The Descendant vs The Walking Dead: The Final Season
The Descendant is a horror game from Gaming Corps AB (2016) while The Walking Dead: The Final Season is a horror survival game from Telltale Games (2018).
What each one is
Steam files The Descendant under Horror. In contrast, it files The Walking Dead: The Final Season under Horror and Survival.
In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
At a glance
| The Descendant | The Walking Dead: The Final Season | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.0/10 | 8.0/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (88%, 7,158) | Overwhelmingly Positive (95%, 21,498) |
| Critic aggregate | 59/100 | 77/100 |
| Price | $14.99 | $19.99 |
| Install size | 12 GB | 15 GB |
| Steam Deck | verified | verified |
| Released | 2016 | 2018 |
| Developer | Gaming Corps AB | Telltale Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
The Descendant vs The Walking Dead: The Final Season, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
The DescendantHorror gameThe Walking Dead: The Final SeasonHorror survival gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
The DescendantAdventure, Point & Click, CasualThe Walking Dead: The Final SeasonStory Rich, Choices Matter, ZombiesThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
The DescendantScore 7.0 · 88% on Steam · 59 criticThe Walking Dead: The Final Season ✓Score 8.0 · 95% on Steam · 77 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
The Descendant7,158 reviews · 12 GBThe Walking Dead: The Final Season21,498 reviews · 15 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
The Descendant ✓$14.99The Walking Dead: The Final Season$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
The DescendantVerifiedThe Walking Dead: The Final SeasonVerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe Descendant and The Walking Dead: The Final Season on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: The Walking Dead: The Final Season (GamingPickz Score 8.0)
- The cheaper right now: The Descendant ($14.99)
- Lighter on storage: The Descendant (12 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: The Walking Dead: The Final Season (21,498 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
AdventurePoint & ClickStory RichPost-apocalypticEpisodicChoices MatterSingleplayerAtmospheric
Where they differ
CasualSci-fiIndieAlternate HistoryFree to Play
ZombiesChoose Your Own AdventureFemale ProtagonistSurvivalViolentDrama
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, The Descendant is relaxed, easy to pick up. The Walking Dead: The Final Season is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| The Descendant | The Walking Dead: The Final Season | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | AMD | nVidia GeForce GTS 450 2GB |
| Minimum CPU | Intel i3 2.0GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz |
| Minimum RAM | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Install size | 12 GB | 15 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: The Descendant · The Walking Dead: The Final Season.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for The Descendant and 1 for The Walking Dead: The Final Season. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are The Descendant and The Walking Dead: The Final Season in scope?
The Descendant has drawn 7,158 Steam reviews and installs in 12 GB. The Walking Dead: The Final Season has drawn 21,498 Steam reviews and installs in 15 GB.
Is The Descendant or The Walking Dead: The Final Season better?
By the GamingPickz Score, The Walking Dead: The Final Season rates higher (8.0 to 7.0). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, The Descendant or The Walking Dead: The Final Season?
The Descendant is cheaper right now at $14.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.