Guides
Every guide for It Reaches in one place: complete walkthroughs, puzzle solutions, endings, monster strategies, story lore, and achievement tracking.
- Complete Walkthrough
- Every Puzzle
- All Endings
- Monster Survival
- Lore Analysis
- 100% Achievements
What will you find here?
This guide hub contains every major guide for It Reaches, including walkthroughs, puzzle solutions, endings, monster strategies, story explanations, and achievement guides. Start with the Complete Walkthrough if this is your first playthrough, or use the Beginner Guide to learn the body camera mechanics first.
Complete Guides
Organized by topic so you can find the exact help you need.
Walkthrough Guides
Complete Walkthrough
Step-by-step guidance through all six chapters, from Awakening to Oblivion.
Awakening Walkthrough
Chapter 1: tutorial, body camera basics, and the opening hospital area.
Ventilation Walkthrough
Chapter 2: maintenance tunnels, stealth, and environmental puzzles.
The Reach Walkthrough
Chapter 3: open hospital wings, multi-step puzzles, and first missables.
Comm Tower Walkthrough
Chapter 4: power and signal puzzles between tower sections.
Sub Level Walkthrough
Chapter 5: underground machinery puzzles and the most aggressive entity behavior.
Oblivion Walkthrough
Chapter 6: final puzzle, ending-determining choices, and conclusion.
Story Guides
Endings Guide
A speculative framework for the likely ending types based on the Steam narrative. Official names and exact triggers are being verified.
Story & Lore
Characters, timeline, documents, and the mystery behind the abandoned hospital.
Characters
Detailed character and setting guides: Jason Thompson, the Entity, and the Abandoned Hospital.
Survival Guides
Monster Guide
Survival strategies for the entity hunting officer Jason Thompson. Additional enemies and detailed behaviors are being mapped in the full release.
The Entity Survival Guide
Focused survival guide for the only confirmed enemy in It Reaches.
Completion Guides
Items & Collectibles
System-level guide to documents, key items, supplies, and missable collectibles in It Reaches.
Achievements
Framework for unlocking every trophy and achievement. Exact conditions are being verified against the full release.
Recommended Reading Order
New Player
Start with the Beginner Guide to learn body camera basics, exploration, and survival tactics.
Complete Walkthrough
Follow the chapter-by-chapter guide for objectives, puzzles, and collectibles.
Puzzle Guide
Look up puzzle-solving strategies and frameworks when you get stuck.
Ending Guide
Understand the speculative ending framework while exact conditions are being verified.
Achievement Guide
Track missable trophies and plan your completionist run.
Story Explained
Read the lore breakdown to fully understand the characters and the dark mystery.
Frequently Asked Questions
What guides are available on this page?
This guide hub contains every major guide for It Reaches, including the Complete Walkthrough, Puzzle Guide, Endings Guide, Monster Guide, Story & Lore, and Achievement Guide.
Where should I start as a new player?
Start with the Beginner Guide to learn the body camera perspective and survival basics, then move to the Complete Walkthrough for chapter-by-chapter progression.
Are all endings covered?
The Endings Guide covers a speculative framework for the likely ending types. Exact names and unlock conditions are being verified against the full release.
How many achievements are tracked?
The Achievement Guide tracks all 20 Steam achievements, including missable warnings and unlock conditions.
Sources & Disclaimer
Sources
- Steam store page for It Reaches (App ID 4119360)
- Official descriptions of protagonist Jason Thompson and bodycam perspective
- Community-reported chapter structure from the It Reaches player hub
Last reviewed: Jul 30, 2026