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.
The Beginner's Guide playtime stats
51 tracked Steam players have spent 113 hours in The Beginner's Guide, 2.2 hours each on average; the median player has 1.7 hours. The top 10% have 4.3 hours or more, while 67% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0.1% of active players played it, 3.5 hours in all, most of all on Mondays. A typical day of play lasts 1.1 hours.
Total playtime
= 113 hours total
across 51 players
Avg per player
median 1.7h
Avg day of play
per player, on days they play
Loyalty
of its players' Steam time · top game for 0 players
New players
first played it in the last 30 days
Achievements
None tracked for this game
The Beginner's Guide over time
UTC days. Each line is scaled to its own range; hover a day for the values. Today is still in progress.
Trend
last 30 days vs the 30 beforeShare of active players
2 players of 1,920
0.1%
Share of hours played
3.5h in 30 days
0%
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
1.7h
Shares, not raw counts: we track more players every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Mondays, 253% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all tracked players, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
3
Tracked playtime
3.5h
Avg per day
1.1h
Biggest day
1.5h
Oct 5
Most players
1
Oct 5
Favorite day
Monday
Top players
Full leaderboard →- 1
xxadonisxx
11h - 2
Stoom naam6.3h - 3
LLamaBoy
4.3h - 4
Bluenose
4.3h - 5
Yui
4.3h - 6
Mrono4.3h - 7
Tony Montana4.2h - 8
Lionlake
3.9h - 9
foobar3.3h - 10
TheSkull
3.1h
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h6 (12%)
- 1–10h44 (86%)
- 10–50h1 (2%)
- 50–100h0 (0%)
- 100–500h0 (0%)
- 500h+0 (0%)
67% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by tracked players- United States10 players1.6% of its players
- United Kingdom5 players4.2% of its players
- Germany3 players2.6% of its players
Norway2 players8.7% of its players
Vatican City2 players50% of its players
Austria2 players13% of its players