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The Stanley Parable on Twitch — competition and audience

Galactic Cafe· 2013· Linux · PC · Mac
AdventureIndieComedy

A first-person exploration game built around branching narrative choices and an omniscient narrator who reacts to the player's decisions. Players navigate an office environment, choosing whether to follow or defy the narrator's directions, with each choice leading to different story paths and endings. Originally released as a Half-Life 2 mod in 2011, it was remade as a standalone title in 2013 and later expanded with The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe in 2022, which added new routes, environments, and endings across additional platforms.

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What is The Stanley Parable about?

Stanley is employee number 427 at a large corporation, where his job consists entirely of monitoring data on a computer screen and pressing buttons as instructed. He has never questioned his work or his purpose. One day, the screen goes blank and Stanley realizes the entire office is empty. Every coworker has vanished without explanation. Guided by the voice of a narrator who claims to know Stanley's story, Stanley begins exploring the abandoned building. But the narrator's version of events may not be the only one, and Stanley must decide whether to follow the path laid out for him or forge his own way through a world that seems determined to tell him who he is.

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0Room for youClosed off
2Live streamers1 in English
244People watching
#2Your spot at 10 viewersof 3

Should I stream The Stanley Parable on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 122 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. The only English stream here holds all 243 English viewers — once you take it out there is nothing left to reach.

The only English stream here holds all 243 English viewers. There is nothing left over for a second.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

Where to buy

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How many people stream The Stanley Parable?

Right now

2 right now, to 244 viewers between them. 1 of them is streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is The Stanley Parable too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 2 people are streaming The Stanley Parable, and the one English stream holds all 243 English viewers — so the room is quiet because that audience is already committed, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 2 live right now

Is The Stanley Parable any good?

Players score it 86 out of 100 from 1,002 ratings, and critics 89 out of 100.

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86Players1,002 ratings

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Details

Released
Oct 17, 2013 · 13 years ago
Time to finish
About 2.7h
Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Rated
GRAC 12+
Biggest stream
243 (100% of the category)
Typical stream
122 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 28, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC