Dude, Stop
Released Jun 2018
"So, I made a game, right? I filled it with harmless funny puzzles, narrated it a little bit, and then players started making fun of it! They broke the game, ignored my rules! They... they... laughed at me! As if it was some kind of a joke! Why do they have to be so mean?!" - developer of Dude, Stop
87% positive · 2,776 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
Dude, Stop launched on June 1, 2018 as a complete puzzle game. In the weeks following launch, Team HalfBeard shipped a handful of patches — bug fixes, Mac/Linux support, and fan-contributed localizations for Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese — with the last update arriving on December 20, 2018. After that, developer communication on this game's page went quiet.
The two "major content" posts scanned are both from 2024 and relate entirely to the studio's new game, Time to Morp, not to Dude, Stop. Team HalfBeard announced Time to Morp in September 2020 and spent several years building it before launching it into Early Access on March 7, 2024. These posts confirm the studio is alive and active — they simply moved on to their next project.
There is no DLC, no announced future content, and no roadmap for Dude, Stop. The game shipped as a self-contained experience and received only maintenance-level updates in the months after launch. The last meaningful update to the game itself was the December 20, 2018 holiday patch. Dude, Stop is a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Time to Morp launched into Early Access; Team HalfBeard confirmed they had spent four years building this new game, with no mention of further Dude, Stop content
Team HalfBeard announced a new game, Time to Morp, confirming the studio had moved on to a new project after Dude, Stop
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Team HalfBeard
Achievements
22
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
"Dude, Stop" is a puzzle game, where the main goal is to not follow the rules and make everybody hate you. Break it, abuse it, skip the tutorial, ignore tips and tricks in the loading menu and - most importantly! - mute the narrator.
For example, stop reading this paragraph and skip to the next one. You're still reading. Still looking here. Annnd... done. You've broken your first rule and annoyed us a little bit. And didn't even buy the game yet! Wow, you're talented. Have you considered quitting your job and doing this fulltime?
Collect all rewards, unlock all achievements and brag to your buddies that you've enraged some poor developer from a video game and made him scream at you just like in the trailer. Do your best. Or worst. Or both at once.
* unless you count them. Please don't count them
For example, stop reading this paragraph and skip to the next one. You're still reading. Still looking here. Annnd... done. You've broken your first rule and annoyed us a little bit. And didn't even buy the game yet! Wow, you're talented. Have you considered quitting your job and doing this fulltime?
Collect all rewards, unlock all achievements and brag to your buddies that you've enraged some poor developer from a video game and made him scream at you just like in the trailer. Do your best. Or worst. Or both at once.
Key features:
- Dive into countless* puzzles carefully made by the developers. Some of them relatable, some of them not. Who cares, buy the damn game
- Fully voiced narration of both good and bad solutions. You can ignore or mute it all you want, it's still there
- All kinds of shiny rewards and achievements assembled by a hungry underpaid developer in a basement just so you can feel justified breaking another level and giggling for five seconds
- Many moments where you will be saying "What?", "Why?" and "Preordering videogames is good". Just kidding, you will mostly be just clicking stuff and dragging and throwing it all over the screen
- Self-aware humor that simply tries waaay too hard. This includes timeless references that only our weird programmer can understand. Like "42" and "You're gonna have a bad time". What a nerd, haha
* unless you count them. Please don't count them
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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