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The Stanley Parable

First-person exploration game with branching paths and reactive narration

Galactic Cafe · Published by Galactic Cafe, Klei Publishing · Released Oct 17, 2013

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 43K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
91% of 68 in 30 days
Players
18
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
9 years ago
Dec 27, 2016
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
2 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 88/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Stanley Parable?

A first-person exploration adventure about Stanley, whose choices can follow or defy a narrated story. You explore different paths, with your decisions leading to different endings.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy exploring choices and finding different endings
  • +you like satirical humor and a talkative narrator

Not for you if...

  • −you want action instead of walking and listening
  • −you dislike revisiting paths to find alternate endings

What players say

92% of 42,915 reviews are positive · 91% of 68 in the last 30 days

Players praise the narrator's voice, the humor, and the different endings. Some find the walking-heavy structure repetitive or the meta humor unconvincing, while others report crashes when starting the game.

Players over time

▼ -36% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 66 players on Oct 13, 2026.

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How many players finish The Stanley Parable?

79% of Steam players have unlocked «Beat the game», the achievement for finishing the main story.

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Screenshots and trailer

The Stanley Parable screenshot 1

The Stanley Parable system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Processor
3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Graphics
Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher - *NOT* an Express graphics card).
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space

Does The Stanley Parable have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Stanley Parable run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
10
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Italian, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Russian, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does The Stanley Parable use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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