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The Walking Dead

2012 Telltale Games

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

The Walking Dead
HORROR CENTRALITY
75 /100

The Walking Dead is primarily a narrative adventure with survival fear as a central motivator. Horror elements (zombie threat, moral dread, precarious safety) shape the player experience and choices, but the core is story and character consequence rather than action or combat mechanics. This places it clearly in a horror-adjacent to mid-horror centrality range.

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DREADPICK SUMMARY
HORROR EXPERIENCE

Best for players looking for a scary, high-tension and atmosphere-heavy horror experience.

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SCARINESS 70
TENSION 80
DREAD 90
GORE 60
ATMOSPHERE 90
PSYCHOLOGICAL 70
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DEVELOPER Telltale Games
PUBLISHER Skybound Games
RELEASE 2012

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