The Wolf Among Us
Episodic noir adventure about solving a murder among fairy-tale characters
Telltale · Released Oct 11, 2013
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 98% of 40K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 156 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 32
- peak 24h 75
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Wolf Among Us?
You play Bigby Wolf, sheriff of Fabletown, investigating a brutal murder through point-and-click scenes, dialogue choices, and action sequences. The single-player story unfolds across five episodes and serves as a prequel to the Fables comics.
For you if...
- +you enjoy dark noir mysteries and fairy-tale reinterpretations
- +you prefer story-driven adventures over complex gameplay
- +you like making dialogue choices under time pressure
Not for you if...
- −you expect choices to create substantially different story paths
- −you want gameplay-heavy detective work rather than interactive storytelling
- −you dislike violent, mature takes on fairy-tale characters
What players say
98% of 40,279 reviews are positive · 97% of 156 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the dark mystery, noir setting, cast, art style, and voice acting. The main complaint is that many choices change dialogue more than the overall plot, weakening replays; some players also criticize the pacing and ending. Some report a recurring “choice is blank” error that may require restarting.
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The Wolf Among Us system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
- Graphics
- ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo 2.3 Ghz or equivalent
- Graphics
- ATI or NVidia card w/ 1024 MB RAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- The native resolution is not the default one
- 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
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