Indie
The Beginner's Guide
88% positive of 19,963 Steam reviews
- Main story
- 1.2 h
- Everything
- 1.3 h
- Released
- 2015
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Known on
- Steam
Made by Everything Unlimited Ltd.. Published by Everything Unlimited Ltd., Klei Publishing.
About the game
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.
What sets it apart
- Walking Simulator
- Short
- Story Rich
- Abstract
- Psychological
- Surreal
- Philosophical
- First-Person
- Emotional
- Experimental
- Atmospheric
- Dark
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