The Walking Dead

Buy97%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 81k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Telltale Games · Zombies · Apr 24, 2012

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
48
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio1 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy The Walking Dead?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 185 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 81k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise42% are divided16% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
185 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game is split into five chapters which I felt kept each part distinct and lean whilst giving the story a lot of time to breathe and explore a lot of different prisms of the main themes.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Some checkpoints are really good and others can you replaying entire sections.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This is THE best game on steam, its immersive, goes in depth with character development, and the art style of the franchise really makes it stick out from other games.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Voice Acting: Dave Fennoy (Lee) and Melissa Hutchison (Clementine) deliver some of the best performances in gaming history.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The way the character development evolves over multiple seasons is nothing short of legendary.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story185 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Characters9 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Combat
100% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
100% still recommend
Crashes
75% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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