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

Reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 24K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 93% of 115 in 30 days
Playing now: 2; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 10 years ago; Oct 5, 2015

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 23,564 reviews are positive · 93% of 115 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

The Beginner's Guide system requirements

As published by the developer.

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