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The Wolf Among Us came out on October 11, 2013 for PC and Xbox 360, then for Mac on October 14, 2013 and for PlayStation 3 on October 16, 2013. On Steam, 98% of 32,610 player reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive). 88 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 151 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 8 hours, doing everything about 13 hours. It won the SXSW Gaming Award for Excellence in Narrative.

The Wolf Among Us is a five-episode series from the creators of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead. Based on Fables (DC Comics/Vertigo), an award-winning comic book series, it is an often violent, mature and hard-boiled thriller where the characters and creatures of myth, lore and legend are real and exist in our world. As Bigby Wolf - The Big Bad Wolf in human form - you will discover that the brutal, bloody murder of a Fable is just a taste of things to come, in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

Story

The Wolf Among Us is set in the year 1986, nearly twenty years before the events of Fables. For years, many of the magical lands described in myth, legend, and folklore (known as The Homelands) have been occupied by an enigmatic tyrant known as the Adversary. To escape the Adversary's totalitarian regime, many of The Homelands inhabitants fled to colonial America, and created an enclave known as Fabletown, now located in modern-day Manhattan. To mask their presence from the native humans, all non-human fables have to purchase an enchantment known as a "glamour" which allows them to appear human, or be relocated to a rural community known as "The Farm". An evolution of Telltale's ground-breaking choice and consequence game mechanics will ensure the player learns that even as Bigby Wolf, Sheriff of Fabletown, life in the big bad city is bloody, terrifying and dangerous.

What is happening now

The Wolf Among Us is Telltale Games' point-and-click adventure set in a dark, noir-tinged version of the Fables universe. Players assume the role of Bigby Wolf, the Big Bad Wolf reimagined as a hard-boiled detective investigating murders in a hidden community of fairy tale characters living in present-day New York. The game's narrative unfolds through player choices that shape the story's direction and character relationships. A remastered version of the game has surfaced in recent coverage, marking renewed attention on what remains one of Telltale's most acclaimed narrative adventures. The original release came during the studio's peak as a storytelling powerhouse, before the company's later struggles and eventual closure. The remaster appears to be giving players both new and returning audiences a chance to experience the series' signature branching dialogue and consequence-driven plot on modern platforms.

How long to beat The Wolf Among Us

from 9 players
Main storyrushing through the story
8 h
Main + extrasstory plus side content
10 h
Completionisteverything the game has
13 h

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shared cast and crew

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Cast and crew

1 credits

Crew

Awards

1 won, 2 more nominations

Media

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Releases

Platform
Date
October 11, 2013
October 11, 2013
October 14, 2013
October 16, 2013 (Australia first)
December 4, 2013
June 2, 2014
November 4, 2014 (North America first)
November 4, 2014 (North America first)
November 12, 2014

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks

Minimum
Recommended
OS *
Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows 7
Processor
Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
Core 2 Duo 2.3 Ghz or equivalent
Memory
3 GB RAM
4 GB RAM
Graphics
ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM
ATI or NVidia card w/ 1024 MB RAM
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Version 9.0c
Storage
2 GB available space
2 GB available space
Sound Card
Direct X 9.0c sound device
Direct X 9.0c sound device
Additional Notes
Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics
Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics

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Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.

The Wolf Among Us player count

concurrent players on Steam
88playing now2h ago
88peak today
15130-day peak
151highest we have seenNov 1, 2026
Oct 23: 110 Oct 24: 120 Oct 25: 149 Oct 26: 101 Oct 27: 95 Oct 28: 116 Oct 29: 105 Oct 30: 107 Oct 31: 143 Nov 1: 151 Nov 2: 109 Nov 3: 88
Oct 23daily peak, last 12 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

The Wolf Among Us achievements

35 achievements on Steam

Rarest

Journeyman Librarian Unlocked all Book of Fables entries in Episode 3.
7.8%
Apprentice Librarian Unlocked all Book of Fables entries in Episode 2.
10.8%
Novice Librarian Unlocked all Book of Fables entries in Episode 1.
13.7%
Master Librarian Unlocked all Book of Fables entries in Episode 4.
14%
Grand Master Librarian Unlocked all Book of Fables entries in Episode 5.
31.4%
Happily Ever After Completed Episode 5: "Cry Wolf"
58.4%
All 35 achievements by how many players unlocked them
The North Wind Blows Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 5.
59.8%
A Silver Bullet Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 5.
59.9%
My Last Cigarette Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 5.
59.9%
Beginning of the End Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 5.
60.2%
This House of Straw Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 5.
60.2%
And All Were Happy Completed Episode 4: "In Sheep's Clothing"
61%
But Soon He Mended His Evil Ways Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 4.
61.1%
He Was Much Feared Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 4.
61.4%
Who Ruled The Land Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 4.
61.6%
There Was a Wolf Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 4.
61.9%
Once Upon a Time Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 4.
62.1%
The Enchanted Land of New York City Completed Episode 3: "A Crooked Mile"
64.7%
Severe Case of Lycanthropy Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 3.
64.9%
Huff and Puff Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 3.
65.1%
What Big Eyes You Have Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 3.
65.7%
Belly Full of Stones Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 3.
66.4%
Promising Leads Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 3.
66.5%
No Respect for the Dead Completed Episode 2: "Smoke and Mirrors"
68.9%
Can I Get a Fresh Set of Towels? Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 2.
69.1%
Made Them Cry Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 2.
69.5%
Sisters Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 2.
70.3%
Breaking Point Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 2.
71.4%
Right to an Attorney Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 2.
71.9%
A Light Snowfall Completed Episode 1: "Faith"
75.8%
Panic in the Parlours Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 1.
77.8%
The Frog or the Prince? Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 1.
81%
The Long Goodbye Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 1.
84.6%
Wolf in Sheriff's Clothing Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 1.
85.6%
Welcome to Fabletown Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 1.
89.6%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.

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