10 Worst Licensed Video Games Of The Generation (So Far)
6. The Walking Dead: Destinies (2023), Survivors (2021), Outbreak (2020)
At this point, The Walking Dead feels like it has been adapted into more video games than it has seasons, and while Telltale’s series proved just how powerful the IP could be, the last few years have been a different kind of horror entirely.
Let’s start with Destinies (2023), a bizarre “what if?” retelling of the show where you can make timeline-shattering choices like… killing Rick in the first five minutes. There’s a fun idea buried in there, sure, but what we got was a painful mess with old generation visuals and animations that smelled worse than a reanimated corpse.
Then there’s Survivors (2021), a mobile strategy grindfest that monetizes your every move. Build a base, wait a few hours, pay to speed it up, repeat - it’s less survival horror, more wallet horror.
And don’t forget Onslaught (2020), a VR shooter that somehow made killing zombies feel boring. Released alongside Saints & Sinners — arguably the gold standard for VR horror — this felt like a rushed cash-in by comparison. Phoned-in campaign, copy-pasted missions, and dialogue that sounds like it was recorded at gunpoint.
Three formats, same result: The Walking Dead proving there are countless ways to get it wrong. The undead deserved better. So did we.