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The Stanley Parable cover art

The Stanley Parable

Galactic Cafe · 2013-10-17

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

The Stanley Parable is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 45809 reviews).

18
playing now
92%
positive of 46k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

The Stanley Parable trailer thumbnail

The Stanley Parable Launch Trailer

≈502,616 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 18 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 1% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8M–3.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 45,809 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 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

84102026-09-15 11:00 — 73 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 26 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 37 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 45 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 27 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 49 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 65 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 84 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 35 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 50 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 61 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9080Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2013 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2014 — avg 475 · peak 2,332Jun 2014 — avg 476 · peak 4,175Nov 2014 — avg 171 · peak 1,237Apr 2015 — avg 91 · peak 190Sep 2015 — avg 99 · peak 213Feb 2016 — avg 140 · peak 384Jul 2016 — avg 200 · peak 665Dec 2016 — avg 152 · peak 681May 2017 — avg 85 · peak 228Oct 2017 — avg 79 · peak 258Mar 2018 — avg 62 · peak 121Aug 2018 — avg 64 · peak 122Jan 2019 — avg 86 · peak 286Jun 2019 — avg 65 · peak 126Nov 2019 — avg 59 · peak 185Apr 2020 — avg 172 · peak 1,616Sep 2020 — avg 54 · peak 104Feb 2021 — avg 73 · peak 173Jul 2021 — avg 82 · peak 201Dec 2021 — avg 71 · peak 197May 2022 — avg 121 · peak 322Oct 2022 — avg 30 · peak 68Mar 2023 — avg 60 · peak 147Aug 2023 — avg 33 · peak 86Jan 2024 — avg 47 · peak 133Jun 2024 — avg 30 · peak 74Nov 2024 — avg 28 · peak 79Apr 2025 — avg 31 · peak 81Sep 2025 — avg 27 · peak 90Feb 2026 — avg 32 · peak 100Jul 2026 — avg 38 · peak 116Aug 2026 — avg 46 · peak 182
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

1.6k4422026-05-27 — 968 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1,581 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,144 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1,175 pageviews2026-06-12 — 858 pageviews2026-06-16 — 729 pageviews2026-06-20 — 690 pageviews2026-06-24 — 638 pageviews2026-06-28 — 914 pageviews2026-07-02 — 679 pageviews2026-07-06 — 898 pageviews2026-07-10 — 611 pageviews2026-07-14 — 636 pageviews2026-07-18 — 687 pageviews2026-07-22 — 801 pageviews2026-07-26 — 762 pageviews2026-07-30 — 591 pageviews2026-08-03 — 826 pageviews2026-08-07 — 583 pageviews2026-08-11 — 977 pageviews2026-08-15 — 699 pageviews2026-08-19 — 634 pageviews2026-08-23 — 820 pageviews2026-08-27 — 691 pageviews2026-08-31 — 678 pageviews2026-09-04 — 454 pageviews2026-09-08 — 442 pageviews2026-09-12 — 566 pageviews2026-09-16 — 661 pageviews2026-09-20 — 695 pageviews2026-09-24 — 676 pageviews2026-09-28 — 800 pageviews2026-10-02 — 588 pageviews2026-10-06 — 685 pageviews2026-10-10 — 645 pageviews2026-10-12 — 603 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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