Games Like 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.

Why similar: Zombies 32.9%, Episodic 28.1% ★, Point & Click 7.5%, Story Rich 6.4%, Choices Matter 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It directly continues Clementine's story with the same episodic structure, agonizing moral choices, and intimate zombie-survival drama.

A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.

Why similar: Zombies 30%, Episodic 18.7% ★, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This emotional conclusion returns to Clementine with the series' strongest relationship-focused choices and tense undead encounters.

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?

Why similar: Zombies 29.4%, Episodic 27.3% ★, Story Rich 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Point & Click 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It preserves Telltale's dialogue-driven decision format while telling a new family-centered story in the same zombie apocalypse.

The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.

Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Episodic 24.7% ★, Point & Click 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Story Rich 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This compact Telltale prequel offers the same comic-book presentation, hard choices, and bleak character drama in the Walking Dead universe.

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.

Why similar: Zombies 26.6%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Point & Click 9.8%, Comic Book 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This collection is the most complete way to experience the entire Clementine saga, including enhanced visuals and all major seasons.

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.

Why similar: Episodic 44.1% ★, Point & Click 11.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs Telltale's consequential conversations and episodic storytelling with a darker mystery tone and memorable cast.

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.

Why similar: Episodic 44.7% ★, Point & Click 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Quick-Time Events 5.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its choice-based episodic structure and superb character chemistry closely match The Walking Dead, albeit with much more humor and sci-fi chaos.

Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 17.3%, Gore 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Telltale's return uses the familiar cinematic exploration and branching-conversation format for a tense, character-led sci-fi survival story.

Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.

Why similar: Episodic 43.1% ★, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 8.6%, Quick-Time Events 6.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same accessible point-and-click investigation, quick-time scenes, and player-shaped narrative as The Walking Dead.

In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.

Why similar: Episodic 32.3% ★, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 14.2%, Point & Click 13.2%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This polished Telltale sequel emphasizes evolving relationships, major dialogue decisions, and a branching villain arc.

Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.2%, Horror 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic horror pacing, shifting cast of vulnerable characters, and butterfly-effect choices strongly echo The Walking Dead's high-stakes storytelling.

The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.

Why similar: Choices Matter 36.3%, Horror 17%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Quick-Time Events 9.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic horror story built around life-or-death decisions, playable characters, and branching outcomes makes it a natural fit for Telltale fans.

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.

Why similar: Episodic 49.6% ★, Story Rich 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Point & Click 5.9%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though less violent, it similarly centers on emotional relationships, episodic storytelling, and choices that reshape a personal drama.

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.

Why similar: Choices Matter 41.5%, Horror 18.2%, Story Rich 15.2%, Quick-Time Events 12.9% ★, Gore 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This teen-horror interactive drama lets decisions determine who survives, delivering a tense ensemble experience full of irreversible consequences.

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.

Why similar: Choices Matter 38.8%, Story Rich 30.9%, Emotional 15.6%, Adventure 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the choice-and-consequence formula into a highly branching cinematic drama with multiple protagonists and radically different endings.

At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.

Why similar: Choices Matter 37%, Story Rich 25.4%, Horror 21.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This creature-feature horror tale combines cooperative survival tension with consequential dialogue and character fates.

Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.

Why similar: Episodic 33.7% ★, Story Rich 16.8%, Horror 13.9%, Quick-Time Events 11.8% ★, Choices Matter 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its supernatural horror mystery uses an ensemble cast and branching survival choices in a compact cinematic format.

A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…

Why similar: Choices Matter 29.1%, Story Rich 20.6%, Horror 16.4%, Quick-Time Events 10.5% ★, Survival 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a grim, choice-driven horror adventure where exploration, relationships, and split-second decisions decide the cast's survival.

Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 52.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Horror 9.7%, Gore 7.7%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades point-and-click storytelling for immersive VR survival, but retains the setting's zombies, scarcity, factions, and moral dilemmas.

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.

Why similar: Episodic 50.6% ★, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 11.8%, Emotional 7.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This intimate episodic adventure emphasizes sibling relationships, memories, and dialogue choices over combat.

Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.7%, Story Rich 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Emotional 16.9%, Adventure 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its mature interactive drama revolves around multiple families, difficult decisions, and branching outcomes that can permanently alter lives.

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.

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.8%, Story Rich 25.5%, Quick-Time Events 14.4% ★, Emotional 13.4%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This bleak interactive thriller puts several protagonists in danger and makes player actions central to who lives, dies, and reaches the ending.

Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

Why similar: Zombies 71.8%, Survival 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%, Gore 2.1%, Third Person 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the desperation of maintaining a community during a zombie apocalypse, though through open-world survival systems rather than dialogue choices.

Step into the dangerous world of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land. Lead survivors in turn-based strategy battles, manage resources, and make tough choices to ensure their survival. Fight walkers, build your base, and face endless dangers.

Why similar: Zombies 72.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 7.9%, Action 1.6%, Multiplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG uses familiar Walking Dead characters and post-apocalyptic pressure, with squad management replacing Telltale-style exploration.

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Zombies 55.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Story Rich 9.2%, Survival 7.1%, Horror 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its action-oriented open-world design is very different, but its lonely post-apocalyptic journey and infected-ravaged setting retain some of The Walking Dead's emotional survival atmosphere.

Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

Why similar: Episodic 36.3% ★, Choices Matter 22.3%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its dialogue-heavy episodic mystery makes social choices, alliances, and deductive decisions feel mechanically meaningful.

Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.

Why similar: Choices Matter 28.6%, Story Rich 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Emotional 15.8%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This character-focused adventure delivers empathetic dialogue choices, an episodic feel, and a strong emotional core.

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.

Why similar: Choices Matter 28.6%, Story Rich 24%, Emotional 12.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Quick-Time Events 9.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: It provides a cinematic, performance-driven supernatural story with dialogue choices and an emotionally turbulent protagonist journey.

Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!

Why similar: Choices Matter 24.4%, Story Rich 22.2%, Emotional 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Adventure 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its road-trip structure creates a series of choice-led encounters with recurring characters and multiple possible routes through a troubled world.

Late Shift is a first-person horror game. Immerse yourself in a realistic thriller and try to escape the death that follows your life as a night shift worker at a gas station.

Why similar: Story Rich 35.6%, Horror 25.7%, Adventure 18.4%, Gore 11.8%, Singleplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: This interactive crime movie offers fast, consequential choices and numerous branching paths for players who enjoy Telltale's cinematic format.

From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

Why similar: Zombies 78.7%, Horror 6.9%, Post-apocalyptic 4.8%, Survival 3.7%, Adventure 1.7%

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

Why similar: Zombies 72.2%, Survival 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%, Horror 2.8%, Adventure 2.1%

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: Zombies 83%, Horror 4.6%, Survival 3.3%, Gore 2.9%, Post-apocalyptic 2.8%

Change the course of AMC’s The Walking Dead history. Fight walkers, relive iconic moments, and change the destiny of The Walking Dead Universe as your choices separate heroes from villains, and the living from the dead. Will you make the same choices as Rick, or will you forge your own path?

Why similar: Zombies 48.9%, Comic Book 13.3%, Adventure 10.3%, Horror 9.2%, Survival 5.9%

All of us are not dead. Our school has been infested with zombies, and we are still alive. Every day, our hopes of escaping this school become less and less likely. Follow us as we try to survive and escape our zombie-filled school. A visual novel based on the popular webcomic.

Why similar: Zombies 53%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Gore 6.2%

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™.

Why similar: Zombies 39.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Emotional 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Horror 8.1%

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 77.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Adventure 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.

Why similar: Zombies 80.5%, Survival 8.7%, Horror 3.3%, Gore 2.6%, Adventure 1.8%

A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.

Why similar: Zombies 66.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 6.1%, Survival 3%

399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Point & Click 17.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Horror 8.6%

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.

Why similar: Zombies 33.5%, Episodic 18.3% ★, Story Rich 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Comic Book 7.8%

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Zombies 56.2%, Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Gore 6.3%

A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.

Why similar: Episodic 38.3% ★, Story Rich 19.3%, Horror 15.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 5.4%

“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se

Why similar: Zombies 70.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Adventure 5.2%, Horror 3.3%, Atmospheric 3%

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

Why similar: Episodic 47.9% ★, Story Rich 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.6%, Adventure 3.7%

Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, "streetwise" brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!

Why similar: Episodic 48.3% ★, Choices Matter 11%, Quick-Time Events 11% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 7.2%

Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 60.4%, Story Rich 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival 8.1%, Adventure 4.9%

RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.

Why similar: Zombies 46.7%, Episodic 26% ★, Horror 8.5%, Adventure 3.7%, Story Rich 3.2%

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 68.6%, Gore 6.8%, Adventure 6.5%, Survival 5.8%, Horror 5.5%

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 60.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Adventure 7.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%, Survival 5.8%

Get lost in a deliciously dark horror anthology. Inspired by Shudder’s Creepshow series, this point-and-click adventure has gone all kinds of wrong.

Why similar: Comic Book 27.1%, Story Rich 24.4%, Horror 19.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Third Person 5.8%

7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Comic Book 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%

A hilariously terrifying adventure filled with laughs, blood, insanity, and of course... hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Zombies 49.3%, Point & Click 17.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Gore 8.6%, Story Rich 6.8%