Adventure · April 24, 2012

The Walking Dead (2012)

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The Walking Dead is a five-part game series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series. Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell. Based on Robert Kirkman’s Eisner-Award winning comic book series, The Walking Dead allows gamers to experience the true horror of the zombie apocalypse. A tailored game experience: live with the profound and lasting consequences of the decisions that you make in each episode. Your actions and choices will affect how your story plays out across the entire series. You’ll be forced to make decisions that are not only difficult, but that will require you to make an almost immediate choice. There’s no time to ponder when the undead are pounding the door down!

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume73.6k Steam reviewsTop 3% in Adventure
Positive rating97% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 15%
Metacritic82/100Genre average 77 — top 31% of Adventure titles
Concurrent peak614 playersTop 7% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours12 h averageTop 30% for session depth among Adventure

Adventure releases from 2012

23 Adventure titles launched in 2012 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Zombies · 1.8k
  • Story Rich · 1.5k
  • Adventure · 1.5k
  • Point & Click · 1.2k
  • Episodic · 1.1k
  • Singleplayer · 1.0k
  • Choices Matter · 1.0k
  • Drama · 796
  • Horror · 783
  • Emotional · 731
  • Mature · 610
  • Atmospheric · 564
  • Choose Your Own Adventure · 554
  • Post-apocalyptic · 472
  • Comic Book · 459

Reception Metrics

Steam community

97%Overwhelmingly Positive · 73.6k reviews

71.4k positive · 2.2k negative

Metacritic

82/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

50.7k

Peak concurrent players

614

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Telltale Games has 11 titles indexed — top 6 by review volume below.

Press Quotes

“The Walking Dead: The Game demands to be experienced.” 9.3 – IGN

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Spanish - Spain

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

12h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

4h

Current engagement

Achievements

48

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 24, 2012
DeveloperTelltale Games
PublisherSkybound Games
Base price$1.49 -90%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Content Notes

This game includes strong language and scenes of violence, gore, and horror in an apocalypse setting.

Editions & Packages

  • Buy The Walking Dead