Genre Walking SimReleased Oct 1, 2015
The Beginner's Guide
Developed by Everything Unlimited Ltd. · Published by Everything Unlimited Ltd., Klei Publishing
$9.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$1.10M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$773.0K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
211.4K
≈ 9 sales per review
Reviews
23,635
Very Positive88% positive
Playing now
11
26-day peak 11 · low 4
New reviews, last 26 days
+83
≈ 3 a day since Sep 17
History
Sep 17 – Oct 13
23.6K23.6K23.6K23.5K
Sep 17Sep 30Oct 13
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
About
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.
- Developer
- Everything Unlimited Ltd.
- Publisher
- Everything Unlimited Ltd., Klei Publishing
- Genre
- Walking Sim
- Released
- Oct 1, 2015
- Steam app ID
- 303210
- Data updated
- Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.