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Tutorial

Video game concept

Includes an in-game tutorial to familiarize the player with controls and any game specific functionality.

1127
games
37
platforms

Alternate name: How to play instructions

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PlayStation 3)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
PS3 2013-09-03
Darksiders (PlayStation 3)
Darksiders
PS3 2010-01-05
The Saboteur (Windows)
The Saboteur
WIN 2009-12-08
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Windows)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
WIN 2009-04-07
EVE Online (Windows)
EVE Online
WIN 2003-05-01
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Windows)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
WIN 2014-02-25
MechWarrior Online (Windows)
MechWarrior Online
WIN 2013-09-26
Space Pirates and Zombies (Windows)
Space Pirates and Zombies
WIN 2011-08-15
Interstate '76 (Windows)
Interstate '76
WIN 1997-03-01
Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360)
Resident Evil 5
X360 2009-03-05
Gyromancer (Xbox 360)
Gyromancer
X360 2009-11-18
Warmonger (Windows)
Warmonger
WIN 2007-10-16
Related:
* Mentoring
* Practice mode
Help screens or overlayed cue sheets that simply list the controls can also be considered as some minimalistic tutorials, but should be noted in the comments on their limited scope.

This can also be part of the actual game or separate training mode which likely has more intimate guiding on how things work.

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Parent group

Accessibility

Child groups

Forced tutorial, Integrated tutorial, Incomplete tutorial, Non-interactive tutorial, Interactive tutorial

Games by year

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The first Tutorial video game was released in 1984.

Electronic Arts, 2K Games and Ubisoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 540
Linux 168
Mac OS X 90
X360 60
PS3 49
GBA 30
PS2 26
PS4 16
Android 15
MS-DOS 15
Xbox 13
Xbox One 13
iOS 9
Mac OS Classic 9
Wii 9
Flash 9
Nintendo DS 7
GameCube 6
Internet Only 6
PS Vita 5
PS 3
SNES 3
Switch 3
NES 3
N64 2
BeOS 2
PSP 2
BSD 2
Amiga 2
GBC 2

Most common companies

Electronic Arts34
2K Games19
Ubisoft18
Sega18
Capcom18
Activision15
Codemasters14
Paradox Interactive14
Bethesda Softworks13
THQ13
Valve12
Square Enix12
Devolver Digital12
Microsoft Game Studios11
Eidos Interactive11