The Beginner's Guide
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.
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The Beginner's Guide is defined by its meditative, tense, exploration, puzzle solving, linear story, and 5-minute runs. Games similar to The Beginner's Guide share these core gameplay traits — browse the matches below to find your next play.
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Games Like The Beginner's Guide
What Remains of Edith Finch shares Exploration, Puzzle solving and Meditative with The Beginner's Guide.
Layers of Fear (2016) shares Exploration, Puzzle solving and Meditative with The Beginner's Guide.
Gone Home shares Exploration, Meditative and Linear story with The Beginner's Guide.
OXENFREE II: Lost Signals shares Tense, Exploration and Meditative with The Beginner's Guide.
INDIKA shares Exploration, Puzzle solving and Meditative with The Beginner's Guide.
Brukel shares Exploration, Meditative and Tense with The Beginner's Guide.
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