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The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Released Oct 17, 2013 Developer Galactic Cafe Publisher Galactic Cafe, Klei Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ComedyNarrationIndieWalking SimulatorFirst-Person
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

92.4%positive44,982 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
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Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“The Stanley Parable is a game about choice… except the game has opinions about your choices, and those opinions are extremely judgmental. You play as Stanley, an office worker whose job is to press buttons on a computer. One day, everyone disappears, and instead of questioning…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“OH, did you get the BRRROOOOM CLORSET ending? The broom closet ending was my favourite! srsly tho 10/10 game. The narrarators voice is PEAK and there are so many different endings i love it sm”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“It’s a [b]METAGAME[/b]. For a game from over a decade ago, its interaction is surprisingly impressive. Since it’s an older game, some people may encounter crashes when launching it, so I recommend adding -threads 1 in the launch options.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:56 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

27playing at last check
4024-hour peak
4,818all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 908 avg · Oct 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

10achievements
21.8%median completion
2.8%rarest: Commitment
79.4% of players 77.4% of players 69.1% of players 48.5% of players 38.8% of players 21.8% of players 17.2% of players 6.7% of players 6.1% of players 2.8% of players 79.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.4%Beat the game — Complete The Stanley Parable.
77.4%Welcome back! — Quit the game and then start it again.
69.1%You can't jump — No seriously, we disabled it.
Rarest badges of honor
2.8%Commitment — Play The Stanley Parable for the entire duration of a Tuesday.
6.1%Unachievable — It is impossible to get this achievement.
6.7%Speed run — Complete The Stanley Parable in under 4 minutes 22 seconds (not including load times)

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia20.95 AUD
Canada17.99 CAD
Japan1,500 JPY
Brazil37.75 BRL
China55.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.4 China Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 08, 2024
New Game Announcement: Wanderstop

Hi all, this is Davey, the writer and originator of The Stanley Parable. I'm making this post to let you know that I've just announced a new game that I've been working on for a number of years, calle

Apr 27, 2022
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is Out Now!

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, the expanded re-imagining of the critically acclaimed, award winning indie game The Stanley Parable is out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox

Mar 30, 2022
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Release Date

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, the expanded re-imagining of the critically acclaimed, award winning indie game The Stanley Parable comes to Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Seri

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsComedy · Narration · Indie · Walking Simulator · First-Person · Funny · Psychological · Satire · Dynamic Narration · Adventure · Multiple Endings · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Remote Play on TV
LanguagesEnglish * , Italian, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Russian, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Ukrainian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements10
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://stanleyparable.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher) Memory: 2 GB RAM 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). Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible