How to Get the True Ending

Choice after Shift 12	Final check after Shift 13	Reported result
Do not call Clyde	$250 or more personal funds	Clyde and pet survive

Decision sequence

1. Finish Shift 12 and select Do not call Clyde at the reported fork.
2. Continue through Shift 13 rather than judging the amount before its final payout.
3. Check the reported personal-funds total after that payout.
4. The True Ending route is the no-call branch with at least $250 in personal funds.

Money boundary

The guides explicitly separate personal funds from store money and store spending. A cash total used for shopping is not documented as the ending check. Their reported timing also matters: the final Shift 13 payout arrives before the surgery comparison, so an earlier balance is not the stated decision point.

Branch-specific failure boundary

On the same Do not call Clyde branch, falling below $250 in personal funds is reported as Empty Home, not True Ending. Choosing Call Clyde after Shift 12 is the separate Grave Decision fork, whose reported result does not use this threshold. These are outcome comparisons, not a claim that other undocumented actions are required.

Official name and reported condition

Steam officially lists the hidden achievement called True Ending. Destructoid, AllThings.How, and the linked public guide report the choice, $250 threshold, payout timing, and survival result. Steam does not publish those route conditions in its achievement list, so the condition is cross-source verified rather than official documentation.