out.
2 Don’t Fear the Reaper
Storm Arasaka With Johnny Silverhand
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Complete Johnny's Quests and select the following dialogue in Chippin' In:
- "Nah, ###### that up too."
- "What do you want from me?"
- "Ok. But as second chances go, this is your last."
- Instead of calling anyone for help in Nocturne Op55N1, wait 5 minutes in real time to hear Johnny Silverhand's proposition
Developing a friendship with Johnny Silverhand feels like the right way to go in Cyberpunk 2077. Whilst the rocker boy is rather problematic and certainly egotistical, V’s shared brain with Johnny allows them to form a connection of trust and memories. As their bond grows, so does their desire to not see the people they love hurt, which is why if V doesn’t proceed with an option during the scene on Misty’s rooftop for five minutes, Johnny will suggest a suicide run.
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It's a hard yet rewarding process, and the secret ending to Cyberpunk 2077 involves Johnny and V storming Arasaka Tower as a one-man army, armed with their combined strength and determination to party like it's 2023. If V dies during the mission, it’s game over. Yet, if successful, they have the opportunity to return as Legend, whether that’s with V in their body, or Johnny at the helm. Either way, nobody dies as a result of this daring Don’t Fear the Reaper ending, leaving players with the choice between The Sun or Temperance as their chosen endings, except this time, nobody dies.
While nobody close to V has to die in order to get this mission, it does lock players into either having V become a legend of the Afterlife by helping Mr. Blue Eyes, or leaving Night City behind with Johnny in V's body. Despite the lack of death, it's still a somewhat somber ending that has V, or Johnny as V, remain alone and out of time.
1 The Star
V Leaves Night City Behind For a Hopeful Future With Panam and the Aldecaldos
- Complete Panam's Quests
- Call Panam for help in Nocturne Op55N1
- Inside Mikoshi, enter into the well as V
There’s a heavy emphasis on doom and nihilism with V’s endings across Cyberpunk 2077, and it seems that they just can’t catch a break. Whatever decision V makes, it blows up in their face. Yet, there’s a helpful hand here to guide V to happiness, and that hand is Panam’s. Panam can be a love interest for male V, but even just as a friend, her devotion and loyalty to V shows how much the Aldecaldos care, and that there’s a family waiting for V with open arms.
The Star ending might sacrifice the leader of the Aldecaldos, Saul, but his memory lives on with his nomad clan, and he’d be happy to know that the Aldecaldos are safe with V and Panam at the helm. With the Star ending, V’s condition might be terminal, but they can spend those months in the company of the people that love them, and perhaps even stop at nothing to find a cure. The Star is the only ending where V doesn’t have to be afraid of dying, and V doesn’t have to die alone.
For Fem V who romanced Judy, they can get the best of both worlds, as not only will they leave Night City behind to look elsewhere for a cure, but Judy will even join them. While Judy is not featured on the Basillisk with Panam, she is actually involved in the ending, riding alongside Carol until the Nomad clan finds a new spot. This ending is great for V, but also for Judy, who gets her wish to leave Night City for good, albeit with love, instead of heartache and scarred memories of a life she's leaving behind. Players can also consider this ending great for all Lifepaths of V, as for Nomads, it's a return to their way of life. For Corpo and Streetkid, it's a reason to go on, a path forward that doesn't involve a blaze of glory, or climbing the corporate ladder until you're the next in line to be stabbed in the back.
Cyberpunk 2077
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 76 /100 Critics Rec: 66%
- Released
- December 10, 2020
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
- Developer(s)
- CD Projekt Red
- Publisher(s)
- CD Projekt Red
