Hint-based route guide
Online Obsession Walkthrough - Route Guide, True Ending & All Endings
A hint-based route guide for Online Obsession. Read this before your second run. Covers 12 endings across the route map, the route to the true ending, and the kind of choices that tend to push the late game one way or another. Includes the route to the true ending — The True Ending Unlocks. The full build is on the play page.
This is a fan-built companion page for Online Obsession. The walkthrough is hint-based - it explains how the routes split and what each route tends toward, without writing out step-by-step choices. The playable build itself is loaded from the developer's mirror at https://s.kingdomofmarionettes.net/obsession/index.html.
Online Obsession Route Overview
Below is the route map for Online Obsession. Endings are grouped by tag-class (True / Good / Escape / Neutral / Bad / Other) so you can see the shape of the late game at a glance. The exact ending you land on within a group depends on the small choices you make in the scenes that lead into the late game.
True Ending 1 ending
The endings tagged `End` are the route the game considers its canonical close. These endings tend to be locked behind a specific pattern of choices in the late game and usually require a clean run to unlock.
- The True Ending Unlocks (End)
Trust / Good Endings 3 endings
The `Settle`-tagged endings are the routes where the protagonist leans toward connection. These endings tend to land softer than the average horror VN close, but the softness is part of the dread.
- The Meetup Happens And You Stay (Settle)
- The Friend Lets You Leave The Cafe (Trust)
- You Tell The Friend About Yourself (Trust)
Escape Endings 1 ending
The `Escape`-tagged endings are the routes where the protagonist finds a way out. The escape is rarely a clean win.
- The Meetup Happens And You Walk Home (Escape)
Remember / Loop 2 endings
The `Remember` and `Loop`-tagged endings keep the late game open. The route closes, but the room does not.
- The Chat Logs Stay Open (Remember)
- The Late-Night Calls Keep Coming (Loop)
Forget / Loss Endings 5 endings
The `Forget` and `Yield`-tagged endings are the routes where the protagonist lets something go. The route reads quieter than it should.
- The Friend Walks You Home (Yield)
- The Chat Logs Get Closed (Forget)
- The Late-Night Calls Stop (Resist)
- You Tell The Friend Nothing (Resist)
- The True Ending Stays Locked (Forget)
How to read this page. Each route group above contains endings that share a similar shape - the same kind of choice at a similar moment in the story. The endings within a group are not identical; they are the endings that tend to read similarly on the page. The exact ending you land on depends on the small choices you make in the scenes that lead into the late game. The endings tracker below lets you tick off each ending as you find it.
All Online Obsession Endings - Tracker
Tick off each ending as you find it. Progress is saved to your browser separately from the play page tracker, so you can use both side by side without one overwriting the other.
How To Think About The True Ending
The true ending of Online Obsession is The True Ending Unlocks. It is locked behind a specific route that the late game does not signpost for you.
You will not see the true ending on a clean first run unless you consistently choose one direction in the late-game scenes. The endings tracker below marks it with the End tag — when you unlock it, the tracker will record the unlock and reset the progress bar accordingly.
Most players find the true ending on their second or third run, after they have seen at least one of the other endings and have read the late-game scenes with the route shape in mind. There is no minimum chapter count for the true ending to unlock; the route is what unlocks it.
A clean first run will not see every ending. The endings tracker below is the most reliable way to keep track of which endings you have found and which routes are still ahead of you.
Key Choice Types That Shape The Route
The endings of Online Obsession are not determined by a single choice — they are determined by a pattern of choices across the build. The features below are the parts of the game that most reliably shape that pattern.
Cute Horror, Not Soft Horror
Online Obsession is a horror visual novel that keeps its smile on. The art is soft pink and soft purple, the character designs are friendly, the cover is adorable, and the late game is none of those things. The cuteness is part of the dread. Watch how this feature responds to your choices in the late game; it is part of what determines the route.
Full Character Customization
How you set up the protagonist changes how the late game reads. The version of yourself you bring into the build is part of the route. Watch how this feature responds to your choices in the late game; it is part of what determines the route.
Branching Choices, Mini-Game, True Ending
The choices you make across the build do not all matter — but a small subset of them matter a lot. The endings tracker below is the most reliable way to figure out which ones did. Watch how this feature responds to your choices in the late game; it is part of what determines the route.
Yandere Romance Framing
Online Obsession is a horror visual novel that knows it is a romance. The line between affection and obsession is the line the game keeps asking you to walk, and the late game decides which side you land on. Watch how this feature responds to your choices in the late game; it is part of what determines the route.
How The Branches Tend To Behave
Online Obsession tracks 12 distinct endings across its routes. The branches are not all signposted — the late game tends to commit you to a route based on the small choices you make in the first half, and the route you take in the second half is the route you took in the first half.
There is a true ending — The True Ending Unlocks — that is locked behind a specific route. You will not see it on a clean first run. The endings you can see in a single run depend on the late-game choices you make. Most players see 1-3 endings per run; covering all 12 usually takes 3-5 runs.
The endings tracker below is the most reliable way to keep track of what you have found. The tracker saves your progress in your browser, so you can come back to it across sessions.
Advice Before You Start Looking For Endings
- Play your first run on the route the game suggests. The point of a first run is to see what the game does, not to chase a checklist.
- Save manually at the obvious branch points. The route you take in the first half tends to constrain the route you can take in the second half.
- Read the late-game scenes at the pace the game is written for. The horror is in the small choices, and rushing them removes the build.
- Use the endings tracker below to mark what you have seen. The tracker is saved in your browser; you can reset it if you want to start fresh.
- Treat this page as a map of the territory, not as a script. The endings you find will land differently depending on how you read the game.
Walkthrough Questions
This page is a hint-based walkthrough for Online Obsession. It explains how the routes split, what each route tends to land on, and how to think about unlocking the true ending — without writing out step-by-step choices. The full build is on the play page.
Online Obsession has 12 tracked endings: The Meetup Happens And You Walk Home; The Meetup Happens And You Stay; The Friend Lets You Leave The Cafe; The Friend Walks You Home; The Chat Logs Stay Open; The Chat Logs Get Closed; The Late-Night Calls Stop; The Late-Night Calls Keep Coming; You Tell The Friend About Yourself; You Tell The Friend Nothing; The True Ending Unlocks; The True Ending Stays Locked. Most players see 1-3 endings per run; covering all 12 usually takes 3-5 runs.
Yes. The true ending is The True Ending Unlocks, and it is locked behind a specific route. You will not see it on a clean first run unless the late-game choices line up. Most players find it on the second or third run.
The true ending is locked behind a specific route. Most players find it by playing through the late game with one direction in mind, then replaying after they have seen at least one of the other endings. The endings tracker below marks which endings you have found; the End-tagged ending is the true one.
Yes. Most players see 1-3 endings per run, and covering every ending usually takes 3-5 runs. The endings tracker saves your progress across runs in your browser.
No. The branches are not all signposted, and the late game commits you to a route based on the small choices you make in the first half. Replay is part of how the game is designed to be played.
The endings tagged Escape and Remember are usually the most reachable on a first run. The endings tagged End (the true ending) and Yield are usually the hardest to reach without planning.
No ending in Online Obsession is permanently missable. The endings you do not see on one run are still reachable on subsequent runs; the endings tracker below is the most reliable way to keep track of which ones you have left to find.
Now go play Online Obsession
The full build of Online Obsession is on the play page. The walkthrough is the map; the play page is the territory.
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