The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is essential – not only does it refine the 10-year-old classic, but it expands upon it, mocking the very ideology of a re-release along the way. This zany game will keep you hooked on the loop.

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Critic Reviews: 19

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# Reviews: 19

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is essential - not only does it refine the 10-year-old classic, but it expands upon it, mocking the very ideology of a re-release along the way. This zany game will keep you hooked on the loop.

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Average Score - 91/100

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88/100

Christopher Livingston (PC Gamer)

A delightful update that fills the original game with even more humorous and thoughtful rabbit holes to get lost in.

April 27, 2022 |

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The Stanley Parable still holds up a decade later, and the Ultra Deluxe version essentially adds a whole new game’s worth of additional content to stumble upon.

April 27, 2022 |

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9/10

Tom Marks (IGN)

8/10

Jordan Ramee (GameSpot)

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe follows up the original 2013’s strong narrative theme with an intriguing brand-new one.

April 27, 2022 |

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Christopher Livingston (PC Gamer)

88/100 - (Read Review)

A delightful update that fills the original game with even more humorous and thoughtful rabbit holes to get lost in.

Tom Marks (IGN)

9/10 - (Read Review)

The Stanley Parable still holds up a decade later, and the Ultra Deluxe version essentially adds a whole new game’s worth of additional content to stumble upon.

Jordan Ramee (GameSpot)

8/10 - (Read Review)

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe follows up the original 2013’s strong narrative theme with an intriguing brand-new one.

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Read the Reviews (19 total)

Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
33bits	Rubén Rionegro	90 / 100	05-16-2022	The Stanley Parable: Ultra deluxe is a new version of the 2013 classic that adds a good number of novelties, decisions and alternative endings. If you’ve never played the original game, it’s time to give this new installment a chance and find out what makes it so great.	Read review
BaziCenter	Mohammad Talebian	10 / 10	05-06-2022	The Stanly Parable may seem so simple and straightforward at the first glance, but every time you beat the game and start over from Stanly’s office, things can change so drastically that you can’t even believe it, making The Stanly Parable a benchmark when it comes to story telling and how decision making affects gameplay.	Read review
COGconnected	Jaz Sagoo	90 / 100	04-30-2022	The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an essential title. Not only does it refine a classic, but it also expands on it. In its cheeky knowing manner, it celebrates and mocks the very ideology of the re-release. With plenty of laughs throughout, the zany game beckons you to explore and rewards you with nuggets of gold at each point. Strange and alluring, the secrets within will surprise and delight you, keeping you hooked on the loop. Incredibly, Crows Crows Crows have managed to create an outstanding package that is attractive to both first time and returning players, making this a truly Ultra Deluxe iteration of the game.	Read review
Destructoid	Noelle Warner	10 / 10	05-07-2022	10s aren’t perfect, since nothing is, but they come as close as you could get in a given genre. The new leader to beat in its sector, we’re talking pure ecstasy.	Read review
FingerGuns	Sean Davies	10 / 10	05-05-2022	The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an essential gaming experience. It’s simultaneously a hilariously absurd adventure that can be enjoyed on its own merits and an insightful examination of storytelling in gaming. The acutely self-aware new content reframes the original game to give it refreshing new purpose alongside a cluster of new barbs aimed at the flaws in modern gaming. A must play.	Read review
Gamer Escape	Eliot Lefebvre	9 / 10	05-05-2022	The glory of The Stanley Parable was always that it was a game supremely confident in itself, giving you branching choices that were not choices, inviting you to push up against the boundaries of its world and see how far you could go. The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe expands those boundaries and gives you new things to explore, and in the process it managed to surprise me even as someone who had picked over the original game quite extensively. While it may not be as truly groundbreaking as the original, The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe is a must-play for fans of the original – and if you’ve never experienced the game, it’s the perfect place to learn what made the original so brilliant while finding a number of new twists.	Read review
GameSpot	Jordan Ramée	8 / 10	04-27-2022	The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe follows up the original 2013’s strong narrative theme with an intriguing brand-new one.	Read review
IGN	Tom Marks	9 / 10	04-27-2022	The Stanley Parable still holds up a decade later, and the Ultra Deluxe version essentially adds a whole new game’s worth of additional content to stumble upon.	Read review
Nintendo Life	Alex Olney	9 / 10	04-27-2022	“NINE OUT OF TEN,” Alex bellowed as he wrote. “A thoroughly enjoyable expansion of an already classic game treated with love, care, and most importantly a meta awareness that pays tribute to everything that made The Stanley Parable so beloved. It may leave a small few questioning more than they’d like, but we wouldn’t want it any other way.”Alex wondered if this small sound bite could be considered a complete review, but he was certain that if he needed to, he could find a way to pad things out.	Read review
NintendoWorldReport	Alex Culafi	9 / 10	05-05-2022	The Stanley Parable is an extremely worthwhile video game and, I would argue, one of the finest examples of meta-humor (as well as humor in general) in the medium. Just don’t read too much before you play it.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	M.İhsan Tatari	8 / 10	06-17-2022	You’ll laugh your eyes out, guaranteed. Ultra Deluxe has new endings, new content but keeps the same sense of humour and everything that made original game a hit.	Read review
PC Gamer	Christopher Livingston	88 / 100	04-27-2022	A delightful update that fills the original game with even more humorous and thoughtful rabbit holes to get lost in.	Read review
Polygon	Grayson Morley	Recommended	05-20-2022	In conclusion, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is a game that can, and should, be played.	Read review
Push Square	Stephen Tailby	9 / 10	04-27-2022	Visually it’s definitely an improvement, although it’s behind the curve by modern standards. It makes up for that by doubling the size of the game with all-new content, alterations to existing endings, and more that fans will adore. If you’ve played The Stanley Parable before, Ultra Deluxe gives you lots of reasons to revisit the experience. If this’ll be your first time, well, lucky you. Once the element of surprise is gone, there’s little reason to return — but while it lasts, this is easily among gaming’s most unique and memorable journeys.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Martin Černický	85 / 100	05-06-2022	This is a review for a game named The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe. This review was written with only one purpose in mind – convince the readers that The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe is a game worth playing. Do you want to know more? Read at your own peril.	Read review
The Games Machine	Francesco Alteri	9.5 / 10	05-02-2022	Thinking of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe as just a remaster or a sequel to the original would be doing it an immense disservice. Yes, it’s The Stanley Parable with more content and on new platforms. But it’s also much more than that: it’s a criticism of the industry’s overreliance on DLCs and sequel, it’s a tale that makes us reflect on what videogames are and should be, and it’s a powerful window on Davey Wreden’s evolution since the original. Unmissable.	Read review
Video Chums	Mary Billington	8 / 10	05-03-2022	Although it’s short-lived, I had some good fun with The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. Its sheer absurdity had me laughing out loud on a few occasions but I also wish there was more to it such as additional gameplay elements other than simply walking through doors.	Read review
WayTooManyGames	Leonardo Faria	9.5 / 10	04-28-2022	Sure, it might have a few technical issues here and there, but they are minute when you assess everything this hilarious and thought-provoking walking simulator has to offer. Not to mention the fact it runs superbly well on the Switch. In short, buy The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. It’s brilliant. It’s a testament to game design. It was oh so worth the wait.	Read review
Windows Central	Zachary Boddy	5 / 5 stars	04-29-2022	The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe expertly expands the original critically acclaimed narrative adventure with hours of brilliantly written new content and a lot more of Kevan Brighting’s incredible narration. Even if you played the original, you shouldn’t miss this updated version.	Read review

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013’s The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

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