Games Like The Walking Dead: Season Two

A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

Why similar: Zombies 31%, Episodic 26.6% ★, Point & Click 7.2%, Story Rich 6.1%, Drama 4%

Why You'll Like It: The original season shares the same episodic point-and-click structure, brutal zombie-survival tone, and relationship-driven choices that directly shape Clementine's journey.

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

Why similar: Zombies 30.1%, Episodic 15.5% ★, Story Rich 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match in tone and design, returning to Clementine's perspective for another emotionally heavy, choice-driven survival story.

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 31.9%, Episodic 24.9% ★, Story Rich 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.9%, Point & Click 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This continues the same Telltale zombie drama with branching dialogue, quick-time tension, and Clementine still playing a major role in the story.

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

Why similar: Zombies 31.8%, Episodic 22% ★, Point & Click 6.6%, Story Rich 5.9%, Choices Matter 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same formula of conversational choices, cinematic danger, and bleak undead-world character drama in a shorter standalone arc.

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 41.2% ★, Point & Click 10.4%, Story Rich 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Comic Book 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It trades zombies for dark fantasy noir, but the tense dialogue, branching scenes, and strong episodic storytelling are classic Telltale in the best way.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Drama 14.4%, Adventure 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Even in sci-fi, its female lead, survival-under-pressure storytelling, and classic Telltale choice structure feel very close to Season Two.

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 46.8% ★, Point & Click 11.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: If you liked Telltale's pacing and choice-driven character interactions, this delivers the same structure with a lighter, funnier tone.

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 45.6% ★, Story Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Point & Click 8.6%, Comic Book 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It closely matches the interactive-adventure format of Season Two, emphasizing dialogue decisions, quick-time scenes, and branching relationships.

After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.

Why similar: Episodic 37.1% ★, Story Rich 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Drama 7.6%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its road-trip survival, young leads under pressure, and cumulative relationship choices create a similarly emotional coming-of-age drama.

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 34.3% ★, Story Rich 14.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Comic Book 8%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel refines Telltale's choice-based storytelling with stronger character payoffs and similarly high-stakes moral pressure.

In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

Why similar: Adventure 85%, Episodic 7.9% ★, Point & Click 3.1%, Story Rich 1.7%, Post-apocalyptic 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its episodic post-apocalyptic narrative, moral dilemmas, and focus on how choices affect vulnerable survivors make it a strong thematic match.

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 41.8% ★, Story Rich 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the emphasis on character relationships, atmosphere, and difficult dialogue choices, even if it is less survival-oriented than Season Two.

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 46.5% ★, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%, Emotional 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its grounded character drama, investigative conversations, and emotionally loaded choices make it a good fit for fans of narrative-first adventures.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Story Rich 19.8%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Cinematic 16.2%, Emotional 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is another ensemble survival drama where dialogue choices and split-second decisions can permanently alter who makes it through.

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

Why similar: Zombies 49.1%, Episodic 23.4% ★, Horror 7%, Female Protagonist 4.7%, Adventure 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its episodic structure, grim horror atmosphere, and female-led survival storyline make it one of the closer action-oriented zombie alternatives.

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

Why similar: Story Rich 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Emotional 14.5%, Adventure 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on young people trying to survive a dangerous journey through repeated choice-driven encounters echoes Season Two's vulnerable-on-the-road feeling.

Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?

Why similar: Zombies 58.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This text-heavy zombie apocalypse RPG is packed with meaningful survival choices, party dynamics, and hard moral tradeoffs.

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 28.1%, Story Rich 27.1%, Cinematic 16.2%, Emotional 12.5%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a cinematic branching drama built around tense choices, character peril, and the fear that anyone can be lost through your decisions.

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 27.6%, Story Rich 26.7%, Cinematic 17.7%, Emotional 12.2%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers one of the strongest consequence-heavy narrative structures on Steam, with multiple playable characters and life-or-death branching outcomes.

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: Story Rich 19%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Female Protagonist 15%, Cinematic 11.9%, Adventure 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic storytelling, vulnerable protagonist, and emotionally heavy supernatural survival journey appeal to the same story-focused audience.

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 69%, Adventure 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%, Story Rich 5.2%, Survival 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This one is more action-platforming than Telltale, but its bleak zombie-apocalypse atmosphere and desperate survival tone are very much in the same wheelhouse.

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 36.1%, Cinematic 19%, Horror 18.6%, Story Rich 15.5%, Gore 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This interactive horror drama leans hard into character relationships, branching outcomes, and split-second decisions that determine who survives.

It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.

Why similar: Zombies 77.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Season Two in interactive-fiction form, it centers on surviving a zombie outbreak through constant decisions about trust, resources, and sacrifice.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Story Rich 28.9%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its naturalistic dialogue system, tense atmosphere, and choice-driven teen survival story scratch a similar narrative-adventure itch.

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 29.3%, Horror 16.7%, Cinematic 15.5%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers cinematic horror with frequent life-or-death choices and the same sense that your decisions can permanently reshape the cast.

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 36.6% ★, Story Rich 17.6%, Horror 14.2%, Drama 14.1%, Survival 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Another branching horror adventure where atmosphere, character stress, and consequential decisions matter more than traditional action gameplay.

The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?

Why similar: Story Rich 21.7%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Cinematic 16.9%, Drama 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its slower, more grounded mystery focus still fits if you want another dialogue-heavy, story-rich game built around player choices.

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 29.6%, Story Rich 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Comic Book 11%, Point & Click 9.2%

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 37.7% ★, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, Adventure 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its episodic structure, relationship mechanics, and emphasis on talking your way through high-stakes situations make it a solid narrative-adventure follow-up.

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 50.2%, Comic Book 16.7%, Adventure 10%, Horror 7.4%, Survival 6.1%

As Anling’s zombie infection sets in, her days are numbered. The struggle to survive is made ever more paramount as she must ensure her son Cody stays alive. She must teach him how to survive in this new world at any cost…

Why similar: Zombies 42.8%, Story Rich 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%, Cinematic 7.2%

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 57.7%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Gore 5.1%, Choices Matter 4.9%

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 25.6%, Point & Click 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Drama 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%

From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

Why similar: Zombies 48.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Horror 8.2%

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 57.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Horror 8.4%, Survival 7.2%, Adventure 6.9%

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 85.9%, Horror 3.7%, Survival 3.4%, Post-apocalyptic 2.4%, Gore 2.2%

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 63.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Survival 6.1%, Horror 4.5%

A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.

Why similar: Zombies 64.8%, Horror 8.5%, Story Rich 6.1%, Female Protagonist 4.4%, Gore 4.3%

Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.

Why similar: Zombies 49.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Adventure 6.8%

Z-End is a multiple choice narrative game. During the zombie apocalypse, you'll encounter the mysterious Faye while searching for new members.What secrets is she hiding? Will she join you? Will you be able to overcome the danger of this world?

Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Post-apocalyptic 47.2%

Conquering the apocalypse has never been so vivid and emotionally charged! Welcome to the world of Sex Apocalypse 2 – the second installment of a unique third-person shooter.

Why similar: Zombies 47.1%, Mature 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%, Horror 7.1%

Eaten Alive is a Point and Click, Adventure, Horror game with Puzzle and Mystery game-play elements. Take control of 'Mia' six years after the apocalypse began, the dead don't stay dead and the earth is in a permanent state of darkness. This game contains adult themes.

Why similar: Zombies 67.2%, Point & Click 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10%, Survival 6.7%, Adventure 5.7%

The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...

Why similar: Point & Click 20.8%, Drama 17.7%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Story Rich 13.9%, Horror 11.4%

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 75.7%, Survival 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%, Horror 2.3%, Adventure 2.1%

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Why similar: Story Rich 30.1%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Adventure 14%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Emotional 8.1%

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 38.8%, Drama 11.2%, Comic Book 10.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mature 7.2%

Survive a 3rd-person horror world facing relentless bosses and alluring undead. Manage your inventory, make every bullet count, craft and repair clothes, which can mean the difference between survival and death. Sometimes, hiding from towering enemies may be your only chance when brute force fails.

Why similar: Zombies 57.3%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%, Gore 4.3%

A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 9.9%

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 18.7%, Comic Book 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Story Rich 13%, Drama 12.1%

A young girl needs to find her friends, unravel a dark mystery and escape the clutches of her cursed toys.

Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Adventure 31.9%, Female Protagonist 26%, Singleplayer 7.2%

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Story Rich 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Horror 10.1%

The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.

Why similar: Story Rich 31.6%, Female Protagonist 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Zombies 64.3%, Survival 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%, Horror 6.4%, Adventure 5.8%

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Survival 7.6%

Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.

Why similar: Drama 20.5%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Cinematic 17.7%, Emotional 16.2%, Adventure 12.8%