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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.

System Requirements

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Mac OS X

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 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).
Storage: 3 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

Minimum:

OS: Mac OS X 10.8 or higher required
Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher

Minimum:

OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
Storage: 4 GB available space
Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

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skirmisher

234 products in account

18 reviews

Posted: October 4

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game that is very different from any other games in that class. You actually dont challenge for anything and it has nearly 20 different endings. All of these endings just take 1 and a half hour only. You just relax, explore and listen. You will laugh some times, at least smile if you are not in a good mood. Graphics are above ok.

Summary: A funny parable. Must buy on sale.

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264 products in account

22 reviews

Posted: September 21

Whoa...

It requires no skill.
You only use basic wasd movement.
Graphics are decent at best.
It is not long.

So what makes The Stanley Parable such a great game?

The Stanley Parable's one and only selling point is it's story. But man, it is one hell of a story (or rather, stories). You basically begin the game in the same setting every time. However, there are points in the game where you are forced to make a decision. These choices will ultimately lead you down different paths with vastly unique stories. It felt like there was deeper meaning behind each storyline, that there was a different lesson being taught as a consequence of your actions. Maybe I read too much into it, but it sure as hell impressed me.

The Stanley Parable will blow your mind.

Oh, and the narrator is incredible.

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Tech.Khaled

421 products in account

21 reviews

Posted: October 1

Good Game

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Do I Know You

16 products in account

5 reviews

Posted: September 26

The Stanly Parable is an amazing game, there are so many ways to complete it. The narrator makes it funny, that's if you don't do what he tells you, but it is a really good game.

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elevatorbroke

39 products in account

4 reviews

Posted: September 18

Very creative game. clever writting filled with surprises. Really gives players a sense of "choice" for their own ending. However, this is a game that can only be played once for a few hours. Once you know the ending(s), there isn't anything worth replaying the game for unless you love walking in an endless cycle.

Is it worth full price? No. But this game is definitely worth experiencing if it is on sale.

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jeremiahdbullfrog.com

79 products in account

34 reviews

Posted: September 30

Is it worth $14.99? NO, but I do recommend it if you find it ON SALE. If not, then just buy a more superior game, Portal 2. Seriously, Stanley PArable is funny and it's great to show off to house guests but not much content here. It's so short, you probably can complete every scenario less than 2 HOURS. wink, wink.

Oh yeah, definitely play the demo first before buying...because it's own unique scenario

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Dpaje

97 products in account

75 reviews

Posted: September 30

EA ruined this series with there latest game but it is a pleasure to still be able to blay the good old classic

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stevendebock

58 products in account

5 reviews

Posted: September 22

Such a weird game, but also very addictive.
A must have in my opinion.

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Rekt Cam

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1 review

Posted: October 2

I love it! ( non-helpful review )

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DAGGS

358 products in account

20 reviews

Posted: September 20

What an incredible game, so well written, such perfect execution... Don´t read anything about it, just go and play it, explore it for yourself and don't get spoiled. Or read everything and spoil it all, every single second of it. "Stanley had two options, and he chose the first one. No Stanley! What are you doing! Don't choose the second one, Stanley, please!"

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Posted: October 10

I enjoyed the first few endings, but then the game started to get really repetetive and not very enjoyable. I would recommend this game to all you HL fans.

I will probs refund it :/

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Posted: October 10

Nice

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Posted: October 10

Solid 10/10

Very fun, envoked great pleasure deep within my genitals

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Posted: October 10

This game played me.

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Posted: October 9

not worth getting there is not way to save.

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Posted: October 9

I approve of this game, good that I am at LEAST NOT crazy and in control of my life.
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Posted: October 9

This game is fantastic. I can tell you why, but that would probably ruin the surprise(s).

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Posted: October 9

Mind-♥♥♥♥

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Posted: October 8

Do you like humour?
Do you like emotion?
Do you like hearing the word Stanley multiple times?
Do you like doing whatever the ♥♥♥♥ you want, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ off someone in the process?

Then buy this game

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Posted: October 8

It's different from the normal style of storytelling.
You interact but the narrarator is interacting as well.
An interesting game that sends you on journey that leads down multiple paths.

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