Life Is Strange: Reunion puts every major choice you've ever made in the series on the table and asks you to live with the consequences. Three endings wait at the finish line, and the road to each one is shaped by how you handle Max Caulfield's relationship with Chloe Price, how aggressively you use the Rewind ability, and whether you manage to pull the supporting cast through the night of the fire alive.
This guide breaks down every ending, the exact steps to reach the best one, and a full walkthrough for saving each character before the credits roll.
How many endings does Life Is Strange: Reunion have?
Life Is Strange: Reunion has three main endings, each tied to a named final choice. A fourth variation exists depending on your romantic legacy choices at the start of the game, but the core outcomes come down to those three decisions. The ending you reach is determined by two things working together: how much Time Fatigue you've accumulated through Rewind use, and how much relational damage or support you've built with Chloe across the story.
Important: The game tracks your Rewind usage throughout the entire playthrough, not just in the final chapter. Spamming Rewind early will push you toward the worse endings even if you make good dialogue choices later.
What is the best ending in Life Is Strange: Reunion?
The Trust the Timeline ending is the one the game is built around. Max and Chloe genuinely reconcile, and the story earns the title Reunion in the most literal sense. Getting here requires two things above all else: keep Rewind use to a minimum and consistently choose dialogue options that support rather than challenge Chloe.
At the final confrontation, the choice "Trust the Timeline" will appear. Selecting it triggers the good ending. The post-credit sequence confirms the reconciliation, and unlike the other two endings, there's no ambiguity in the imagery.
Tip: To stay on track for this ending, only use Rewind when the game forces you to or when saving a character's life depends on it. Every unnecessary rewind builds Time Fatigue that pushes the story toward the worse outcomes.
How to get the Hold on to the Past ending
This is the bittersweet middle ground. Max and Chloe stay together, but neither character has genuinely moved past their grief. The relationship feels arrested rather than healed.
To reach it, use Rewind frequently throughout the story to force ideal outcomes and avoid failure states. This builds enough Time Fatigue to close off the best ending. At the final choice, select "Hold on to the Past." The two characters remain together, but the story makes clear that they're clinging to something rather than building something new.
How to get the Accept the Sacrifice ending
This is the bad ending. Max and Chloe separate permanently. To trigger it, you need both heavy Rewind use and a pattern of confrontational dialogue choices with Chloe throughout the story. The combination of high Time Fatigue and a damaged relationship closes off the other two endings and leaves "Accept the Sacrifice" as the only meaningful option at the final confrontation.
Selecting it ends with the two going their separate ways. Given that the entire game is about rebuilding their connection, this is the outcome the story treats as the real failure state.
Warning: Letting the supporting cast die does not directly change which ending you get, but it does affect the post-credit sequence and locks you out of the Wall of Heroes outcome in the Snapping Turtle scene. If you see a memorial instead of the Wall of Heroes, at least one character didn't make it.
How to save everyone and unlock the best ending
Saving every character is separate from reaching the best ending, but the two goals overlap significantly. The Save Everyone achievement requires keeping Jeannette, Loretta, Noelle, Owen, Safi, Anthony the Poet, and Vinh alive through the night of the fire. Here's how each one works.
How to save Jeannette
Before the fire starts, find the tutoring flyer on the noticeboard near the observatory stairs. You'll pass it as Max after the scene between Chloe and Safi. Reading it tells Max that Jeannette is in the observatory. During the fire, when you speak to Noelle, mention Jeannette and give Noelle the mask at the same time. Skip either step and Jeannette dies.
How to save Loretta
Loretta only needs saving if Ren starts the fire. She's trapped in the small library inside the admin building. Get the trophy case key from Vinh's desk, take the trophy from the third shelf, and use it to break the lock off the library door. You'll need Rewind here to complete the sequence and convince Loretta to stay put through the door before getting her out.
How to save Noelle
After speaking to the custodian about the water valves, grab the mask from the custodian's closet. Noelle is on the path nearby. Give her the mask during that conversation. This also sets up saving Jeannette, since Noelle needs the mask to operate safely.
How to save Owen
Owen only dies if the fire starts. Stop the fire by having Chloe accuse Ren and report him to Noelle at the Snapping Turtle. If Ren never starts the fire, Owen survives automatically.
How to save Safi
Safi's survival comes down to the scene between her and Chloe in Moses' office inside the observatory. Before that scene, tell Safi about the fire as Max and do not accuse her of starting it. When the scene with Chloe begins, use these dialogue choices in order:
- "I'm sorry."
- "Max loves you."
- "She told you about the fire."
- "You've been hurting since Maya died."
- "She knows you can do better."
- "Fine. Let's be b*stards."
Safi drops a cigarette into a wastepaper basket during this scene regardless of what you do, which starts the observatory fire. That fire cannot be stopped. What changes is whether Safi survives the emotional moment.
Info: The observatory fire is unavoidable. No matter how well you play the rest of the night, the fire in the observatory always happens. The goal is keeping Safi alive through it, not preventing it.
How to save Anthony the Poet
Grab the wrench from the custodian's closet during the water valve sequence. Go to the front of Caledon and break open the door with it. Anthony is inside.
How to save Vinh
Accuse Vinh as Max when the opportunity arises. If you don't, Vinh blows up the Abraxas house during the fire and doesn't survive. Accusing him leads Max to Reggie, who reveals someone was spotted on Fremont Street before the protest. If you've also had Chloe accuse Ren and report him to Noelle, the campus fire doesn't start, and Max can reach the Abraxas house in time to find Vinh.
How to stop the campus fire
The full sequence to prevent the main campus fire: Chloe accuses Ren and tells Noelle at the Snapping Turtle, and Max accuses Vinh after meeting Yasmin. Both accusations are required. One without the other leaves part of the fire unaddressed.
With both handled, Max is free to use Rewind for the Loretta sequence and still reach the Abraxas house for Vinh. After the fire, the Snapping Turtle scene will show the Wall of Heroes instead of a memorial if everyone made it.
For a deeper breakdown of choice outcomes and character relationships, the Life Is Strange Reunion wiki tracks all the branching paths in detail. The NeonLightsMedia endings guide also covers the full save-everyone sequence with additional context on how the fire sequence connects to the ending you receive.
What do the post-credit images mean?
Each ending closes with a series of photographs rather than explicit text confirmation. This is consistent with the series' visual language, but it has frustrated players who want a clear answer. The short version: the Trust the Timeline ending shows photographs of Max and Chloe in the same physical space, moving forward together. The Hold on to the Past ending shows them together but static. The Accept the Sacrifice ending separates them across different images entirely.
If you're unsure which ending you received, the Wall of Heroes or memorial in the Snapping Turtle scene is the clearest signal of whether you succeeded at the survival portion. The relationship outcome is confirmed by the final photograph sequence.
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