The Beginner's Guide

App ID 303210
App Type Game
Name The Beginner's Guide
Developer
Publisher Everything Unlimited Ltd.
Supported Systems STEAMPLAY
Last Record Update (October 14, 2017 – 00:26:41 UTC)
Last Change Number 3533915
Release Date October 1, 2015 ()
84.25% (12k / 2k) 7 In-Game

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.

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User Tags

AdventureIndieFPSPuzzleHorrorSurrealPsychological HorrorStory RichGreat SoundtrackVisual NovelFirst-PersonAtmosphericSingleplayerShortDarkAbstractNarrationPsychologicalWalking SimulatorIlluminatiExperienceExperimental

Additional Information

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clienttga 7da4248876ac1baeac19c96dc7530424c9432822
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Genres Adventure,Indie
logo 5ab637aaec9ff33e1c2ac2fb219f6504ea89a902
logo_small 5ab637aaec9ff33e1c2ac2fb219f6504ea89a902_thumb
metacritic_name Untitled App
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
releasestate released
community_hub_visible Yes
store_tags

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Markers

Date Label
October 1, 2015 – 17:02:14 UTC
📜 Now Available on Steam - The Beginner's Guide, 20% off!
August 16, 2016 – 18:00:00 UTC
⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Indie Bundle 17

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
44661 The Beginner's Guide Developer Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
44662 The Beginner's Guide for Beta Testing CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
44663 The Beginner's Guide Store or CD Key April 16, 2018 – 17:00:35 UTC
73536 BAFTA 2015 CD Key April 20, 2018 – 21:57:02 UTC
80059 The Beginner's Guide + Soundtrack Store or CD Key April 16, 2018 – 17:00:35 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Downloadable Content

AppID Name Last Updated
406460 The Beginner's Guide Soundtrack October 7, 2015 – 15:50:06 UTC

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
303211 The Beginner's Guide Content & win32 3.25 GiB
406461 The Beginner's Guide Soundtrack 101.81 MiB DLC 406460
303212 The Beginner's Guide OSX 124.76 MiB
303213 The Beginner's Guide Lemon Rooibos Edition 73.07 MiB

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 897906

Other

Name Value
baselanguages english, german, french, spanish, russian

Raw Information

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
Launch beginnersguide.exe None
None launchit.sh -game beginnersguide None
None launchit.sh -game beginnersguide None

Configuration

Key Value
contenttype 3
installdir The Beginners Guide
launch See section above

History

« October 14, 2017 – 00:26:41 UTC Change #3533915
« September 10, 2017 – 09:32:59 UTC Change #3388532
« August 7, 2017 – 02:27:38 UTC Change #3266286
« August 1, 2017 – 03:17:20 UTC Change #3245809
« July 5, 2017 – 02:51:54 UTC Change #3151701
« June 21, 2017 – 18:25:35 UTC Change #3106316
« November 5, 2016 – 19:29:52 UTC Change #2146690
« June 9, 2016 – 19:32:10 UTC Change #1997869
« May 21, 2016 – 09:25:32 UTC Change #1965676
« March 15, 2016 – 23:24:31 UTC Change #1826540
« January 19, 2016 – 23:28:59 UTC Change #1682963
« December 14, 2015 – 15:28:23 UTC Change #1607498
  • Changed Depots
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    • 303211/maxsize: 3485586856 (3.25 GiB) › 3484520826 (3.25 GiB) (-1.02 MiB)
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  • Changed changenumber – 1603579 › 1607498
« December 11, 2015 – 17:25:54 UTC Change #1603579
  • Changed Depots
    • branches/public/buildid: 895248 › 895249
    • 303211/maxsize: 3478403283 (3.24 GiB) › 3485586856 (3.25 GiB) (+6.85 MiB)
    • 303211/manifests/public: 8236259893936854913 › 5472487271956501789
  • Changed changenumber – 1603576 › 1603579
« December 11, 2015 – 17:25:38 UTC Change #1603576
  • Changed Depots
    • branches/public/buildid: 802199 › 895248
    • 303212/manifests/public: 1072441766210355138 › 8628892352567586198
  • Changed changenumber – 1594932 › 1603576
« December 8, 2015 – 21:45:05 UTC Change #U:2428876
  • Changed Categories – Single-player, Full controller support, Captions available › Single-player, Captions available, Partial Controller Support
« December 8, 2015 – 21:41:54 UTC Change #1594932
  • Changed controller_support – full › partial
  • Changed changenumber – 1391543 › 1594932
« October 27, 2015 – 20:37:40 UTC Change #1391543
« October 7, 2015 – 02:20:39 UTC Change #1339768
  • Added community_hub_visible – 1
  • Changed changenumber – 1335932 › 1339768
« October 5, 2015 – 18:40:28 UTC Change #1335932
  • Changed Depots
    • branches/public/buildid: 802134 › 802199
    • 303212/manifests/public: 5782638058904840649 › 1072441766210355138
  • Changed changenumber – 1335768 › 1335932
« October 5, 2015 – 17:50:12 UTC Change #1335768
  • Changed Depots
    • branches/public/buildid: 801836 › 802134
    • 303212/manifests/public: 1962450594184975700 › 5782638058904840649
  • Changed changenumber – 1335026 › 1335768
« October 5, 2015 – 14:45:02 UTC Change #1335026
  • Changed Depots
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    • 303212/manifests/public: 635882678831060626 › 1962450594184975700
  • Changed changenumber – 1334488 › 1335026
« October 5, 2015 – 13:05:30 UTC Change #1334488
  • Changed Depots
    • branches/public/buildid: 796701 › 801678
    • 303211/maxsize: 3478404307 (3.24 GiB) › 3478403283 (3.24 GiB) (-1.00 KiB)
    • 303212/maxsize: 130825662 (124.77 MiB) › 130823632 (124.76 MiB) (-1.98 KiB)
    • 303213/maxsize: 76544364 (73.00 MiB) › 76618453 (73.07 MiB) (+72.35 KiB)
    • 303211/manifests/public: 2242000339378351269 › 8236259893936854913
    • 303212/manifests/public: 8731578430520037930 › 635882678831060626
    • 303213/manifests/public: 1226911459004698274 › 7895287787667576097
  • Changed changenumber – 1331101 › 1334488
« October 2, 2015 – 16:39:16 UTC Change #1331101
« October 1, 2015 – 17:02:50 UTC Change #U:2140710
  • Added Categories – Single-player, Full controller support, Captions available
  • Added Genres – Adventure,Indie
  • Added store name – The Beginner's Guide
« October 1, 2015 – 17:01:38 UTC Change #1328256
  • Added homepage – http://www.thebeginnersgui.de
  • Added publisher – Everything Unlimited Ltd.
  • Added developer – Everything Unlimited Ltd.
  • Added controller_support – full
  • Added metacritic_name – Untitled App
  • Changed changenumber – 1328251 › 1328256
« October 1, 2015 – 17:01:14 UTC Change #1328251
  • Added Depots
    • branches/public/buildid: 796701
    • baselanguages: english,german,french,spanish,russian
    • 303211/name: The Beginner's Guide Content & win32
    • 303212/name: The Beginner's Guide OSX
    • 303213/name: The Beginner's Guide Lemon Rooibos Edition
    • 406461/name: The Beginner's Guide Soundtrack
    • 303211/maxsize: 3478404307 (3.24 GiB)
    • 303212/maxsize: 130825662 (124.77 MiB)
    • 303213/maxsize: 76544364 (73.00 MiB)
    • 406461/maxsize: 106756723 (101.81 MiB)
    • 303211/manifests/public: 2242000339378351269
    • 303212/manifests/public: 8731578430520037930
    • 303213/manifests/public: 1226911459004698274
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    • 406461/dlcappid: 406460
    • 303212/config/oslist: macos
    • 303213/config/oslist: linux
  • Added App Config
    • contenttype: 3
    • installdir: The Beginners Guide
    • launch/0/config/oslist: windows
    • launch/0/description: Launch
    • launch/0/executable: beginnersguide.exe
    • launch/0/type: none
    • launch/1/arguments: -game beginnersguide
    • launch/1/config/oslist: macos
    • launch/1/executable: launchit.sh
    • launch/1/type: none
    • launch/2/arguments: -game beginnersguide
    • launch/2/config/oslist: linux
    • launch/2/executable: launchit.sh
    • launch/2/type: none

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