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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe cover art

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Crows Crows Crows · 2022-04-27

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 27, 2022 (Linux), Apr 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 07, 2024 (iOS), Apr 27, 2022 (Mac), Apr 27, 2022 (Xbox One), Apr 27, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an Adventure Casual Indie game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 36,143 reviews).

59
playing now
94%
positive of 36k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (208 ratings)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (15,453 ratings)
90/100
opencritic · mighty · 98% recommend · from 44 critics
4.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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: Ultra Deluxe trailer thumbnail

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe - Release Date Trailer | PS5, PS4

≈925,852 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 59 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,235 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~404/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 723k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,143 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$8.74-65%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.74 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 15 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.6k5.6k20222026Week of 2022-04-01: 5,475 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5,606 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,158 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,884 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

238352026-09-14 20:00 — 92 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 60 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 41 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 93 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 81 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 44 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 140 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 61 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 92 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 101 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 82 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 69 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 74 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 44 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 92 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 93 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 146 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 229 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 187 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 105 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 89 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 194 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k68May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 1,595 · peak 6,027Jul 2022 — avg 271 · peak 646Sep 2022 — avg 82 · peak 162Nov 2022 — avg 97 · peak 329Jan 2023 — avg 207 · peak 564Mar 2023 — avg 218 · peak 626May 2023 — avg 194 · peak 636Jul 2023 — avg 224 · peak 540Sep 2023 — avg 71 · peak 139Nov 2023 — avg 131 · peak 475Jan 2024 — avg 197 · peak 726Mar 2024 — avg 130 · peak 327May 2024 — avg 95 · peak 252Jul 2024 — avg 139 · peak 296Sep 2024 — avg 83 · peak 246Nov 2024 — avg 89 · peak 230Jan 2025 — avg 176 · peak 430Mar 2025 — avg 161 · peak 540May 2025 — avg 84 · peak 172Jul 2025 — avg 220 · peak 664Sep 2025 — avg 75 · peak 262Nov 2025 — avg 132 · peak 390Jan 2026 — avg 163 · peak 483Mar 2026 — avg 142 · peak 332May 2026 — avg 84 · peak 157Jul 2026 — avg 157 · peak 428Aug 2026 — avg 176 · peak 601
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$8.742022-04-272026-10-092022-04-27 — best price $24.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-04-27 — best price $12.492023-06-29 — best price $12.492023-11-21 — best price $12.492023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $12.492024-04-29 — best price $14.992024-06-10 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $12.492024-07-29 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $12.492025-01-20 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $12.492025-04-21 — best price $12.492025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $9.992025-12-08 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $12.492026-03-19 — best price $8.742026-04-13 — best price $12.492026-06-01 — best price $12.492026-06-25 — best price $8.742026-08-10 — best price $8.742026-08-12 — best price $8.742026-08-14 — best price $8.742026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-09-11 — best price $24.992026-09-25 — best price $24.992026-10-07 — best price $8.742026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k4422026-05-31 — 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 pageviews2026-10-09 — 560 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
93.6%
earned "Get your first achievement"
21.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-06-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)30,34119%12
Steam (Steam)26,7764%11
PS4 (PlayStation)10,24822%12
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3,8186%11
Switch (Nintendo)4400%0

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

3DFunnyCasualComedyMysteryAdventureNarrationStory RichExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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