Adventure · October 17, 2013

The Stanley Parable (2013)

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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. Contradiction follows contradiction, the rules of how games should work are broken, then broken again. This world was not made for you to understand. But as you explore, slowly, meaning begins to arise, the paradoxes might start to make sense, perhaps you are powerful after all. The game is not here to fight you; it is inviting you to dance. Based on the award-winning 2011 Source mod of the same name, The Stanley Parable returns with new content, new ideas, a fresh coat of visual paint, and the stunning voicework of Kevan Brighting. For a more complete and in-depth understanding of what The Stanley Parable is, please try out the free demo.

Adventure releases from 2013

29 Adventure titles launched in 2013 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume45.0k Steam reviewsTop 5% in Adventure
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 45%
Metacritic88/100Genre average 77 — top 7% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 62% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Comedy · 1.9k
  • Narration · 1.6k
  • Indie · 1.3k
  • Walking Simulator · 1.3k
  • First-Person · 1.3k
  • Funny · 1.1k
  • Psychological · 1.1k
  • Satire · 1.0k
  • Dynamic Narration · 944
  • Adventure · 868
  • Multiple Endings · 801
  • Exploration · 790
  • Singleplayer · 762
  • Choices Matter · 638
  • Story Rich · 517

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Russian
  • French
  • German
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Ukrainian

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 45.0k reviews

41.4k positive · 3.6k negative

Metacritic

88/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.1/10

Curator recommendations

39.8k

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

10

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 17, 2013
DeveloperGalactic Cafe
PublisherGalactic Cafe, Klei Publishing
Base price$7.49 -50%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

  • Buy The Stanley Parable