The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 35h it's 1 in 70 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- At least 62% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Everything's Going to be Okay” (Completed Season 1 Episode 1) and “It's not stealing if you need it” (Completed Season 1 Episode 2): from 100% to 79% of starters.
- Only 57% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 47,926 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 34.7h for positive, 8.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (56.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Everything's Going to be Okay Completed Season 1 Episode 1 100%
- It's not stealing if you need it Completed Season 1 Episode 2 Most players quit here 79% −21
- Lend Me Your Ears Completed Season 1 Episode 3 69% −10
- Penultimate Completed Season 1 Episode 4 64% −5
- Split Decision Completed Season 2 Episode 1 55% −9
- Reunion Completed Season 2 Episode 2 51% −4
- Eye of the Storm Completed Season 2 Episode 3 49% −3
- Beyond the Trees Completed Season 2 Episode 4 48% −1
- Family Road Trip Completed Season 3 Episode 1 43% −4
- Bloody Business Completed Season 3 Episode 2 41% −2
- Southern Hospitality Completed Season 3 Episode 3 40% −1
- Faces in the Crowd Completed Season 3 Episode 4 38% −2
- Protector Completed Season 4 Episode 1 34% −4
- Defender Completed Season 4 Episode 2 33% −2
- Leader Completed Season 4 Episode 3 31% −2
- What Remains Completed Season 1 Episode 5 ≥62% +31
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (23)
story milestone ending side
- Everything's Going to be Okay Completed Season 1 Episode 1 100%
- It's not stealing if you need it Completed Season 1 Episode 2 79%
- Lend Me Your Ears Completed Season 1 Episode 3 69%
- Penultimate Completed Season 1 Episode 4 64%
- What Remains Completed Season 1 Episode 5 62%
- Split Decision Completed Season 2 Episode 1 55%
- Reunion Completed Season 2 Episode 2 51%
- Eye of the Storm Completed Season 2 Episode 3 49%
- Beyond the Trees Completed Season 2 Episode 4 48%
- All The Dead Lie Down Completed Season 2 Episode 5 46%
- Family Road Trip Completed Season 3 Episode 1 43%
- Bloody Business Completed Season 3 Episode 2 41%
- Southern Hospitality Completed Season 3 Episode 3 40%
- Faces in the Crowd Completed Season 3 Episode 4 38%
- Sole Survivors Completed Season 3 Episode 5 37%
- Protector Completed Season 4 Episode 1 34%
- Loose Ends Completed Season 1 Episode 6 33%
- Defender Completed Season 4 Episode 2 33%
- Leader Completed Season 4 Episode 3 31%
- Savior Completed Season 4 Episode 4 30%
- Landfall Completed Michonne Episode 1 18%
- Quiet Time Completed Michonne Episode 2 17%
- Farewell Completed Michonne Episode 3 16%