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The Stanley Parable
Developer Galactic Cafe
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… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
372 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
93
LovedLoved
216 positive · 16 negative
95% range 89–96%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 216 | 16 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 23 | 2 | 76 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 1 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
29,765 of 32,250 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 197 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 215 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (42,393 of 45,854 positive).
Players praise the game's humor, narration, and multiple endings, with many calling it a unique experience. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is short and recommend buying it on sale. [1][4] A few players mention technical issues like crashes on newer PCs. [5][6]
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Representative posts
- [12]
First of all, this is one of my favorite games ever and there is nothing wrong with it. I'm only leaving a negative review because this is the original 2013 release of the game and while it was well polished in its day it's starting to show its age and if you have the money to spare I highly recommend that you buy the 2022 remake "The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe" instead. Despite being a remake in Unity rather …
- [10]
I was thinking: "Alright, this game is fine and all, nothing crazy. I don't understand the hype behind it". But then I got to the Broom Closet Ending. OH. MY. GOD. That made all of it worth it! Just to see that ending I feel complete! At ease! Just for that ending alone, you HAVE to play this game! 4/5
- [2]
The Stanley Parable is a game about choice… except the game has opinions about your choices, and those opinions are extremely judgmental. You play as Stanley, an office worker whose job is to press buttons on a computer. One day, everyone disappears, and instead of questioning reality like a normal person, you immediately start wandering around listening to a narrator who thinks he’s in charge of your life. The …
- [3]
The Stanley Parable is an incredible experience. A game commenting on games themselves, their characters, and plot structures. Just be aware this is more walking simulator with some interactive elements, however each playthrough is very quick. If this is your first time playing this, you are in for a treat. You play as the titular Stanley, and you have to make choices. Very specific choices. Very important choices. …
- [1]
The Stanley Parable is a very good game well written with a nice touch of humor. It's a little expensive so it's better buying it in sale. I highly recommend this game! 💗
Summarised from 34 of the 347 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked The Stanley Parable talk about excellent narration and humor; those who didn't talk about game is very short. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Within two weeks of its release, the mod was downloaded more than 90,000 times. Responses of most players were positive, and Wreden became "an overnight internet sensation among hardcore gamers". The Stanley Parable mod was acclaimed by journalists as a thought-provoking game, praising it for being a highly experimental game that only took a short amount of time for the player to experience. Many journalists encouraged players to experience the game themselves, desiring to avoid spoilers that would affect the player's experience, and to offer discussions about the game within their sites' forums. Ben Kuchera of Ars Technica noted that while the game purportedly gives the player choice, many…
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Reactions
60 of 372 · most liked firsti lied, i am starting the Stanley Parable 24+ hour stream NOW, i have to keep the game open for all of Tuesday for an achievement, won't be present for all 24, but come on by www.twitch.tv/prozd
neutral · AI labelView post →do fangirls have to sexually objectify the characters like they did for the Stanley Parable and Mouthwashing to get this game the proper numbers it deserves, or what!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →And if you've played The Stanley Parable but not The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe because you thought it was just a revised version of the same game... well time to go play Ultra Deluxe!
positive · AI labelView post →The 10th game for Indie Game Tarot is The Stanley Parable! I got great suggestions for the tower, Slay the Spire and Control were my favorites, but I went with The Stanley Parable because I felt like it really embodies the meaning really well and it was one of those really formative games for me.
positive · AI labelView post →Mid game review: Superliminal (2019) PS5. **Background** *Superliminal* is an Indie first person puzzle game that was released in late 2019, right before the COVID19 era. I recall vaguely hearing about this around the time it was originally released, but never gave it much thought until I saw it was one of the games that was going to be removed from the PS Plus catalogue in late 2024. **Production** For those familiar with similar titles, *Superliminal* is best described as a hybrid between…
neutral · AI labelView post →Slay the Princess is a strange beast of a game. It seems to be inspired by Disco Elysium and The Stanley Parable, and plays like a psychological horror roguelike branching path visual novel. The hand-drawn images by @abbyhoward.bsky.social are stunning.
neutral · AI labelView post →I Hate Native Linux Games. This is just a vent post / unpopular opinion (? unsure if unpopular). Specifically on Steam. Linux native builds are so buggy and glitchy and never work right. Always some combination of: - No sound - Old outdated version missing content and incompatible online - Controllers don't work - Crashes, doesn't launch at all - Horrific FPS - Cutscenes don't play - Weird game breaking softlocks and logic errors, like critical items not spawning and dialogue not triggering -…
neutral · AI labelView post →First of all, this is one of my favorite games ever and there is nothing wrong with it. I'm only leaving a negative review because this is the original 2013 release of the game and while it was well polished in its day it's starting to show its age and if you have the money to spare I highly recommend that you buy the 2022 remake "The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe" instead. Despite being a remake in Unity rather than Source it visually looks and mechanically plays exactly the same way, while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How Do I Validate My Game Idea? (Please Help). Hello, something that has been bothering me of late is how exactly to I know if a game idea is going to be good before making the full game or even the demo. In short I've released three games before and the last one of them was a comedy narrative game kind of like The Stanley Parable. I really like the genre and before moving on from it, I wanted to make another narrative game, but this time with a dark twist. Reading random stuff on the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s your first glimpse of @c418.org’s soundtrack for Wanderstop, the next game from Davy Wreden (The Stanley Parable). open.spotify.com/track/0msAaY...
neutral · AI labelView post →so a game where you become The Stanley Parable Adventure Line(tm) yes
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie looks a little different than I remember it... Catch sweetpeebs running bonus game The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe 12 Endings (With Bucket) right NOW at gdq.gg! #FrostFatales
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is game of the day on the App Store today! apps.apple.com/story/id1768...
neutral · AI labelView post →RPS readers rank THE LONG DARK the 85th best game of all time, in good company between TEAM FORTRESS 2 and THE STANLEY PARABLE. Humbled and grateful! ❤️ www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-100-...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stanley Parable From the moment I started the game in Stanley's office, I had this overwhelming sense of Severance - just the ambience. Those corridors! Has anyone else had this sensation?
neutral · AI labelView post →I was thinking: "Alright, this game is fine and all, nothing crazy. I don't understand the hype behind it". But then I got to the Broom Closet Ending. OH. MY. GOD. That made all of it worth it! Just to see that ending I feel complete! At ease! Just for that ending alone, you HAVE to play this game! 4/5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wanderstop: chill teashop management but has a focus on narrative. From the Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide crew. store.steampowered.com/app/1299460/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing The Stanley Parable for the first time ever but there's some incredibly funny shit hidden all over this game
positive · AI labelView post →The Stanley Parable man making what seems to be a cozy farming Sim game but stars a protagonist from a different genre who had PTSD over combat and some seemingly dangling unresolved past threads is immediately one of the most fascinating pitches I've heard in ages
neutral · AI labelView post →Patron’s are forcing me to play The Stanley Parable! No idea what this game is about. www.youtube.com/live/cJBSWOG...
neutral · AI labelView post →This game changed my life. My perspective, my morals, my sexuality, even my gender. You need to be careful because The Narrator's buttery smooth voice will stick with you throughout your remaining days as you live your life. I used to work Toys-R-Us until The Narrator led me down a path where he told me to destroy the building... The judge didn't even believe me. They sent to a psychiatric hospital and tried to force pills down my throat. You know when sometimes one thing leads to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →in contention with the Stanley Parable one where you don't play the game for 10 years, or the Hate Plus one where you have to bake an actual cake and send Christine a photo of it
neutral · AI labelView post →How people describe our game: - The Stanley Parable without the narrator - Don't play this game while high - Play this game while high
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a niche post but I don't care. I just love that The Stanley Parable (a video game about the freedom of choices in video games) is a Theme Park game and not a Sandbox game. It's just such an extra layer of "chefs kiss".
positive · AI labelView post →Recently, @patrickklepek.bsky.social chatted with Davey Wreden (@hellocakebread.bsky.social), designer behind The Stanley Parable, The Beginner’s Guide, and Wanderstop. The two discussed early fame, using video game design as therapy for your soul, and much more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
neutral · AI labelView post →I chose the blue door, ran around in circles, pressed random buttons, and got called fat and ugly. 100/10, feels just like a real work environment
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Five years, five long years. That's how long it took us to get that damn achievement. Though I have to say that it was all worth it for that broom closet ending. It was my favourite!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Replace bucket with AI. (game is called The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, highly recommend)
positive · AI labelView post →when you open settings and enable achievements. it unlocks the achievement ´´achievement´´ and its one of the beautiful things abt this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh wait right. Links. So this dev team made The Stanley Parable, which is: The Stanley Parable, and also The Beginners Guide, which is one of the pieces of art that has rung me like a bell. Demo that made me real damn glad it comes out in march. store.steampowered.com/app/3482840/...
neutral · AI labelView post →you’d think I’d be the target audience here as someone who got the good ending in Spec Ops: The Line (never played it) and refers to the Stanley Parable as my favorite video game, but this looks like the sort of game that gets made fun of multiple times in the Stanley Parable
positive · AI labelView post →it's like if The Stanley Parable was a horror game, and you're trapped in your home in the psychological horror Luto
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't listen to the narrator, just close the door and keep working until you're shift is over, then go home and play The Stanley Parable
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stanley took out his wallet and bought this video game. He installed it, sat at his desk and began pressing buttons. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →-If #Severance was a Game!- @benstiller.redhour.com If you like Severance, but haven't played The Stanley Parable, then what are you waiting for? 😃 It's on all platforms. #Gamedev #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →The video game "The Stanley Parable" taught me the English phrase "Sweet F.A.", and also that there might be something fundamentally wrong with the English.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stanley Parable is a very good game well written with a nice touch of humor. It's a little expensive so it's better buying it in sale. I highly recommend this game! 💗
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Stanley Parable on Steam and other stores. 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. [Gog](https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/the-stanley-parable-2013) [Epic](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-stanley-parable)…
neutral · AI labelView post →Every now and then I come back to this game (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) It does not start on my new PC so I keep playing it on my old laptop
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's Saturday and I am once again streaming! Yippee! Today we're starting a new game gifted to me by someone in the community - The Stanley Parable! Somehow, I don't know anything about this game so we'll see how it goes! ♥️「 twitch.tv/stephanie_stone 」
neutral · AI labelView post →Top 5 video game moments for me is absolutely inclusive of the Stanley Parable Broom Closet, which I think is very informative about my taste and humor.
positive · AI labelView post →Starting a blind playthrough of The Stanley Parable. I know absolutely NOTHING about this game. People are begging me to play it though. So might be interesting..? HMMM... Come hang everyone <3 Live Now - twitch.tv/aydanfox
neutral · AI labelView post →> Stanley writes a review on steam about his expeirance with the game. He says that the game was bad due to a british guy stuck in his head the time he was in there. Stanley's grammer was not the best surely. So when people looked at the review they did not like it and thought a lazy bum not a professional wrote this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Stanley Parable is a game about choice… except the game has opinions about your choices, and those opinions are extremely judgmental. You play as Stanley, an office worker whose job is to press buttons on a computer. One day, everyone disappears, and instead of questioning reality like a normal person, you immediately start wandering around listening to a narrator who thinks he’s in charge of your life. The narrator tells you what to do. You can follow him. Or you can not follow…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stanley felt so strongly about his love for this game that he just HAD to leave a review of it on Steam. He filled this review with a plethora of positive anecdotes; the review was glowing, detailing Stanley's incredible experience. He bragged on and on about the narrator's impeccable wit, sense of humor, and charming smooth voice. He wrote a review so long and so detailed that it clogged up Steam's servers for everyone worldwide, leading to the permanent shutdown of the platform as a whole. As…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has now been 6 years since I last played The Stanley Parable meaning that I can now safely launch the game to unlock the "Don't play the game for 5 years" achievement (I didn't launch it last year just to be sure 😭 ) Thank you me from 6 years ago for this Christmas gift i guess
positive · AI labelView post →None optimal door designs. Horrible air flow and insulation, would NOT use in any buildings. The glued together panels would simply shrink over time in the doorframe causing cold air to flow into the office. I would recommend you uninstall this game in boycott of this horrible design flaw!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OH, did you get the BRRROOOOM CLORSET ending? The broom closet ending was my favourite! srsly tho 10/10 game. The narrarators voice is PEAK and there are so many different endings i love it sm
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Stanley Parable :3. in this video we playing the stanley parable. i honestly had a lot of fun playing this and also played a bit off-cam afterwards but didnt want the video to be too long thats why its off-cam :3 the game did get me into existential crisis from time to time, but thats life ig :3 ====Chapters============= 00:00 - Intro 1:20 - the Basics 3:11 - broom closet 6:02 - gaming fr ====Follow me====================================…
positive · AI labelView post →📈🗃️Roshan Has To Go To An Important Meeting 🗃️📉 For today's Indie Saturday, I'll be playing through The Stanley Parable. I've known of this game for the longest time but never played it, until NOW!! 🚪🚶 See you all @ 2pm EDT ⏰ https://www.twitch.tv/roshangalaxy
neutral · AI labelView post →I finally 100%ed this game. Now I need to go outside for 10 years in the deluxe version. See y'all in 2036. It's a great game, a fun story. I'm sure other people have written in depth reviews I'm just here to say, I liked it. :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fever Meme - The Stanley Parable Combined With A Rage Simulator | Full Game Playthrough Watch: youtu.be/Eiw-ZlMP2nw
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a pic and the title of a narrative game you love. The Stanley Parable
positive · AI labelView post →lol @ Steam achievements for "The Stanley Parable"
neutral · AI labelView post →[Itch] *Employee 925*, indie horror. > Employee 925 is a short psychological horror and narrative experiment about work, obedience, and the cost of denying yourself to become what the system expects. > > You arrive. > > You comply. > > You complete your mandatory training — again and again. > > Follow every instruction, communicate with your co-worker through Morse code, and measure your worth in a place where success means erasing who you are. > > Your progress will be logged. > > Your…
neutral · AI labelView post →Am I Stanley? Stanley is mean to me. Stanley is everything, and everything is Stanley. At least that’s the general idea behind this bizarre psychological social experiment that someone somehow turned into a video game. The strange thing is… it’s actually really good. The graphics are decent enough, but the real highlight is the narration and the way the game constantly reacts to your choices. The flow of events can either delight you or completely drive you insane depending on how…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Stanley Parable on Steam and other stores. 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. [Gog](https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/the-stanley-parable-2013) [Epic](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-stanley-parable)…
neutral · AI labelView post →Wanderstop, a cozy, narrative-focused tea shop management game from the creator of The Stanley Parable, released on Steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game had the most difficult achievements, and it was fun pursuing them over the years. "The broom closet ending was my favorite."
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is proto-Backrooms, long before the actual Backrooms craze started, but a clear inspiration. It's closer to the Black Mirror-esque Backrooms games where you feel hopelessly lost and look for subtle clues, not so much the horror/survival ones where you encounter entities. However, unlike most of these types of games are now, this one is more of a concept piece that lacks a stopping point. It gets compared to Portal a lot, but Portal has a definitive ending. Stanley Parable doesn't…
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