The Beginner's Guide

Indie

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.

GEM score

0.01

24h

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GEM rank

#6,700 of 179,652

Indie rank

#3,373 of 127,570

Scores as of 26 Jul 2026

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Score history (3 to 12 months ago)

Stats through 26 Jul 2026

Average

0.18

Peak

1.09

Tracked since

21 Feb 2024

GEM score0.0126 Jul 2026Latest free

Scores before 26 July 2026 were produced by an earlier version of our scoring process.

3 to 12 months ago as a table

Daily GEM score from 3 to 12 months ago, newest first
Date	GEM score
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26 Jul 2026	0.01
19 Jul 2026	0.04
25 Jun 2026	0.05
20 Jun 2026	0.04
17 Jun 2026	0.05
15 Jun 2026	0.04
9 Jun 2026	0.04
27 May 2026	0.04
19 May 2026	0.04
14 May 2026	0.04
11 May 2026	0.04
10 May 2026	0.04
9 May 2026	0.04

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