The Stanley Parable
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 3h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- 79% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 46,121 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 1.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (79.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beat the game Complete The Stanley Parable. 100%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (10)
story milestone ending side
- Beat the game Complete The Stanley Parable. 100%
- Welcome back! Quit the game and then start it again. 98%
- You can't jump No seriously, we disabled it. 87%
- Achievement This is an achievement. 61%
- Click on door 430 five times. Click on door 430 five times. 49%
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- Go outside Don't play The Stanley Parable for five years. 22%
- Speed run Complete The Stanley Parable in under 4 minutes 22 seconds (not including load times) 8.4%
- Unachievable It is impossible to get this achievement. 7.7%
- Commitment Play The Stanley Parable for the entire duration of a Tuesday. 3.5%