The Stairwell Trophy Guide

Game: The Stairwell
Peripherals: –
Time to Platinum: 1-2 hours
Difficulty: 3/10
Missable trophies: None
Trophies: 1 , 10 , 2 , 1
Author: Siralja

Welcome to the trophy guide for The Stairwell. This can also be considered a walkthrough and may be used for PlayStation 4, 5, Xbox One, Series X and Steam. Achievements for Steam and Xbox are in almost all cases the same as the PlayStation 4/5 Trophies. A roadmap is provided in the stages below.

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It’s your first day as a security officer in a mysterious building designed by an unknown architect. Within its vast stairwell, you are tasked with inspecting the floors for reported strange phenomena. Make your way through the building and carefully choose which way to go based on your findings.

The Stairwell is a psychological horror game inspired by anomaly loop games such as The Exit 8, with a new vertical dimension of massive scale. There are over 50 anomalies to uncover between all difficulties. You can see how many are left to find after you win a game. Anomalies that you haven’t seen will usually appear first.

Stage 1 – Complete the game on normal mode.

Welcome to the trophy guide to the game The Stairwell, a game by “Hidden Palace” and published by “Take IT Studio!”.

Play the normal mode first, which is also mandatory because the other modes are unlocked afterwards to familiarise yourself with the environment. Every time you walk through one of the doors (anomaly / no anomaly), something in the environment may change. See the “Detective” trophy for an overview of the possible anomalies. If there is an anomaly that holds a path somewhere, follow it, because there is a trophy for each. Once you’ve successfully completed all floors, get the dog opposite from the hot air balloon before you get into it.

Stage 2 – Complete the game on hell / nightmare mode.

Now play on Nightmare difficulty. Most of all anomalies, from all levels of difficulty will be possible. Reach the roof WITHOUT making a single mistake. If you do, restart the game immediately. If you haven’t seen all 4 anomalies from this mode, continue playing the nightmare mode until you find the 4. You can just always run through the Anomaly door. Once you have the 4, switch to hard mode. Continue here in the same way. Run continuously through the Anomaly door until the “Detective” trophy is unlocked. Not all Normal/Hard anomalies are present in Nightmare mode, hence the switch to hard mode.

Stair Dweller
Collect all trophies

You’ve seen the unseen. The anomalies have no more tricks left — you’ve officially mastered the descent.

First Pass
Find your first anomaly.

Story related. After seeing the first anomaly, go down the stairs.

Sky High
Complete the game.

Story related. Play through the game on normal mode by making the right decision 15 times in a row, whether there was an anomaly or not. After 10 correct decisions, there is a checkpoint.

Good Samaritan
Rescue Shibosu from The Stairwell.

As soon as you’re on the roof, i.e. you’ve done all the floors, a dog comes up with an elevator opposite the hot air balloon. Take him with you in the hot air balloon.

Mind Games
You thought there was an anomaly…but there wasn’t.

If you notice that there is no anomaly, go down the stairs anyway.

Green Hours
Visit the Green Well.

This trophy is tied to an anomaly. As soon as a passage opens at the stairs just before the aquarium, go in there. At the end is the Green Well.

The anomalie (Usually there is nothing)
The green well.

Higher Sky
Complete the game on hard difficulty or higher.

Complete the game on hard difficulty or higher. It is recommended to combine this trophy with the “Perfectionist” trophy.

Candle Lit
Complete the game on nightmare difficulty.

Complete the game on nightmare difficulty. It is recommended to combine this trophy with the “Perfectionist” trophy.

Perfectionist
Complete the game on hard or nightmare without making any mistakes.

Do this on Nightmare difficulty. Fewer decisions have to be made here to reach the goal. If you make a wrong decision, quit the game and try again.

Detective
Find all anomalies.

The game has a total of 51 anomalies. 33 in normal mode, 14 in hard mode, and 4 on Nightmare difficulty. Find all the anomalies for this trophy.

Normal mode:

Killer Clown.
Big head.
Werwolf.
Lucky Guy.
Underwater.
Steam.
Cuddle statues.
Clown in the window.
Path just before the Aquarium.
Balloon.
Hand on the door.
More Lifebuoys.
Path under the clock.
Oblique picture.
Door near the Aquarium.
Head instead Bones.
Big fishy.
Journey to hell.
Clown clock.
Moving light above the Aquarium.
Clown on board.
Real eyes.
Watching eyes.
Monster.
Clown statue on the left.
Starring statue.
Clown under water.
Knocking door.
Clown in the window.
Headless sign.
Dino moves while moving.
Moving statue.
Skulls on the wall.

Hard mode:

Bigger window.
Fens don’t move clockwise.
A third window.
Different Colors.
Eyeball camera.
Clock dont move clockwise.
Head on the bottle.
Gases swapped
Large Bench
Shadowy clown faces on the wall.
Killer Clown from above.
Green lines on the floor.
Clown statue.

Nightmare mode:

Changed rules.
Statue gets small and big.
Mens shoes are much bigger.
Red blinking light on camera.

Stairwell Master
Make 50 correct choices

All you have to do is make 50 correct decisions, whether there is an anomaly or not. The correct decisions do not have to be one after the other.

Gold Bug
Get the gold.

This trophy is tied to an anomaly. At some point, a passage will appear under the clock. Go inside, collect the gold at the end, and then run back quickly so you don’t die.

Security Chief
Make 30 correct choices

For more information about this trophy, see “Stairwell Master“.

Guard Duty
Make 10 correct choices

For more information about this trophy, see “Stairwell Master“.

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