Welcome to The Stanley Parable, a first-person exploration game where you play as Stanley, an office worker who discovers his colleagues have vanished. Your journey through the empty office is guided by a witty, omnipresent Narrator, leading you down branching paths and towards myriad endings. The game plays with choice and narrative, offering freedom one moment and taking it away the next, all while exploring existential themes with a comedic touch.
This guide is your companion to unraveling the game's mysteries and achieving everything it has to offer. We'll help you navigate the branching paths to discover every ending, including the original and new ones, and ensure you unlock every achievement, from the straightforward 'Beat The Game' to the more obscure tasks like clicking door 430 five times or finding all the Stanley figurines.
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Discover all the endings in The Stanley Parable, including Freedom, Coward, and Out of Bounds. Learn how to unlock each one.
The Stanley Parable features a wide array of distinct endings, offering unique conclusions to Stanley's story. These endings are not unlocked through traditional gameplay mechanics but are rather the result of deviating from or adhering to the Narrator's instructions in specific ways.
Endings:
- Freedom Ending
- Coward Ending
- Out of Bounds Ending
- Countdown Ending
- Museum Ending
- Escape Pod Ending
- Insane Ending
- Confusion Ending
- Powerful Ending
- Stanley's Wife Ending
- Corrupted Ending
- Suicide Ending
- Games Ending
- Heaven Ending
- Cheaters Ending
Achievements:
Throughout your playthroughs, you can also work towards unlocking various achievements, which often tie into discovering specific endings or performing particular actions within the game.
- Experiment with different choices to see how they affect the outcome.
- Pay close attention to the Narrator's dialogue for clues.
- Some endings may require specific sequences of actions.
Introduction [SP.01.01]
Explore The Stanley Parable, a first-person exploration game based on a 2011 Source mod, featuring new content and narration.
The Stanley Parable is a first-person exploration game where you play as Stanley, but also do not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, or you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, or you will have no choice. The game will end, or it will never end. Contradiction follows contradiction, and the rules of how games should work are broken repeatedly.
As you explore, meaning may begin to arise, and the paradoxes might start to make sense, suggesting you might be powerful after all. The game is not designed to fight you; it is an invitation to engage.
Based on the award-winning 2011 Source mod (a modification for another game) 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.
- Embrace the contradictions and unexpected turns.
- Pay attention to the narrator's (Kevan Brighting) voice.
- Experiment with choices, as there may be no right or wrong path.
- Try the free demo for a deeper understanding.
Endings [SP.02.01]
Discover how to achieve every ending in The Stanley Parable. This guide details the steps for each unique conclusion to Stanley's story.
- 1The Freedom Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions exactly. Go through the left door, up the stairs, and into the meeting room. Continue following the Narrator's voice until you reach the broom closet.
- 2The Museum Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. Take the right door, go upstairs, and enter the boss's office. Interact with the computer.
- 3The Escape Pod Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. Take the left door, go upstairs, and enter the meeting room. Instead of following the Narrator, go through the door behind the podium.
- 4The Confusion Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. Take the right door, go upstairs, and enter the boss's office. Do not interact with the computer. Instead, go back downstairs and take the left door.
- 5The Countdown Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. . Go through the door behind the podium. Then, go back and take the right door.
- 6The Mind Control Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. . . . Finally, go back to the meeting room and take the door behind the podium again.
- 7The Mariella Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. . . . . Then, go back and take the left door.
- 8The Zending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. . . . . . Finally, go back and take the right door.
- 9The Baby Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. . . . . . . Finally, go back and take the left door.
- 10The Stanley Parable 2 Ending: Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. . . . . . . . .
- 11The Bucket Ending (Ultra Deluxe): Obtain the bucket and follow the steps for any of the other endings. The Narrator's dialogue will change.
- 12The New Content Ending (Ultra Deluxe): Follow the Narrator's instructions until you reach the two-door choice. . . . . . . . . .
- Pay close attention to the Narrator's dialogue, as it often contains clues.
- Experiment with different choices, as many paths lead to unique endings.
- The Ultra Deluxe version of the game adds new content and endings, so explore those as well.
Freedom Ending [SP.02.02]
Learn how to achieve The Stanley Parable Freedom Ending by leaving the office, entering your boss's office, and using the keypad.
- 1Leave the office.
- 2Follow the office until you reach two doors (left or right).
- 3Go left and continue forward.
- 4Go up the stairs and enter your boss's office.
- 5Enter 2845 at the keypad.
- 6Go downstairs using the lift (an elevator).
- 7Follow the path.
- 8Click the button on the desks and keep going until you take an elevator up.
- 9Enter the double door on the right side.
- 10Press the "OFF" button.
- 11Go outside when the door is open.
- Pay attention to the sequence of doors and stairs.
- The keypad code is essential for progression.
- Look for interactive buttons to advance.
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