
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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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 · Poland over the last 30 days: the 21 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 12 places towards #1, and the 2,501 moves with no price cut behind them went 1 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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[h1] The Beginner's Guide [/h1] [h3] Positives: [/h3] + Original idea + The game starts of brilliantly + Atmospheric + The philosophy and deeper meaning + Mysterious and confusing + Nice storytelling + Very good voiceacting + Acceptable graphics + Excellent sounds and music + A lot of interesting levels + At its best its pure art + Will most likely make you reflect a lot + A few easter eggs (look it up if you cant find them) + Divided into chapters for easy replayability [h3] Negatives: [/h3] - No achievements - Very low FOV and no in-game adjuster (fix below) - The second part of the game is a tad worse than the first - Some parts are not varied enough - Not all levels are great - So many invisible walls (are all neccessary?) - You mostly cant explore freely - Strangely enough the game dips a bit in the end - Its quite short (over in about 1.5 - 2 hours) [h3] Conclusion: [/h3] What can I say about this game, or should I say experience? First off, its a linear walking simulator where you cant do much else but to follow a given path. But it does so in a very good way. The key here is in the storytelling and the untold story. There are so many layers beneath the surface. So should you play it? Well, if you like games that make you think during and after experiencing it, yeah definitely. If casual walking simulators are not your thing, you should still give it a try. Remember, the story is what really matters here. And who doesnt love a good story? [h1] Total Score: 8/10 [/h1] [b] PS! If you want to fix the FOV, do the following: [/b] - Go to <steam library folder>\steamapps\common\beginnersguide\cfg\ - Open the config.cfg file - Edit "cl_fov 75" to values of your liking - F.ex. for widescreen (16:9) format: "cl_fov 106" - Save and start the game. Enjoy!
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Languages: English*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
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Please play this game.
One of my favorite examples of the [spoiler]unreliable narrator[/spoiler] trope. A masterclass in storytelling in the most unexpected places.
So when are we getting the professional's guide?
if a documentary about video games was a video game but with a bit of humor
loved this game
10/10, beautiful
very interesting. [spoiler] coda’s games remind me a lot of dr morro’s vrchat worlds and twenty one pilots songs about struggling to write music like Pet Cheetah and the music video for The Craving. i relate to his process a lot with struggling to come up with ideas and using games a way to express your emotions. that’s what my first ever game was. i didn’t really like the ending though. it really just painted the narrator as an egomaniac who didn’t respect coda’s wishes of not publishing his games and leaving him alone. very weird. EDIT: it's autobiographical fiction. he's a genius. good art. good game. [/spoiler]
Есть разные игры. Есть хорошие, есть плохие, есть великие. А есть вот такие. На первый взгляд, да и на второй- обычная индушатина, вообще ничего интересного. А на деле... Это безумно глубокий опыт. Узнал я о ней через видео, где был весьма громкий заголовок "Игра, которая изменила мою жизнь". Автору я доверял как родному, поэтому посмотрел. И ни разу не пожалел. Ведь так и оказалось, эта игра изменила не только жизнь автора видео, но и мою тоже. Если вам интересен глубокий опыт погружения, когда за отношения персонажей переживаешь сильнее, чем за свои, то настоятельно советую. История проста как пять копеек, но рассказывает о важных вещах простым языком через простых, но от того рабочих персонажей. А особенно я настоятельно советую тем, кто работает с сюжетом и нарративом, сценаристам, писателям и прочим. Тут рассказывается очень важный и нужный аспект при написании любой истории, будь то хоррор или милая любовная новелла
Played this game on a whim since I've recently been back into the Stanley Parable and this was genuinely such a powerful game. I would recommend to anyone who has 10 dollars spare or to at least watch a playthrough as it is only an hour and a half in length.
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