The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners vs The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is an FPS horror game from Skydance Interactive (2020) while The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series is a horror game from Skybound Games (2020).
Quick answer: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series rates higher, 8.3 to 7.2 on the GamingPickz Score, and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is the cheaper at $9.99.
What each one is
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is filed under FPS and Horror. In contrast, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series under Horror.
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
The game is set in the flooded New Orleans after an outbreak. The player takes the role of the Tourist, who is either male or female depending on the player's choice. At a campfire, Henri tells the player the legend of The Reserve, an old military bunker filled with supplies and weapons. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception The game received "generally favorable reviews" from critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic . IGN enjoyed the story, and highlighted the morally grey choices the player had to make, "Saints Sinners' ending depends entirely on the decisions you make throughout the campaign too, few of which are decidedly 'good' or 'evil". While criticizing the survival elements as chore-like, Destructoid praised the horror aspects of the… (Wikipedia)
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At a glance
| The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners | The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.2/10 | 8.3/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (86%, 10,074) | Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 46,852) |
| Critic aggregate | 81/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | $9.99 | $49.99 |
| Install size | 40 GB | 45 GB |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | verified |
| Released | 2020 | 2020 |
| Developer | Skydance Interactive | Skybound Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners vs The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, 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 Walking Dead: Saints & SinnersFPS horror gameThe Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive SeriesHorror gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
The Walking Dead: Saints & SinnersZombies, Action, GoreThe Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive SeriesChoices Matter, Story Rich, Interactive FictionThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
The Walking Dead: Saints & SinnersScore 7.2 · 86% on Steam · 81 criticThe Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series ✓Score 8.3 · 97% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners10,074 reviews · 1 add-on · 40 GBThe Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series46,852 reviews · 45 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners ✓$9.99The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series$49.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
The Walking Dead: Saints & SinnersUnsupportedThe Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
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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
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Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series (GamingPickz Score 8.3)
- The cheaper right now: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners ($9.99)
- Better on a Steam Deck: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series (verified)
- Lighter on storage: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (40 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series (46,852 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
ZombiesHorrorAdventureChoices Matter
Where they differ
VRActionGoreSurvival HorrorShooterViolent
Story RichInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsComic BookChoose Your Own AdventurePost-apocalyptic
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners | The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 2GB |
| Minimum CPU | — | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz |
| Minimum RAM | — | 3 GB |
| Install size | 40 GB | 45 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners · The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and 1 for The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series in scope?
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners has drawn 10,074 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 40 GB. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series has drawn 46,852 Steam reviews and installs in 45 GB.
Is The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners or The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series better?
By the GamingPickz Score, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series rates higher (8.3 to 7.2). 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 Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners or The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series?
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $49.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Should I get The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners or The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series?
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series rates higher, 8.3 to 7.2 on the GamingPickz Score, and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is the cheaper at $9.99. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
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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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.