The Stanley Parable is a story-based video game designed and written by developers Davey Wreden and William Pugh. The game carries themes such as choice in video games, the relationship between a game creator and player, and predestination/fate.
In the game, the player guides a silent protagonist named Stanley alongside narration by British actor Kevan Brighting. As the story progresses, the player is confronted with diverging pathways. The player may contradict the narrator's directions, which if disobeyed will then be incorporated into the story. Depending on the choices made, the player will encounter different endings before the game resets to the beginning.
The Stanley Parable was originally released on 31 July 2011, as a free modification for Half-Life 2 by Wreden. Together with Pugh, Wreden later released a stand-alone remake using the Source engine under the Galactic Cafe studio name. A further expanded edition titled The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe was released on 27 April 2022. An iOS port was released on October 7, 2024.
Victims[]
Before the Game[]
- 599 Unnamed Office Workers - Erased by the Narrator.
- Total - 599
Original Half-Life 2 Mod Endings[]
Freedom[]
- None
Explosion[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Blown up by nuclear warheads after trying to turn on the Mind Control Facility's power, caused by the Narrator.
- Total - 1
Museum[]
- None
Mariella[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Collapsed after freaking out when he learned the nature of his reality.
- Total - 1
Apartment[]
- None
Games[]
- None
Stanley Parable Endings[]
Freedom[]
- None
Countdown[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Blown up by nuclear warheads after trying to turn on the Mind Control Facility's power, caused by the Narrator.
- Total - 1
Museum[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Crushed between two spiked metal crushers.
- Total - 1
Mariella[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Collapsed after freaking out when he learned the nature of his reality.
- Total - 1
Escape Pod[]
- None
Heaven[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Sent to button heaven.
- Total - 1
Broom Closet[]
- None
Confusion[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Died of natural causes. Schedule disobeyed by the Narrator.
- Total - 1
Powerful[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Jumped off a ledge to his death.
- Total - 1
Cold Feet[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Jumped off a ledge to his death.
- Total - 1
Not Stanley[]
- None
Zending[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Committed suicide by jumping off a railing three times.
- Total - 1
Games[]
- None
Art[]
- None
Coward[]
- None
Out of Map[]
- None
Serious[]
- None
Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Endings[]
New Content (Bucket or Otherwise)[]
- None
Skip Button[]
- The Narrator - Disappeared after Stanley skipped a long time.
New Content[]
- None
New Content (Bucket)[]
- The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket - Exploded by the Narrator because there was too much warmth and comfort from two buckets in the same room.
- The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket - Exploded by the Narrator because there was too much warmth and comfort from two buckets in the same room.
- Total - 2
Mostly Infinite Hole[]
- None
Freedom (Bucket)[]
- None
Countdown (Bucket)[]
- None
Bottom of the Mind Control Facility (Bucket or Otherwise)[]
- None
Museum (Bucket)[]
- At Least 2,000,000,000 People - Killed in a war during the medieval era trying to claim the Inferno Bucket, mentioned.
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Crushed between two spiked metal crushers.
- The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket - Crushed between two spiked metal crushers.
- Total - 2,000,000,002
Elevator (Bucket or Otherwise)[]
- None
Mariella (Bucket)[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Collapsed after going mad from not having his bucket.
- Total - 1
Heaven (Bucket)[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Sent to bucket hell.
- Total - 1
Broom Closet (Bucket)[]
- None
Confusion (Bucket)[]
- Bucket Destroyer - Exploded after getting upset Stanley was unwilling to destroy the bucket.
- Total - 1
Powerful (Bucket)[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Jumped off a ledge to his death.
- The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket - Held by Stanley when he jumped off the ledge.
- Total - 2
Cold Feet (Bucket)[]
- Stanley/Employee 427 - Jumped off a ledge to his death, with the narrator misinforming him that the bucket could be used as a cushioning device.
- The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket - Held by Stanley when he jumped off the ledge.
- Total - 2
Vent (Bucket)[]
- Tape Man - Killed by Gambhorra'ta off-camera, heard in a tape recording.
- Total - 1
Apartment (Bucket)[]
- None
Not Stanley (Bucket)[]
- None
No Buckets[]
- The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket - Erased by the Narrator.
- Total - 1
Coward (Bucket)[]
- None
Out of Map (Bucket)[]
- The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket - Stabbed with a knife by Stanley.
- Total - 1
Figurines[]
- None
Epilogue[]
- None
The Stanley Parable 8[]
- None
Deaths[]
- Total - 2,000,000,624
- 2,000,000,615 Humans
- 2,000,000,599 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 16 Men
- 8 Inanimate Objects
- 7 Buckets
- 1 Bucket Destroyer
- 1 Unknown Entity
- The Narrator
- 2,000,000,615 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- The Narrator - 605 (Determinant)
- Stanley/Employee 427 - 3 (Determinant)
- Gambhorra'ta - 1 (Alive)