Games like The Walking Dead
If The Walking Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Walking Dead: Season Two, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its butterfly effect storytelling matters, characters feel painfully real and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →The Walking Dead is an episodic adventure released in 2012 by Telltale Games, set in the zombie apocalypse universe of Robert Kirkman's comics. Players navigate the story through branching dialogue and quick-time events, with every choice tracked and permanently reshaping the narrative through a consequence system. The episodic chapter structure unfolds alongside relationship tracking that affects outcomes. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with characters who feel painfully real and endings that linger emotionally for years. Critics note the butterfly-effect storytelling creates genuine stakes throughout. Priced at $14.99, the game runs verified on Steam Deck and holds a 97% positive rating from over 24,000 Steam reviews.
About The Walking Dead: A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Players who liked The Walking Dead also play
Steam players who put hours into The Walking Dead also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
The Walking Dead: Season Two
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Top pick for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Walking Dead.
Second-strongest match for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Third-strongest match for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
WHY THIS
Shares a poignant mood with The Walking Dead.
Ranked #4 for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Ranked #5 for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
The Wolf Among Us
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Ranked #6 for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Tell Me Why
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Ranked #7 for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
Perseverance: Part 1
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Walking Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Perseverance is a horror/drama visual novel about survival and redemption. In Part 1 you play as Jack, a father who is struggling to keep his family together and finds himself in the middle of horrific events.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Walking Dead
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Detroit: Become Human
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an emotional mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
The Wolf Among Us
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Heavy Rain
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Beyond: Two Souls
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
The Quarry
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events, choice driven narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
To the Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Reviewers of The Walking Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Walking Dead at current Steam store prices.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under The Walking Dead on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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More from Telltale Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Telltale Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Walking Dead: Season Two
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
WHY THIS
Shares a poignant mood with The Walking Dead.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Walking Dead.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
Tales from the Borderlands
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Walking Dead.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Walking Dead.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series is a six part episodic game series set in the world of HBO's groundbreaking TV show. This new story tells of House Forrester, a noble family from the north of Westeros, loyal to the Starks of Winterfell.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Walking Dead.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Poker Night at the Inventory (2010 Original Version)
WHY THIS
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead.
Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club and play against familiar faces!
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind The Walking Dead. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Walking Dead.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
WHY THIS
Shares a poignant mood with The Walking Dead.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
WHY THIS
Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Walking Dead.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Frequently asked about The Walking Dead
- Is The Walking Dead verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Walking Dead is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Walking Dead cost?
- The Walking Dead is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Walking Dead?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Walking Dead are The Walking Dead: Season Two, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries.
- Who developed The Walking Dead?
- The Walking Dead was developed by Telltale Games and published by Skybound Games.
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