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
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 46K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 82 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 21
- peak 24h 42
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 12 years ago
- Jul 13, 2014
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 45,822 reviews are positive · 95% of 82 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.
Screenshots and trailer
The Stanley Parable system requirements
As published by the developer.
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
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 10
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- 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
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Italian, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Russian, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Tags
- Comedy
- Indie
- Walking Simulator
- First-Person
- Psychological
- Funny
- Satire
- Dynamic Narration
- Adventure
- Multiple Endings
- Exploration
- Singleplayer
- Choices Matter
- Story Rich
- Short
- Surreal
Recent updates
- Jul 13, 2014 · The Stanley Parable Update Released
- Jul 13, 2014 · The Stanley Parable Update Released
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