The Walking Dead
Episodic point-and-click adventure about choices in a zombie apocalypse
Telltale Games · Published by Skybound Games · Released Apr 24, 2012
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 81K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 435 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 77
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Walking Dead?
A single-player, five-part point-and-click adventure set during a zombie apocalypse. As Lee Everett, you explore scenes, talk with survivors, make timed decisions, and try to protect an orphaned girl named Clementine, with choices carrying across episodes.
For you if...
- +you prefer dialogue-led adventures over combat-heavy games
- +you like dark, episodic zombie stories
- +you enjoy tense moral decisions
Not for you if...
- −you want frequent combat and little dialogue
- −you prefer open-ended worlds over episodic stories
What players say
97% of 80,636 reviews are positive · 97% of 435 in the last 30 days
Players praise the emotional story, character development, and Lee and Clementine’s relationship. The most common complaint is that many choices converge on the same outcomes; recent players also report launch failures, crashes, broken saves, and input-blocking glitches.
Screenshots and trailer
The Walking Dead system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- XP Service Pack 3
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
- Graphics
- ATI or nVidia card with 512 MB RAM (not supported on Intel integrated graphics)
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
- Graphics
- ATI or nVidia card with 1024 MB RAM
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 48
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- Zombies
- Story Rich
- Adventure
- Point & Click
- Episodic
- Choices Matter
- Singleplayer
- Horror
- Emotional
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Atmospheric
- Post-apocalyptic
- Comic Book
- Survival
- Quick-Time Events
- Gore
1 DLC available.
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