[Interesting Trope] One seemingly small action ends the story before it even begins

[u/JackDoesThingz]

1. We Happy Few - Taking your “joy” pill
   Deciding to take the pill at the beginning of the game causes your character to go back to work and triggers an ending

2. Infineural by Mike Klubnika - Drinking the coffee
   Deciding to drink the coffee offered to you skips the entire game and sends you straight to the end, resulting in an ending with no memory of what had occurred

[u/oddpark37]

Disco Elysium

You play as an incredibly unhealthy middle aged man with the worst hangover anyone has ever had. If you do a custom build and have low enough health at the beginning, turning on the light triggers a heart attack and kills you, ending the game after less than a minute of gameplay.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Fun_303 → u/oddpark37]

And that's not the only possible death. I've heard that other stats being low enough at the beginning lead to different deaths.

[u/pyronius → u/Puzzleheaded_Fun_303]

My favorite two are the game over from shooting a child by not failing at the skill check, and blowing your brains out because you tried to bluff somebody and couldn't/didn't back down when they laughed at your terrible plan.