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The Wolf Among Us

Critic score11 critics
First release
Oct 11, 2013
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click · Drama, Mystery, Action, Fantasy, Thriller

The Wolf Among Us is a five-episode series from the creators of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead. Based on Fables (DC Comics/Vertigo), an award-winning comic book series, it is an often violent, mature and hard-boiled thriller where the characters and creatures of myth, lore and legend are real and exist in our world. As Bigby Wolf - The Big Bad Wolf in human form - you will discover that the brutal, bloody murder of a Fable is just a taste of things to come, in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

Also known as The Wolf Among Us: A Telltale Games Series, Fables, TheWolfAmongUs.exe

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Storyline
The Wolf Among Us is set in the year 1986, nearly twenty years before the events of Fables. For years, many of the magical lands described in myth, legend, and folklore (known as The Homelands) have been occupied by an enigmatic tyrant known as the Adversary. To escape the Adversary's totalitarian regime, many of The Homelands inhabitants fled to colonial America, and created an enclave known as Fabletown, now located in modern-day Manhattan. To mask their presence from the native humans, all non-human fables have to purchase an enchantment known as a "glamour" which allows them to appear human, or be relocated to a rural community known as "The Farm". An evolution of Telltale's ground-breaking choice and consequence game mechanics will ensure the player learns that even as Bigby Wolf, Sheriff of Fabletown, life in the big bad city is bloody, terrifying and dangerous.Read more

The Wolf Among Us is set in the year 1986, nearly twenty years before the events of Fables. For years, many of the magical lands described in myth, legend, and folklore (known as The Homelands) have been occupied by an enigmatic tyrant known as the Adversary. To escape the Adversary's totalitarian regime, many of The Homelands inhabitants fled to colonial America, and created an enclave known as Fabletown, now located in modern-day Manhattan. To mask their presence from the native humans, all non-human fables have to purchase an enchantment known as a "glamour" which allows them to appear human, or be relocated to a rural community known as "The Farm". An evolution of Telltale's ground-breaking choice and consequence game mechanics will ensure the player learns that even as Bigby Wolf, Sheriff of Fabletown, life in the big bad city is bloody, terrifying and dangerous.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 11, 2013
Xbox 360
Oct 11, 2013
Mac
Oct 14, 2013
All 13 release dates
PlayStation 3
Oct 16, 2013
iOS
Dec 04, 2013
Android
Jun 02, 2014
PlayStation 3
Nov 04, 2014
PlayStation 4
Nov 04, 2014
Xbox One
Nov 04, 2014
PlayStation 3
Nov 07, 2014
PlayStation 4
Nov 07, 2014
Xbox One
Nov 07, 2014
PlayStation Vita
Nov 12, 2014
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
8h
Main + Extras
10h
Completionist
13h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
bloody, serial killer, detective, murder, magic
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At a Glance

Critic Score
80
Main Story (IGDB)
8h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
10h
Completionist (IGDB)
13h

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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 32,576 reviews in all languages, recorded 18 October 2026

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