Single-Player Games Worth Playing After End Credits

Table of Contents

• Single-Player Games Worth Playing After End Credits
• Grand Theft Auto V
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Borderlands 2
• Disgaea series
• The Outer Worlds

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

This man needs no introduction.

A day without The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a squandered day. But how can we not mention the production, which – after more than 5 years since launch – is still widely popular and generally considered an RPG milestone? It was the third Witcher that made CD Projekt RED the esteemed studio they are considered now, even after their recent troubles.

But what is a fan of The Witcher supposed to do after dozens of hours of gameplay, when they have already fought the Hunt? Well, there are several possibilities. It can fire off two extensive add-ons allowing you to play dozens of hours more. However, their contents will also eventually run out. Then, you can complete the brilliant side quests.

In The Witcher 3 there's no place for simple fetch quests – each side quest or monster contract was created with care, love, and some great ideas. In every quest of this type, you can count on a plot twist – and it's beautiful that, as one of the few RPGs, the third part of the series wasn't saturated with simplistic quests typical for MMORPGs. And then, there's the New Game Plus mode, which lets you start the whole adventure over again – but with an already acquired skill set, a high experience level, and a few other aces up your sleeve.

The Stanley Parable

Looks unsettling... Which is how most of The Stanley Parable looks.

The Stanley Parable, like GTA V, was released back in 2013 – however, it first saw the light of day in 2011 as a mod to Half Life 2. Galactic Cafe – the independent studio responsible for the prototype and subsequent standalone production – with a very innovative concept, it attempts to tackle the subject of video game narration and an omniscient narrator.

The awesomeness of The Stanley Parable lies in giving the player a choice that has already been made in advance by the said narrator. With two possible paths, the narrator always suggests one of them – but whether this hint is taken seriously, or if we otherwise decide to direct the protagonist in a completely different and unpredictable way, depends entirely on the player. So, hearing: "Stanley went through the right door," we can actually go through it or head toward the left door. Regardless of that decision, the door will slam shut behind us, and the narrator will adjust, continuing the story.

And why did The Stanley Parable even appear on this list? Because after completing Galactic Cafe, we can play it a second time, and then another, and another – constantly having the impression that we are playing a completely different game, visiting completely different rooms and learning a completely different story. I wholeheartedly recommend trying all the options available and discovering all the endings.

Super Mario Odyssey

GTA V, even with the Redux mod, has nothing on Mario's city.

It's been a long time since the world went crazy about Mario, the mustachioed plumber in a red mug taking down his opponents in the most brutal way possible – by jumping on top of them. This wave wasn't even stopped by the tooth-achingly bad Super Mario Bros. movie. The craze took over the whole world, and subsequent game installments were all complete smash hits. Super Mario Odyssey, the latest installment released in October 2017, however, broke all records and instantly became one of the highest-rated games in history.

But what does Super Mario Odyssey allow in terms of fun after completing the main storyline? Well, it's positively saturated with content. As a first example, there are mysterious boxes present in every kingdom, which are impossible to interact with – after completing the game, you can throw your hat at them, which will reveal new moons to collect, and this is connected to further interesting challenges. Hooray!

Besides, NPCs will completely change their locations, which we will notice when we gather moons again – they will also give us new missions, for which... we get even more moons! The moons will be useful to strengthen your ship, which will allow you to go even further – for example, to the unlocked new location, reminiscent of a stage from the classic games about the eponymous mustachioed man (referring to the Mushroom Kingdom), and to the Dark Side of the Moon. Tum dum dum dum. I would forget to mention the additional costumes available for purchase or other variations of our magic hat. Nintendo knows how to make long-lived games.