The Walking Dead

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 81,033 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 13.5h for positive, 5.5h 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 (82.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

1. Started playing 100%
2. 1 Out of the Frying Pan Complete chapter 1 of episode 1. 100%
3. 2 Adventures in Babysitting Complete chapter 2 of episode 1. 95% −5
4. 3 In Your Charge Complete chapter 3 of episode 1. 93% −2
5. 4 Rock and a Hard Place Complete chapter 4 of episode 1. 87% −6
6. 5 It's Just One Bullet Complete chapter 5 of episode 1. Most players quit here 77% −10
7. 6 Hey, Bud Complete chapter 6 of episode 1. 75% −2
8. 7 Two Enter, One Leaves Complete chapter 7 of episode 1. 75%
9. 8 Going Hungry Complete chapter 1 of episode 2. 69% −6
10. 9 Conversation Killer Complete chapter 2 of episode 2. 67% −1
11. 10 Thank you for shopping at Save Lots! Complete chapter 3 of episode 2. 63% −4
12. 11 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Complete chapter 4 of episode 2. 62% −2
13. 12 Too Much Salt Will Kill You Complete chapter 5 of episode 2. 62%
14. 13 Taking Charlotte Complete chapter 6 of episode 2. 61%
15. 14 You Fight Like A Dairy Farmer Complete chapter 7 of episode 2. 61%
16. 15 It's Not Stealing If You Need It Complete Episode 2: "Starved For Help" 61%
17. 16 Goodbye, She Quietly Says Completed chapter 1 of episode 3. 59% −2
18. 17 Bad Blood Completed chapter 2 of episode 3. 59%
19. 18 Hit the Road Completed chapter 3 of episode 3. 58% −1
20. 19 What now? Completed chapter 4 of episode 3. 57%
21. 20 Handle It Completed chapter 5 of episode 3. 56% −1
22. 21 Unexpected Delay Completed chapter 6 of episode 3. 55% −1
23. 22 Look Behind You Completed chapter 7 of episode 3. 54% −1
24. 23 Lend Me Your Ears Completed Episode 3: "Long Road Ahead" 54%
25. 24 Georgia's First City Completed chapter 1 of episode 4. 52% −2
26. 25 Down By The River Completed chapter 2 of episode 4. 51% −1
27. 26 Support Group Completed chapter 3 of episode 4. 51%
28. 27 Bedside Manor Completed chapter 4 of episode 4. 51%
29. 28 Georgia's Last City Completed chapter 5 of episode 4. 50%
30. 29 For Whom The Bell Tolls Completed chapter 6 of episode 4. 49% −1
31. 30 The Morning After Completed chapter 7 of episode 4. 49%
32. 31 Penultimate Completed chapter 8 of episode 4. 49%
33. 32 Into The Fire Completed chapter 1 of episode 5. 48% −1
34. 33 Twice Shy Completed chapter 2 of episode 5. 48%
35. 34 There Ain't No Way Completed chapter 3 of episode 5. 48%
36. 35 Mercy Completed chapter 4 of episode 5. 48%
37. 36 The Marsh House Completed chapter 5 of episode 5. 48%
38. 37 What's in the bag? Completed chapter 6 of episode 5. 48%
39. 38 Stay Close To Me Completed chapter 7 of episode 5. 48%
40. What Remains Completed chapter 8 of episode 5. 47% −1

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (48)

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• Out of the Frying Pan Complete chapter 1 of episode 1. 100%
• Adventures in Babysitting Complete chapter 2 of episode 1. 95%
• In Your Charge Complete chapter 3 of episode 1. 93%
• Rock and a Hard Place Complete chapter 4 of episode 1. 87%
• It's Just One Bullet Complete chapter 5 of episode 1. 77%
• Hey, Bud Complete chapter 6 of episode 1. 75%
• Two Enter, One Leaves Complete chapter 7 of episode 1. 75%
• Everything's Going to be Okay Complete Episode 1: A New Day. 74%
• Going Hungry Complete chapter 1 of episode 2. 69%
• Conversation Killer Complete chapter 2 of episode 2. 67%
• Thank you for shopping at Save Lots! Complete chapter 3 of episode 2. 63%
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Complete chapter 4 of episode 2. 62%
• Too Much Salt Will Kill You Complete chapter 5 of episode 2. 62%
• Taking Charlotte Complete chapter 6 of episode 2. 61%
• You Fight Like A Dairy Farmer Complete chapter 7 of episode 2. 61%
• It's Not Stealing If You Need It Complete Episode 2: "Starved For Help" 61%
• Goodbye, She Quietly Says Completed chapter 1 of episode 3. 59%
• Bad Blood Completed chapter 2 of episode 3. 59%
• Hit the Road Completed chapter 3 of episode 3. 58%
• What now? Completed chapter 4 of episode 3. 57%
• Handle It Completed chapter 5 of episode 3. 56%
• Unexpected Delay Completed chapter 6 of episode 3. 55%
• Look Behind You Completed chapter 7 of episode 3. 54%
• Lend Me Your Ears Completed Episode 3: "Long Road Ahead" 54%
• Georgia's First City Completed chapter 1 of episode 4. 52%
• Down By The River Completed chapter 2 of episode 4. 51%
• Support Group Completed chapter 3 of episode 4. 51%
• Bedside Manor Completed chapter 4 of episode 4. 51%
• Georgia's Last City Completed chapter 5 of episode 4. 50%
• For Whom The Bell Tolls Completed chapter 6 of episode 4. 49%
• The Morning After Completed chapter 7 of episode 4. 49%
• Penultimate Completed chapter 8 of episode 4. 49%
• Into The Fire Completed chapter 1 of episode 5. 48%
• Twice Shy Completed chapter 2 of episode 5. 48%
• There Ain't No Way Completed chapter 3 of episode 5. 48%
• Mercy Completed chapter 4 of episode 5. 48%
• The Marsh House Completed chapter 5 of episode 5. 48%
• What's in the bag? Completed chapter 6 of episode 5. 48%
• Stay Close To Me Completed chapter 7 of episode 5. 48%
• What Remains Completed chapter 8 of episode 5. 47%
• Chain Gang Completed Vince's Chapter. 24%
• Abandoner Completed Wyatt's Chapter. 24%
• Friends Like These Completed Russell's Chapter. 24%
• Who Goes There? Completed Bonnie's Chapter. 24%
• Paradise Lost Completed Shel's Chapter. 24%
• Loose Ends Completed the Epilogue. 23%
• Reunited Found an old friend. 18%
• Two out of Three Won a game of Rock/Paper/Scissors. 16%