The Stanley Parable

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• interactive fiction

• interactive film

• adventure video game

• metafiction

• adventure game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Engines

• Source

Localized titles

• The Stanley Parable

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*
• Indie^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Captions available^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play on Phone^*
• Remote Play on Tablet^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Danish^*
• Dutch^*
• Russian^*
• French^*
• German^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Portugal^*
• Turkish^*
• Ukrainian^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Ukrainian^*

Community tags · historical

• Comedy^*

  Votes · historical

  1,883^*

• Narration^*

  Votes · historical

  1,551^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  1,344^*

• Walking Simulator^*

  Votes · historical

  1,335^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  1,309^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  1,075^*

• Psychological^*

  Votes · historical

  1,067^*

• Satire^*

  Votes · historical

  1,005^*

• Dynamic Narration^*

  Votes · historical

  944^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  868^*

• Multiple Endings^*

  Votes · historical

  801^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  790^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  762^*

• Choices Matter^*

  Votes · historical

  638^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  517^*

• Short^*

  Votes · historical

  475^*

• Surreal^*

  Votes · historical

  425^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  403^*

• Puzzle^*

  Votes · historical

  325^*

• Casual^*

  Votes · historical

  259^*

System requirements

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 12.04^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1^*

  Storage

  4 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  OpenAL Compatible Sound Card^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Mac OS X 10.8 or higher required^*

  Processor alternatives

  3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP/Vista/7/8^*

  Processor alternatives

  3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  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^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX 9.0c compatible^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  43^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

Developers

• Davey Wreden

• Galactic Cafe^*

Publishers

• Galactic Cafe^*
• Klei Publishing^*

• 2013-10-17

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2013-10-17 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2013-10-17^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 17, 2013^*

Detailed specifications