Games like The Walking Dead
If you like The Walking Dead (narrative, choices and zombies), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Tales from the Borderlands
- In common: story
When you fancy an episodic comedy adventure: each episode lasts around an hour and a half.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you fancy a moving story in instalments: each episode lasts a few hours.
Detroit: Become Human
- In common: story
When you want a story like a TV series where you choose the direction, chapter by chapter.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
- In common: story
When you're in the mood for a linear, moving story over a few evenings: it lasts between 10 and 15 hours, across 17 chapters.
OXENFREE
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want a mystery story you can play through in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
Finding Paradise
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you fancy a moving story in calm sessions: it's over in a few afternoons.
Night in the Woods
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want a relatable, thoughtful story: each day in town is a short, pleasant session.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you fancy a short, moving story, in sessions of one or two hours.
Papo & Yo
- In common: story
When you have a free afternoon and want a short story that's hard to take in: it's over in about four hours.
To the Moon
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you fancy a moving story for one or two afternoons, with no challenge or pressure.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About The Walking Dead
Lee, a man with a complicated past, protects a girl called Clementine in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. It's a five-episode narrative adventure where decisions are what matter, often with only seconds to make them.
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