players like The Beginner's Guide more than The Stanley Parable
by where each lands in players' personal rankings
67% put The Stanley Parable higher
12 of 18 players who ranked both games have The Stanley Parable above The Beginner's Guide in their own library (9 more own both but never told them apart)
The Beginner's Guide wins when they meet, too
all 1 direct duel went to The Beginner's Guide
1 duel between exactly these two. the verdict above rests on everyone's full rankings; this is only what happened when both were on screen together.
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both tagged Walking Simulator · Adventure
>> the verdict in words what the duels say about the stanley parable vs the beginner's guide
Players like The Beginner's Guide more than The Stanley Parable, by a hair. The Beginner's Guide beats 75% of the games in a typical Steam library, which ranks it #288 of 19,185 scored games; The Stanley Parable beats 75% and ranks #194 of 19,185. Both are well liked, so this is a question of which one players love more, not whether The Stanley Parable is any good. The Stanley Parable's score rests on 131 players, The Beginner's Guide's on 51 players.
Of the 18 players who ranked both games, 67% put The Stanley Parable higher in their own library and 33% The Beginner's Guide. That goes against the site-wide verdict: people who own both lean the other way from the crowd at large. The one time they met on screen together, the duel went to The Beginner's Guide.
58% of The Stanley Parable's raters keep it in the top 30% of their own library, against 55% for The Beginner's Guide. The Beginner's Guide is the safer pick: 16% of its raters file it in their bottom 40%, against 19% for The Stanley Parable.
Both are tagged Walking Simulator and Adventure on Steam; The Stanley Parable came out in 2013, The Beginner's Guide in 2015.
Every score here comes from players duelling games out of their own Steam library, not from reviews or playtime, and this matchup last moved 8 hours ago. A new duel on either game can change who wins.
