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The Walking Dead (2012)

Telltale Games

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4.23 from 8865 ratings · #133 top rated on Grouvee

17253 members have it in their collection · 512 playing now · 3414 backlogged · 1172 wish listed

How long? Main story 13h · with extras 14h · 100% 15h (from 92 logged playthroughs)

The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series, the game consists of five episodes, released between April and November 2012. It is available for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, Microsoft … Read more
The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series, the game consists of five episodes, released between April and November 2012. It is available for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is the first of The Walking Dead video game series published by Telltale. Read less
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Developers
Telltale Games
Publishers
Sony Computer Entertainment, Telltale Games
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Drama, Horror, Survival
Franchises
The Walking Dead
Series
The Walking Dead - A Telltale Games Series
Event
Green Games Showcase: Summer Game Fest 2025 Edition
Steam
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Release dates

  • Apr 24, 2012 (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Apr 24, 2012 (North_America) PlayStation 3
  • Apr 25, 2012 (Europe) PlayStation 3
  • Apr 27, 2012 (Worldwide) Xbox 360
  • Jul 26, 2012 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Aug 22, 2013 (Worldwide) PlayStation Vita
  • Apr 08, 2014 (Worldwide) Android
  • Oct 14, 2014 (North_America) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Oct 31, 2014 (Europe) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Aug 28, 2018 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch

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Rating distribution

5 stars
4073
4 stars
3164
3 stars
1283
2 stars
270
1 star
75
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Strawhat

Status Strawhat Sep 3, 2024

Finished playing through this with my GF. Her first time, and my 5th time replaying it. But nevertheless, that ending never fails in making me tear up, no matter how many times I replay it.

Masterpiece of a game.

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cheesemug

Status cheesemug Aug 25, 2024

Interesting concept, but the gameplay can feel repetitive, and the story drags on. It makes you feel the weight of every decision—even if you wish they weren't so predictable.

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Gothd011

Status Gothd011 Nov 23, 2023

This game is pretty intense and I'm sitting here thinking why do these games get under my skin and it's not just because I hate zombies. I think a lot of it has to do with crap like that could happen for real 😬I remember seeing this one movie called Eden's lake it's a horror movie where kids hunted and …

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This game is pretty intense and I'm sitting here thinking why do these games get under my skin and it's not just because I hate zombies. I think a lot of it has to do with crap like that could happen for real 😬I remember seeing this one movie called Eden's lake it's a horror movie where kids hunted and kill this couple and I think those type of things just f*** with my psyche.....big time. It a different kinda of horror 😕. Episode 3.....

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Gothd011

Status Gothd011 Nov 21, 2023

As much as I love the wolf among us and telltale's Batman. (Sucks they went under) I just avoided this series and the tv show. I genuinely just hate the concept of zombie anything. I remember when The walking dead came out. My pops who hate all horror loves/loved it. I never cared and have never seen a episode. I …

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As much as I love the wolf among us and telltale's Batman. (Sucks they went under) I just avoided this series and the tv show. I genuinely just hate the concept of zombie anything. I remember when The walking dead came out. My pops who hate all horror loves/loved it. I never cared and have never seen a episode. I love horror. My mom loves horror. But I just hate zombies no matter how they are portrait. But I figure hell I got all of them for free so why not?

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Nelemania

Status Nelemania Aug 1, 2023

I played through the first episode of this and I want to thank everyone who suggested I should play this.

I was reluctant a bit, because usually I get really stressed out with QTEs, but here they are well made and leave me enough time to get them right the first time. I died once, not through a QTE, but …

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I played through the first episode of this and I want to thank everyone who suggested I should play this.

I was reluctant a bit, because usually I get really stressed out with QTEs, but here they are well made and leave me enough time to get them right the first time. I died once, not through a QTE, but because I didn't realize I needed to walk away from a zombie that was less dead than I thought it was.

I doubt I would survive the zombie apocalypse for long. Looking forward to play more of this.

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Convoy501_

Status Convoy501_ Dec 26, 2021

Took a bit to warm up to the somewhat decent animation and artstyle but started to appreciate it for how unique it was. Story was absolutely fantastic as well as the character development. The options really toy with your emotions which is a must for Telltale Games (as they dont exactly have anything else) and the choices really do play …

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Took a bit to warm up to the somewhat decent animation and artstyle but started to appreciate it for how unique it was. Story was absolutely fantastic as well as the character development. The options really toy with your emotions which is a must for Telltale Games (as they dont exactly have anything else) and the choices really do play a factor in the ending. Though, it isn't so annoying that to get every ending you must replay the game 10+ times, maybe twice.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jul 8, 2021

I didn't remember much of Episode 4, but it was weird. Felt like it lacked the focus of previous episodes and there were a lot of hard-to-believe contrivances.

Playing this time around I realise how much of an asshole Kenny is and how much of an useless drag Ben is. Kenny has never done anything positive for others; each time …

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I didn't remember much of Episode 4, but it was weird. Felt like it lacked the focus of previous episodes and there were a lot of hard-to-believe contrivances.

Playing this time around I realise how much of an asshole Kenny is and how much of an useless drag Ben is. Kenny has never done anything positive for others; each time he had the opportunity to save or help someone, he ran away. Similarly, Ben is a total non-entity; he's...there, and every time he acts as a free agent, he only fucks things up.

I feel that's partly on this being a videogame. It cannot let NPCs solve problems on their own because then players lose agency.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jun 27, 2021

The little scene in the train teaching Clementine how to shoot, cutting her hair and making plans is probably my favourite of the whole game. Is both cute and tragic.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jun 25, 2021

Episode 2 finished. The lesser of the episodes, with its terribly predictable plot. Still very good, with some strong moments.

Now onto episode 3, which is arguably the best of all.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jun 22, 2021

I decided to revisit his series and finally play it throughout (at the time I bounced from the second season). If you wonder whether this 8-year old game that revitalised the adventure genre holds up, don't wonder any more, it absolutely does.

First episode in and it still feels as fresh as the first time I played it. Tense, heart-wrenching …

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I decided to revisit his series and finally play it throughout (at the time I bounced from the second season). If you wonder whether this 8-year old game that revitalised the adventure genre holds up, don't wonder any more, it absolutely does.

First episode in and it still feels as fresh as the first time I played it. Tense, heart-wrenching and immersive. The cell-shaded comic style did wonders to preserve its graphics. Clementine is still lovely and the rest of the cast is strong too.

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