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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

Telltale Games · Skybound Games · 2016-12-20

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Adventure

Franchise: The Walking Dead · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 20, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 21, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 20, 2016 (Xbox One), Dec 21, 2016 (iOS), Dec 20, 2016 (Android)

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?

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is an Adventure game released in 2016 for $3.74, with a Very Positive sentiment (84% of 18543 reviews) and an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000.

25
playing now
84%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (342 ratings)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (16,237 ratings)
7.3h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 7.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.74
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is a 2016 episodic graphic adventure video game based on the comic book series of the same name developed by Telltale Games. It is the sequel to The Walking Dead: Season Two, and the third game in The Walking Dead video game series. The first two episodes were released in December 2016, while a retail season pass disc edition was released in February 2017, followed by the third through fifth episodes in each subsequent month, with the final episode released in May 2017. The game employs the same narrative structure as the past seasons, where player choice in one episode will have a permanent impact on future story elements. The player choices recorded in save files from the first two seasons and the additional episode 400 Days carry over into A New Frontier.

Trailer

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier trailer thumbnail

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Season Finale - Official Trailer

≈429,600 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 924 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~116/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 466k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,621 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-10-20) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 72 of 124 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41541520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

60122026-09-15 12:00 — 26 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 42 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 28 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 56 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 50 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 26 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 31 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 58 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 29 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 48 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 50 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 46 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 60 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8068Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 806 · peak 3,009Mar 2017 — avg 193 · peak 4,813Jun 2017 — avg 440 · peak 1,414Sep 2017 — avg 98 · peak 210Dec 2017 — avg 136 · peak 374Mar 2018 — avg 65 · peak 142Jun 2018 — avg 94 · peak 243Sep 2018 — avg 87 · peak 221Dec 2018 — avg 22 · peak 50Mar 2019 — avg 21 · peak 74Jun 2019 — avg 17 · peak 36Sep 2019 — avg 12 · peak 30Dec 2019 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2020 — avg 35 · peak 76Jun 2020 — avg 62 · peak 278Sep 2020 — avg 42 · peak 89Dec 2020 — avg 44 · peak 107Mar 2021 — avg 41 · peak 84Jun 2021 — avg 40 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 35 · peak 79Dec 2021 — avg 34 · peak 82Mar 2022 — avg 30 · peak 63Jun 2022 — avg 34 · peak 66Sep 2022 — avg 29 · peak 76Dec 2022 — avg 53 · peak 135Mar 2023 — avg 41 · peak 102Jun 2023 — avg 47 · peak 101Sep 2023 — avg 52 · peak 126Dec 2023 — avg 58 · peak 116Mar 2024 — avg 47 · peak 110Jun 2024 — avg 53 · peak 108Sep 2024 — avg 60 · peak 161Dec 2024 — avg 70 · peak 143Mar 2025 — avg 47 · peak 112Jun 2025 — avg 91 · peak 215Sep 2025 — avg 40 · peak 81Dec 2025 — avg 60 · peak 130Mar 2026 — avg 67 · peak 142Jun 2026 — avg 34 · peak 75Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 97
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002016-11-242026-10-142016-11-24 — best price $22.492017-05-12 — best price $18.742017-09-25 — best price $9.092018-01-29 — best price $24.992018-06-25 — best price $18.742020-01-23 — best price $11.242020-06-17 — best price $14.992020-08-17 — best price $14.992020-10-01 — best price $14.992020-11-15 — best price $13.392021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-02-21 — best price $7.992021-04-17 — best price $8.992021-05-31 — best price $14.992021-08-06 — best price $14.992021-11-04 — best price $12.442022-01-18 — best price $12.442022-04-12 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $4.492022-10-11 — best price $11.892023-01-05 — best price $12.442023-03-24 — best price $2.692023-07-03 — best price $3.432023-10-20 — best price $3.742023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-03-22 — best price $11.012024-06-11 — best price $11.892024-08-20 — best price $2.772024-10-23 — best price $3.522024-11-30 — best price $3.302025-02-05 — best price $3.742025-05-28 — best price $3.752025-08-15 — best price $12.372025-11-24 — best price $3.402026-02-26 — best price $14.992026-08-21 — best price $3.742026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

197952026-05-30 — 136 pageviews2026-06-03 — 114 pageviews2026-06-07 — 136 pageviews2026-06-11 — 127 pageviews2026-06-15 — 130 pageviews2026-06-19 — 134 pageviews2026-06-23 — 133 pageviews2026-06-27 — 162 pageviews2026-07-01 — 174 pageviews2026-07-05 — 189 pageviews2026-07-09 — 142 pageviews2026-07-13 — 133 pageviews2026-07-17 — 149 pageviews2026-07-21 — 140 pageviews2026-07-25 — 175 pageviews2026-07-29 — 168 pageviews2026-08-02 — 163 pageviews2026-08-06 — 159 pageviews2026-08-10 — 144 pageviews2026-08-14 — 153 pageviews2026-08-18 — 150 pageviews2026-08-22 — 132 pageviews2026-08-26 — 104 pageviews2026-08-30 — 119 pageviews2026-09-03 — 124 pageviews2026-09-07 — 144 pageviews2026-09-11 — 133 pageviews2026-09-15 — 138 pageviews2026-09-19 — 122 pageviews2026-09-23 — 118 pageviews2026-09-27 — 143 pageviews2026-10-01 — 108 pageviews2026-10-05 — 118 pageviews2026-10-08 — 119 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
91.1%
earned "Family Road Trip"
77.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)29,75383%31
Steam (Steam)17,11581%30
Windows (Xbox)1,38153%30
Switch (Nintendo)550%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

GoreActionHorrorViolentZombiesEpisodicSurvivalAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

The Walking DeadHow to Survive 2Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded EditionRemnant: From the AshesThe Walking Dead: The Final SeasonApsulov: End of GodsBlacksad: Under the SkinDays Gone

Similarity via IGDB.

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