The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 78% of players who start reach the ending.
- 82% of owners got the first achievement.
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 21,727 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.4h for positive, 10.7h 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 (81.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- End of the Road Completed Act One. 100%
- Fitting In Completed Act Two. 97% −3
- Protector Completed Act Three. 96% −1
- We’re Staying Completed Act One. Most players quit here 92% −5
- Old Ghost Completed Act Two. 91% −1
- Defender Completed Act Three. 88% −2
- Whispers Completed Act One. 85% −4
- Shoreline Completed Act Two. 82% −2
- Leader Completed Act Three. 82%
- Red Water Completed Act One. 81% −2
- Final Lesson Completed Act Two. 80% −1
- Savior Completed Act Three. 78% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- End of the Road Completed Act One. 100%
- Fitting In Completed Act Two. 97%
- Protector Completed Act Three. 96%
- Good Girl Rosie. 96%
- We’re Staying Completed Act One. 92%
- Old Ghost Completed Act Two. 91%
- Defender Completed Act Three. 88%
- Deadeye Protected your turf. 88%
- Social Butterfly Talked to EVERYONE at dinner. 86%
- Whispers Completed Act One. 85%
- Sureshot Didn’t miss once. 84%
- Nightlight Made sure they slept tight. 83%
- Shoreline Completed Act Two. 82%
- Leader Completed Act Three. 82%
- All-seeing Let nothing slip by. 82%
- Red Water Completed Act One. 81%
- Final Lesson Completed Act Two. 80%
- Better Life Trusted someone else. 79%
- Time Bomb Covered up the crime. 79%
- Best Girl Rosie! 79%
- Savior Completed Act Three. 78%
- Tally Counted the days. 78%
- Tickle Monster Tickled AJ. 74%
- Home At Last Placed all Episode Four collectables 73%
- Mercy Did no harm. 67%
- Did you lick it? Remembered the good times. 67%
- Great Girl Aw, Rosie. 63%
- Goodbye Did all you could. 61%
- Moving Fast Teenage Romance. 59%
- Survivor Found all Episode Four collectables 59%
- Personal Space Kept your distance. 57%
- Edible How’d it taste? 55%
- Gatherer Found all Episode Two collectables 48%
- Personal Touch Placed all Episode Two collectables 46%
- Lost Love Found Heart Graffiti. 43%
- Upstream Speared ALL fish. 35%
- Bonded Platonic. 35%
- Botanist Green Thumb. 33%
- You And Me Came full circle. 30%
- Where’s the Candy? Hit all Pinata Swings. 22%
- Nothing Wasted Used ALL traps. 20%
- Rabbit Season Shot ALL Rabbits. 18%
- As A Mouse Was very sneaky. 16%
- Scavenger Found all Episode One collectables 15%
- To Make It Look Nice Placed all Episode One collectables 13%
- Be Prepared Made sure everything was ready. 12%
- Hunter Found all Episode Three collectables 12%
- Feels Like Mine Placed all Episode Three collectables 11%