Big Walk: How to Get the True Ending

Big Walk hides a second, final ending behind full completion. Reaching it means finishing every puzzle in the world and then returning to where the game started, so the first ending is only the halfway mark rather than the finish line.

Quick answer: Complete every puzzle in the game, including the seven purple puzzles that appear after the first ending, collect the white key, then use it on the cracked black ball in the tutorial area to enter the secret room and trigger the true ending.

Reach the first ending before anything else

The true ending is stacked directly behind the first one, so you cannot skip ahead. You must play through the standard finish first, which unlocks the extra content the final ending depends on.

Clear the colored towers scattered across the world and collect the puzzle rewards they hand out. The challenges scale in difficulty as you go, with the yellow maze puzzles being some of the tougher ones.

After the colored towers are done, the black tower opens. Use the black key at the wall gate in the far west, then make the long walk toward the giant black sphere in the distance.

Enter the sphere and finish the puzzles inside it. These are harder because you cannot talk to your teammates while solving them. Exit the other side, pass through the final turnstile and white door, and the first ending plays.

Message shown after the first ending in Big Walk — The message after the first ending hints that more remains to explore.

When this ending finishes, a message thanks you for playing but makes clear there is still more to find. That prompt is your cue to go back in and start the endgame content.

Complete the seven purple puzzles

Seven purple puzzles unlock only after the first ending. They sit behind a purple door at the far east chairlift station and are harder versions of challenges you have already solved. Any puzzles you skipped earlier in your run also have to be finished.

Solving these purple challenges rewards purple MacGuffins, the small rubbery red or purple objects (also called blorbs) scattered around the world. You will need to hunt down a large number of them, and the puzzles that guard them are among the most demanding in the game.

Tip: Assigning fixed gestures to specific puzzle symbols makes the harder rooms far easier, since you can reuse the same solutions without talking. Chaining grabs with a teammate also helps you reach the higher or blocked-off areas where collectibles hide.

Get the white key and open the black ball

Once every puzzle is done and all the MacGuffins are collected, you receive a white key. This key connects back to the very start of the game, where a mysterious black ball sat in the tutorial area.

The black ball before and after it breaks in the Big Walk tutorial area — After the first ending, the tutorial black ball cracks open to reveal a key-shaped slot.

Return to the tutorial area near spawn. After the first ending, the small black ball has split into two pieces, exposing a key-shaped hole behind it.

Insert the white key into the slot to open the secret room. Head down the stairs inside and follow the instructions there.

Completing the secret room triggers the true ending, which plays only when 100% of the game is finished.

The two endings compared

Ending	What unlocks it
First ending	Clear all colored towers, unlock the black tower, cross the wall, and finish the puzzles inside the black sphere.
True (final) ending	Complete every remaining puzzle plus the seven purple puzzles, collect the white key, and use it on the cracked black ball in the tutorial area.

How to confirm it worked

The true ending arrives alongside full 100% completion and the Big Game achievement. If the final ending is not triggering, the cause is almost always the same. One or more puzzles are still incomplete, most often a missed puzzle from earlier or one of the seven purple challenges. Everything must be ticked off before the white key becomes available and the secret room accepts it.