List of Telltale Games video games

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This is a list of video games published and/or developed by Telltale Games. Telltale Games closed as a studio in 2018 and its assets were sold off. LCG Entertainment purchased the majority of Telltale's licenses and assets and began doing business as a video game publisher and developer under the Telltale Games brand name in 2019.

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Games developed

Original Telltale Games (2004–2018)

TitleRelease# of episodesPlatform(s)
Telltale Texas Hold'em February 11, 2005Standalone game Microsoft Windows
Bone: Out from Boneville September 15, 2005Standalone game macOS, Microsoft Windows
CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder March 21, 20065 episodes PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows
Bone: The Great Cow Race April 12, 2006Standalone gameMicrosoft Windows
Sam & Max Save the World October 17, 2006April 26, 20076 episodes Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
CSI: Hard Evidence September 25, 20075 episodesmacOS, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space November 8, 2007April 10, 20085 episodes iOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People August 11, 2008December 15, 20085 episodesmacOS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures March 24, 2009July 30, 20094 episodesiOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Tales of Monkey Island July 7, 2009December 8, 20095 episodesiOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows
CSI: Deadly Intent October 20, 20095 episodesWii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse April 15, 2010August 30, 20105 episodesiOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows
Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent June 30, 2010Standalone gameiOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy October 26, 20105 episodesPlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Poker Night at the Inventory November 22, 2010Standalone gamemacOS, Microsoft Windows
Back to the Future: The Game December 22, 2010June 23, 20115 episodesiOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Puzzle Agent 2 June 30, 2011Standalone gameiOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Jurassic Park: The Game November 15, 20114 episodesiOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Law & Order: Legacies December 22, 2011March 29, 20127 episodesiOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows
The Walking Dead April 24, 2012November 20, 2012
July 2, 2013 (400 Days)
5 episodes
Standalone episode (400 Days)
Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Poker Night 2 April 24, 2013Standalone gameiOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
The Wolf Among Us October 11, 2013July 8, 20145 episodesAndroid, iOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
The Walking Dead: Season Two December 17, 2013August 26, 20145 episodesAndroid, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tales from the Borderlands November 25, 2014October 20, 20155 episodesAndroid, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game of Thrones December 2, 2014November 17, 20156 episodesAndroid, iOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Minecraft: Story Mode October 13, 2015March 29, 2016
June 7, 2016September 13, 2016 (Adventure Pass)
5 episodes
3 episodes (Adventure Pass)
Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Netflix
The Walking Dead: Michonne February 23, 2016April 26, 20163 episodesAndroid, iOS, macOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Batman: The Telltale Series August 2, 2016December 13, 20165 episodesAndroid, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier December 20, 2016May 30, 20175 episodesAndroid, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series April 18, 2017—November 7, 20175 episodesAndroid, iOS, macOS, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two July 11, 2017—December 19, 20175 episodesAndroid, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Batman: The Enemy Within August 8, 2017—March 27, 20185 episodesAndroid, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
The Walking Dead CollectionDecember 5, 201719 episodes [lower-alpha 1] PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
The Walking Dead: The Final Season August 14, 2018September 25, 2018 [1]
January 15, 2019March 26, 2019 (Skybound Games) [lower-alpha 2]
4 episodes [lower-alpha 2] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
The Wolf Among Us 2 Originally cancelled, restarted under LCG
Untitled Game of Thrones sequel Cancelled
Untitled Stranger Things game Cancelled
Untitled project [3] CancellediOS, Android

Games published

Original Telltale Games (2004–2018)

TitleDeveloper(s)Release# of episodesPlatform(s)
Hector: Badge of Carnage Straandlooper June 2, 2010September 22, 20113 episodesiOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows
The Jackbox Party Pack Jackbox Games November 3, 2015Standalone gamePlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
7 Days to Die The Fun Pimps June 28, 2016Standalone gamePlayStation 4, Xbox One, MacOS, Microsoft Windows
Mr. Robot Night School Studio August 16, 2016Standalone gameAndroid, iOS
RGX: Showdown Shortround Games September 18, 2018Standalone gamePlayStation 4, Xbox One
Stranded Deep Beam Team Games Originally cancelled, published by Beam Team on April 21, 2020 [lower-alpha 3] Standalone gamePlayStation 4, Xbox One

New Telltale Games (2018–present)

TitleDeveloper(s)Release# of episodesPlatform(s)
Batman: Shadows Edition Telltale GamesDecember 17, 201910 episodes [lower-alpha 4] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
The Expanse: A Telltale Series Telltale Games
Deck Nine
July 27, 2023–September 21, 2023 [6] 5 episodes [7]
DLC episode (Archangel)
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
The Wolf Among Us 2 [lower-alpha 5] Telltale Games
AdHoc Studio
TBA5 episodes [9] Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Notes

  1. Includes all episodes from The Walking Dead: Season One, 400 Days, Season Two, Michonne, and A New Frontier
  2. 1 2 The first two episodes were developed only by Telltale, while Skybound Games overtook the finalization of the other two episodes from Telltale in October 2018. [2]
  3. Telltale announced that they were publishing consoles ports of Stranded Deep on September 20, 2018, [4] one day prior to their majority studio closure. [5] The intended release date was October 9, 2018. [4]
  4. Includes all episodes from Batman: The Telltale Series and Batman: The Enemy Within, as well as "Shadows Mode", which recolors the games with a noir palette
  5. The original The Wolf Among Us sequel was cancelled with Telltale's closure in 2018. LCG Entertainment commissioned AdHoc Studio to develop The Wolf Among Us 2 after purchasing Telltale's brand name and assets. AdHoc's sequel uses none of the work from the former Telltale Games before its closure. [8]

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