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.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
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Fair · Narrative · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableNO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it, no rush.
about 1.5h$4.99 (~)
Better value than 95% of Narrative games
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The Beginner's Guide scores 68/100 on the BANG Score (fair value). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/303210/the-beginner-s-guide<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/303210/the-beginner-s-guide"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/303210" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/303210/the-beginner-s-guide)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 7h ago.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
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Price line + bands by tier:Worth itFairPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $2.49, set in June 2018. It has been discounted 51 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 10 weeks between sales.
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