The Walking Dead — Steam Gift

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series — the whole Telltale saga in one bundle

This isn't a single episode or one season on sale. The Definitive Series is the complete Telltale zombie-apocalypse story: four main seasons, the 400 Days add-on and the Michonne miniseries, gathered into one game. 23 episodes, 50+ hours, one continuous arc from Lee and Clementine's first meeting to a finale where a grown-up Clem decides what her world will look like. There's no "correct" playthrough — every decision, every line, and every moment where you run out of time to think reshapes the story and your bonds with the other survivors.

Exactly what's in the bundle

The Definitive Series brings together everything Telltale made in the The Walking Dead universe:

• Season 1 — the story of Lee Everett and a young Clementine, where it all begins.
• 400 Days — an anthology add-on of five short stories set alongside Season 1.
• Season 2 — Clementine grows up and learns to survive on her own.
• A New Frontier (Season 3) — new lead Javier and his family in a collapsed world.
• The Final Season — the conclusion of Clementine and young AJ's story.
• The Walking Dead: Michonne — a standalone three-episode miniseries about the comic-book heroine.

You don't need to buy seasons separately — all of it is already inside a single purchase. On top of that come bonuses: developer commentary, an art gallery, a music player and a 3D character model viewer.

How "Definitive" differs from the old releases

The first three seasons and both miniseries were reworked here: they're brought up to the signature "graphic black" visual style of the final season — sharper, more comic-book linework, refreshed lighting and a unified look across the whole saga. Previously the seasons launched piecemeal and looked different; in the Definitive Series the story finally feels like one cohesive work. It launched on September 10, 2019, and arrived on Steam on October 29, 2020, and it's been the most convenient way to play the entire story end to end ever since.

How we deliver it — as a Steam gift

You receive the Definitive Series not as a key but as a Steam gift sent straight to your account. We need two things from you: your friend invite link (s.team/p/...) and your Steam account region. After that our bot adds itself as a friend, sends the gift — usually within a couple of minutes — and leaves your friends list once it's delivered. You don't need to accept anything manually, and Steam Guard is not required.

Two conditions for a smooth delivery

First: your Steam account region must match the gift region — otherwise Steam simply won't let you accept it. Second: the game must not already be in the library of the account you're sending it to — a gift can't be accepted for a game you already own. That's the single most common reason a gift "won't go through", so check the library in advance. Also open your profile settings: friend requests must be allowed.

How it actually plays

The gameplay here isn't about shooting or leveling up. Most of the time you explore scenes, talk to characters and make decisions — sometimes calmly, sometimes against a timer when you have only seconds to answer and no do-overs. The game remembers your dialogue choices: a line you throw out in Season 1 can come back to haunt you dozens of hours later. Action beats are handled as QTEs — short scenes where you press a button or move a reticle in time to survive a scrape with the walkers. Because of that, the Definitive Series feels equally comfortable on a gamepad, on keyboard and mouse, and even on Steam Deck — the hardware demands are light.

How long it takes to finish

A full run through all 23 episodes is somewhere north of 50 hours, and there's no reason to rush: Telltale's strength is exactly its unhurried dive into the characters. A single season takes roughly 8–10 hours, so the bundle stretches comfortably across several cozy evenings. And thanks to free episode selection you can return to a favorite moment and play it differently to see how the outcome changes.

Who it's for

If you love story-driven games where choice matters more than reflexes, the Definitive Series is one of the genre's benchmarks. It's a slow, human story about how far people will go for the ones they love when the familiar world has fallen apart. Enjoyed it? Browse our other narrative adventures: The Wolf Among Us and Batman: The Telltale Series from the same Telltale, or the more cinematic Detroit: Become Human, where your decisions also shape the characters' fates.