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The Beginner's Guide

Short first-person story told through surreal, abstract spaces

Everything Unlimited Ltd. · Published by Everything Unlimited Ltd., Klei Publishing · Released Oct 1, 2015

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Very Positive
88% of 21K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
90% of 101 in 30 days
Players
4
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
11 years ago
Oct 5, 2015
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
2 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

What is The Beginner's Guide?

This short, first-person narrative game takes you through a linear sequence of abstract spaces. A narrator tells the story of someone struggling to make sense of something they do not understand. There are no traditional goals or objectives.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy reflecting on how people interpret art
  • +you prefer serious, emotional stories to lighthearted ones

Not for you if...

  • −you want puzzles or substantial choices
  • −you prefer humor to somber personal drama

What players say

88% of 21,281 reviews are positive · 90% of 101 in the last 30 days

Players praise the writing and its emotional impact. Others find the narration pretentious, the pacing tedious, and the ending unsatisfying.

Screenshots and trailer

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The Beginner's Guide system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10
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 Intel Express graphics card).
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space

Does The Beginner's Guide have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does The Beginner's Guide run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • 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
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian.

Does The Beginner's Guide 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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