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The Stanley Parable cover art

The Stanley Parable

Galactic Cafe · 2013-10-17

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 09, 2015 (Linux), Oct 17, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 19, 2013 (Mac)

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.

41
playing now
92%
positive of 46k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (988 ratings)
2.7h
to beat · rushed 1.2h · completionist 6.1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

The Stanley Parable is a 2013 story-based video game designed and written by developers Davey Wreden and William Pugh. In the game, the player guides a silent protagonist named Stanley alongside narration by British actor Kevan Brighting. As the story progresses, the player is confronted with diverging pathways. The player may contradict the directions of Brighting's ''The Narrator'', which, if disobeyed, will be incorporated into the story. Depending on the choices made, the player will encounter different endings before the game resets to the beginning.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 666 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~83/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8M–3.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 45,766 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at Steam (2020-04-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
61061020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

115162026-08-06 21:00 — 70 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 62 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 76 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 92 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 115 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 60 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 70 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 39 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 37 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 50 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 33 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-12-22 — best price $2.992016-06-02 — best price $14.992016-11-05 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-01-31 — best price $3.742017-06-22 — best price $3.742017-09-21 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-04-14 — best price $3.742018-07-02 — best price $3.742018-10-30 — best price $3.742018-12-20 — best price $3.742019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-05-13 — best price $14.992019-08-29 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-01-21 — best price $7.492020-03-26 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $5.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-02-04 — best price $7.492022-06-24 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-07 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-15 — best price $14.992024-07-04 — best price $7.492024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992026-01-17 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-17 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k5432026-05-27 — 968 pageviews2026-05-30 — 1,328 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,242 pageviews2026-06-05 — 954 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1,175 pageviews2026-06-11 — 829 pageviews2026-06-14 — 779 pageviews2026-06-17 — 770 pageviews2026-06-20 — 690 pageviews2026-06-23 — 647 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,068 pageviews2026-06-29 — 793 pageviews2026-07-02 — 679 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,026 pageviews2026-07-08 — 779 pageviews2026-07-11 — 553 pageviews2026-07-14 — 636 pageviews2026-07-17 — 698 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,463 pageviews2026-07-23 — 742 pageviews2026-07-26 — 762 pageviews2026-07-29 — 606 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,108 pageviews2026-08-04 — 835 pageviews2026-08-07 — 583 pageviews2026-08-10 — 891 pageviews2026-08-13 — 684 pageviews2026-08-16 — 727 pageviews2026-08-19 — 634 pageviews2026-08-22 — 634 pageviews2026-08-24 — 799 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
79.4%
earned "Beat the game"
21.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Russian, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)87,4969%10

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyIndieComedySatireAdventureNarrationStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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