Game
App 303210
The Beginner's Guide
Everything Unlimited Ltd. · published by Everything Unlimited Ltd., Klei Publishing · released Oct 1, 2015
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.
Price
$9.99
US store
Reviews
88%
20,024 · Very Positive
Playing now
3
sampled 15h ago
24h peak
3
all-time seen 10
Followers
—
Steam community hub
Owners (est.)
~1M
501K – 1.6M
YouTube activity
1
videos · 30 d49
creators29.5K
views · 1 yTwitch activity
0
avg viewers · 30 d16
hours watched · 30 d3
streamers · 30 dProduct info
from Steam's PICS · read 3d ago- Change number
- 37,432,709
- Public build
- 897,906 · — (—)
- Operating systems
- windows, macos, linux
- Architecture
- —
- Install size
- 3.8 GB · 1.8 GB download
- Install folder
The Beginners Guide- Controller support
- Partial
- Metacritic
- —
- Homepage
- www.thebeginnersgui.de
- Release state
- released
- Community
- hub
Steam Deck
PlayableTested May 6, 2023 on build 897,906
- !Default controller config not fully functional
- !Interface text is not legible
- ✓Controller glyphs match deck device
- ✓Default configuration is performant
- iExternal controllers not supported primary player
Branches · 1
every build Steam serves for this app| Branch | Build | Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| public | 897,906 | — |
Build history
every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)| Build | Branch | Released | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 897,906 | public | — | 3d ago |
Depots · 4
content of the public branch| Depot | Name | OS | Language | DLC / shared | Size | Download | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303211 | all | 3.5 GB | 1.7 GB | 921991094919271892 | |||
| 303212 | macos | 131 MB | 33 MB | 8628892352567586198 | |||
| 303213 | linux | 77 MB | 19 MB | 7895287787667576097 | |||
| 406461 | all | DLC The Beginner's Guide Soundtrack | 107 MB | 103 MB | 8116505363482285153 |
Launch options · 3
| Executable | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|
beginnersguide.exe |
windows | Launch |
launchit.sh-game beginnersguide |
macos | |
launchit.sh-game beginnersguide |
linux |
Languages · 5
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| German | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Russian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Spanish | ✓ | — | ✓ |
Packages · 2
all packagesBundles · 3
all bundles| Bundle | Games | Bundle discount | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide | 2 | -10% | $22.48 |
| Klei Publishing | 13 | -40% | $118.67 |
| The Beginner's Guide + Gone Home | 2 | -10% | $13.03 |
DLC in product info · 1
includes DLC not sold separatelyUpdates · patch notes
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