The Stanley Parable is an adventure developed by Galactic Cafe, released 17 October 2013 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 2.7 hrs to finish.
What The Stanley Parable is
The Stanley Parable is an adventure game developed by Galactic Cafe and released in 2013. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Source.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Stanley is employee number 427 at a large corporation, where his job consists entirely of monitoring data on a computer screen and pressing buttons as instructed. He has never questioned his work or his purpose. One day, the screen goes blank and Stanley realizes the entire office is empty. Every coworker has vanished without explanation. Guided by the voice of a narrator who claims to know Stanley's story, Stanley begins exploring the abandoned building. But the narrator's version of events may not be the only one, and Stanley must decide whether to follow the path laid out for him or forge his own way through a world that seems determined to tell him who he is.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Stanley Parable holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 988 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 6.1 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher), 2 GB RAM and Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher - *NOT* an Express graphics card).. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.
What it launched against
The Stanley Parable launched on 17 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and Battlefield 4. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, Battlefield 4.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Stanley Parable yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 2
Dlc
Quick answers
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