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Game entry

The Walking Dead

2012 · Point-and-click, Horror, Action-adventure, Survival, Puzzle · PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS, Android · Sony Computer Entertainment

The Walking Dead is ranked no. 158 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,806 and 72% of duels won. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against The Wolf Among Us: 10 wins to 7 across 17 duels. In its strongest family it holds position no. 2 out of 219 (Point-and-click).

World rank

no. 158

ELO score

1,806

Wins

72%

Duels played

868

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About The Walking Dead

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.

The community says

What holds up for me is the writing pace, every episode ends at a point where you actually need to stop and think about what you just did, and that structure…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,806 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Walking Dead sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 155 Guilty Gear: Strive 1,809
  2. 156 Frostpunk 1,808
  3. 157 Mega Man X 1,807
  4. 158 The Walking Dead 1,806
  5. 159 Persona 5 1,806
  6. 160 Need for Speed: Most Wanted 1,806
  7. 161 Metroid Dread 1,806

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The standing

Where The Walking Dead ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Walking Dead stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 2 out of 219 (Point-and-click).

Where The Walking Dead ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 158 5,035
Point-and-click 2 219
2010s 58 2,050
2012 5 199

The community

The debate

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  1. TurboPlayer2007

    What holds up for me is the writing pace, every episode ends at a point where you actually need to stop and think about what you just did, and that structure is the reason people still bring it up years later even when the mechanics themselves are basic.

  2. Berge70

    So I replayed this last year expecting it to feel dated, and the choices still land even when you know some barely change the plot, the character writing carries the weak spots without much trouble.

    GhostByte2

    Complètement mérité oui.

  3. Gamboa25

    Se lo pone tan arriba por nostalgia, la jugabilidad en sí era mínima, casi ni jugás.

    Marina_8

    Yo elegí Season Two después de esto y nunca sentí lo mismo, lo digo aunque sé que aquí casi nadie estará de acuerdo conmigo.

  4. Coop_Ferrer

    Lo jugué justo cuando salía la serie de tele (qué años aquellos).

    RetroSniper19

    Con 818 duelos y 72% seguimos discutiendo lo mismo, la verdad es que el número ya habla solo y el debate se vuelve un poco redundante.

    Paola_1997

    A mí también me marcó esa época pero el debate de siempre es si aguanta el puesto contra Season Two, y ahí ya no tengo tan claro mi voto

  5. Pixel_Espinosa

    Sigue defendiéndose solo con las decisiones y los personajes, sin efectos raros ni nada. El 72% no es casualidad, la gente vuelve a votarlo porque lo recuerda de verdad, no por moda pasajera.

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