Adventure · December 20, 2016

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (2016)

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When family is all you have left…how far will you go to protect it? After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier? As Javier, a young man determined to find the family taken from him, you meet a young girl who has experienced her own unimaginable loss. Her name is Clementine, and your fates are bound together in a story where every choice you make could be your last.

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Position in Adventure

Metric	This title	Genre position
Review volume	16.8k Steam reviews	Top 15% in Adventure
Positive rating	83% positive	Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 77%
Metacritic	81/100	Genre average 77 — top 37% of Adventure titles
Concurrent peak	110 players	Top 20% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours	15 h average	Top 24% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

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

Zombies · 373
Story Rich · 360
Choices Matter · 336
Adventure · 278
Post-apocalyptic · 245
Atmospheric · 236
Episodic · 212
Singleplayer · 203
Survival · 184
Gore · 171
Action · 149
Violent · 145
Choose Your Own Adventure · 143
Point & Click · 142
Horror · 130

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

83%Mostly Positive · 16.8k reviews

14.0k positive · 2.9k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

Open Metacritic page

Curator recommendations

14.7k

Peak concurrent players

110

More from Telltale Games

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

The Walking Dead

2012 · 97% · 73.6k · 82/100 MC

The Walking Dead: Season Two

2013 · 96% · 31.6k · 80/100 MC

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

2018 · 95% · 19.3k · 77/100 MC

Tales from the Borderlands

2021 · 95% · 18.6k

Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series

2014 · 76% · 10.6k · 69/100 MC

Poker Night at the Inventory

2010 · 90% · 9.4k · 71/100 MC

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

English volume_up
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Arabic
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

English
Traditional Chinese

Press Quotes

“TELLTALE CONTINUES TO IMPRESS” 4/5 – DarkStation

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

15h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

Typical completion time

Achievements

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release date	Dec 20, 2016
Developer	Telltale Games
Publisher	Skybound Games
Base price	$1.49 -90%
Required age	17+
Platforms	Windows
Estimated owners	1M–10M
External links	Official site · Metacritic page · Support

Content Notes

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

Features & Capabilities

Community

Steam Achievements

Input & Comfort

Full controller support

Other

Single-player
Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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