The Walking Dead vs The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
The Walking Dead is a horror survival game from Telltale Games (2012) while The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is a horror survival game from Telltale Games (2016).
What each one is
Steam files The Walking Dead under Horror and Survival. In contrast, it files The Walking Dead: A New Frontier under Horror and Survival.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
At a glance
| The Walking Dead | The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.4/10 | 7.5/10 |
| Steam rating | Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 80,414) | Very Positive (84%, 18,555) |
| Critic aggregate | 82/100 | 81/100 |
| Price | $14.99 | $14.99 |
| Install size | — | 8 GB |
| Steam Deck | verified | verified |
| Released | 2012 | 2016 |
| Developer | Telltale Games | Telltale Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
The Walking Dead vs The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, 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 DeadHorror survival gameThe Walking Dead: A New FrontierHorror survival gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
The Walking DeadZombies, Story Rich, AdventureThe Walking Dead: A New FrontierZombies, Story Rich, Choices MatterThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
The Walking Dead ✓Score 8.4 · 97% on Steam · 82 criticThe Walking Dead: A New FrontierScore 7.5 · 84% on Steam · 81 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
The Walking Dead80,414 reviews · 1 add-onThe Walking Dead: A New Frontier18,555 reviews · 8 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
The Walking Dead$14.99The Walking Dead: A New Frontier$14.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
The Walking DeadVerifiedThe Walking Dead: A New FrontierVerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
The Walking Dead takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier 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
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- 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 (GamingPickz Score 8.4)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: The Walking Dead (80,414 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
ZombiesStory RichAdventurePoint & ClickEpisodicSingleplayerChoices MatterDrama
Where they differ
EmotionalMatureQuick-Time EventsThird Person
ViolentFemale ProtagonistVisual NovelCasual
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, The Walking Dead is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| The Walking Dead | The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | Nvidia GTS 450+ with 1024MB+ |
| Minimum CPU | 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz |
| Minimum RAM | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Install size | — | 8 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: The Walking Dead · The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for The Walking Dead and 1 for The Walking Dead: A New Frontier. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier in scope?
The Walking Dead has drawn 80,414 Steam reviews and ships 1 add-on. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier has drawn 18,555 Steam reviews and installs in 8 GB.
Is The Walking Dead or The Walking Dead: A New Frontier better?
By the GamingPickz Score, The Walking Dead rates higher (8.4 to 7.5). 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 or The Walking Dead: A New Frontier?
The Walking Dead is cheaper right now at $14.99, against $14.99. 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.