Story Mode (also known as Tutorial Mode) are a collection of predefined lore-driven and chronological events in College Architect that is intended to teach players about unique features, challenges, and ultimately drive how the game is approached. There are a series of 7 full chapters that are included in the base game, with 1 being connected to a DLC. There is also a prologue that takes place prior to these events, that has no user interaction, but serves more as a introduction to the case files.

Players will be prompted to start the prologue upon starting the game for the first time, which will boot up into the first chapter.