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The Walking Dead

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First release
Apr 24, 2012
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle · Drama, Action, Horror, Survival
Platforms
iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Mac, Android, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux, Xbox 360

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.

Also known as The Walking Dead: The Game, TWD, The Walking Dead: Season One, The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series
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Storyline
Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell.Read more

Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 24, 2012
PlayStation 3
Apr 24, 2012
Mac
Apr 24, 2012
All 13 release dates
PlayStation 3
Apr 25, 2012
Xbox 360
Apr 27, 2012
iOS
Jul 26, 2012
PlayStation Vita
Aug 22, 2013
Android
Apr 08, 2014
PlayStation 4
Oct 14, 2014
Xbox One
Oct 14, 2014
PlayStation 4
Oct 31, 2014
Xbox One
Oct 31, 2014
Nintendo Switch
Aug 28, 2018
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
10h
Main + Extras
13h
Completionist
15h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
zombies, post-apocalyptic, cinematic, episodic, graphic adventure
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At a Glance

Critic Score
84
Main Story (IGDB)
10h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
13h
Completionist (IGDB)
15h
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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 53,849 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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