The interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch has multiple different endings. But a flowchart on Reddit now shows what decisions need to be made to reach certain paths.
I missed it: What is Black Mirror Bandersnatch? It’s an interactive film where you actively shape the storyline using your remote control. You decide in a binary choice how the protagonist should behave in the next scene. Are there Frosties or Sugar Puffs for breakfast? It’s up to you to control him.
This is a spin-off of the well-known Netflix series “Black Mirror” and conceptually reminds one of Detroit: Become Human. A game that plays like a film and has multiple endings. It’s best to read the following article:
Continuing: Shortly after the latest Netflix film of the cult series Black Mirror was released, the community on Reddit started breaking down the endings of Bandersnatch.
To be honest, the features to quickly and easily try different decisions later on are still quite rudimentary. Therefore, here is a small help. But be careful: From here on, there are spoilers.
How many endings does Bandersnatch have? According to Netflix, there are 5. But it depends on how one defines an ending.
The post on Reddit currently mentions 11 completed endings, revealing what happens to the computer game “Bandersnatch” and the protagonist Stefan. And beyond the 11 endings, there are 4 more where you are forced to repeat the scene. What does Netflix probably mean by the 5 endings? In any case, these can be listed:
- Stefan accepts the commercial offer from the gaming giant – Bandersnatch receives a 2.5/5
- Stefan dies and the game is either not released or receives no rating
- Stefan neither ends up in prison nor does he die – Bandersnatch gets a 0/5
- Stefan ends up in prison – Bandersnatch is not released or receives a rating of 2.5 to 5
- Stefan ends up in a psychiatric ward with the therapist after a wild action scene. The audience is conveyed that it’s all just a film and the actor was too much in character.
A flowchart on Reddit shows the possible paths
The first ending occurs very early and shows what the viewer is getting into with this Netflix experiment: After the first important scene, where a decision leads to real consequences, an ending occurs within minutes and the supposed game hit becomes a flop.
It’s about the scene where you decide whether Stefan should work alone or commercially driven on the title. Oh damn, I wanted the quick money. But hey, Netflix says there’s no “right” or “wrong.”
But see for yourself, here are all the discovered paths and endings of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch so far (Source Reddit, User Scrixie, image on Imgur).
