The Stanley Parable has sold over 1 million units

It says a lot about the good health of games when The Stanley Parable , a strange narrative-driven adventure with origins in the modding community, can sell over 1 million copies.

, a strange narrative-driven adventure with origins in the modding community, can sell over 1 million copies. Developer Davey Wreden revealed the sales figure on Twitterearlier this week. "A few years ago no one had any idea who I was," he wrote. "Today The Stanley Parable has sold a million copies. Thank you."

The last we heard of the game's sales progress, it had shifted 100,000 unitsin its first week. PC Gamer's Phil Savage described it as " effortlessly inventive, frequently surprising and consistently hilarious" upon release, later naming it as his game of the year.

Originally a Source Engine mod, The Stanley Parable released as a standalone title on Steam in 2013.