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

Release DateApr 24, 2012
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)97.2% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 3% / 97.2%  Top 3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.3% Top 1% / 95.5%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)41.1K  Top 1% / 66.4K  Top 1%
Curators208 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time15.8 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.1 hour  Top 25%
Followers56.2K  Top 3%
Owners± 4.9M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 2.5M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 26M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Walking Dead steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Walking Dead's Steam rating and reviews between April 2012 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 100% (April 2012) to 96.8% (January 2020).

With its 66.4K reviews Top 1%, The Walking Dead is indisputably a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Walking Dead and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of The Walking Dead's reviewers. The most popular language is English (47%), followed by Russian (12%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 5 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Walking Dead percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in The Walking Dead, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 25 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.9 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 8 hours), it can be a sign that The Walking Dead crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Story (heartbreaking, memorable, intriguing)
  • Characters (unique and relatable, build bonds)
  • Choices (difficult, affect storyline)
  • Length (good)
  • Voice acting (outstanding)
  • Level design (well thought out)
  • Art style (nice)
  • Controller support (nice touch)
  • Emotional attachment (to characters)
  • Episodic format (interesting)
  • Choices (don't really matter)
  • Puzzles (basic and simplistic)
  • Loss of interesting characters (halfway through)
  • Episodic format (lost some players)
  • Animation errors (minor)
  • QTE (frustrating for some players)
  • Outcome (mostly predetermined)
  • Gameplay (diluted)
  • Investment (time doesn't matter)
  • Jumpscares (tame and manageable)

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 97.2%  Top 3% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of The Walking Dead's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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