Choose The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Choose The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners if you want a Strategy, Indie, and Simulation experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 87% positive across 5,685 reviews.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners vs The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution both land in Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) is 3 years older than The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution (2023). The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners scores higher on Steam reviews (87% positive) than The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution (64.3% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution
Choose The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution if it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. 1,137 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution sit in Action, Adventure, and RPG on Steam and both list Tracked Controller Support and VR Only, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners |  The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 87% positive (5,685 reviews) | 64.3% positive (1,137 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Skydance Interactive | Skydance Interactive |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam.
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) is 3 years older than The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution (2023).
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners scores higher on Steam reviews (87% positive) than The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution (64.3% positive).
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (9.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners vs The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution — FAQ
- Which is better, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners or The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution?
- On Steam reviews The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners scores higher (87% positive) than The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution (64.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners or The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution first?
- If you want chronology, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) came out before The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.