
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
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Every market we collect.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 2.57/day in the week to Aug 10 → 15/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,515 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Reviews
english/español I played The Stanley Parable and I really enjoy this type of game where they break the fourth wall. I expected a game like The Stanley Parable, but wow. It's a really creative game with a great story. I don't know how to explain it, but it hit me really deeply. If you like video games and good stories, please give it a try and play it all the way through. Thanks for this incredible game Me pasé el The Stanley Parable y me gustan mucho este tipo de juegos que rompen la cuarta pared. Me esperaba un juego parecido a The Stanley Parable, pero wow. Es un juego muy creativo con una historia increíble. No sé muy bien cómo explicarlo, pero me ha impactado muchísimo este juego, lo he sentido mucho. Si te gustan los videojuegos y las buenas historias, por favor dale una oportunidad y juégalo hasta el final. Gracias por este gran juego
this ♥♥♥♥ is such a gem bro. its not for everyone but its worth playing just for the chance that you like it.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
good game, i like the message and the ending was nice. i love the soundtrack especially the one in the house segment
意义不明的meta game
I think it's the best game i've ever seen. As an indie game designer/artist it completely changed my perspective about video games.
20/20
lowkey deep
This game is very deep. I love the ARG feel of it. As in this game you are exploring the creative works of "someone" that they left behind and trying to understand their thought process to create said games. I think Davey Wreden is a masterful game designer (story wise) and I feel like this game really delves into the pyschological element of someone who loves creating but has fear or aniexity of performing, I think anyone who struggles with seeking external validation and has low self esteem should play this game. I also was deeply moved by the idea of someone using their creations as a release and a way to talk to someone. (albeit talking to yourself) which is really powerful to those who struggle with opening up to others in real life. I highly recomend this game. It is awesome.
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