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The best of Telltale Games

The 14 best games from Telltale Games, ranked from 6,621 critic and player ratings.

The best game from Telltale Games is Tales from the Borderlands, with a critic score of 88/100. Updated November 2026.

  • Ranked releases span 2009 to 2018.
  • Average critic score across the 14 ranked games: 75/100.
  • 6,621 critic and player ratings behind this ranking.
  • About 8 hours to finish one of them on average (main story).

How this ranking is built
  • Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
  • A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
  • Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
  • Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
  • 14 games are listed on this page, carrying 6,621 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 13 November 2026.

Top 14

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01 Tales from the Borderlands Tales from the Borderlands 2014 · 581 ratings · finished by 24% Tales from the Borderlands is a five part episodic game series. Set on the unforgiving world of Pandora after the events seen in Borderlands 2, this is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness. 88 /100
02 The Walking Dead S The Walking Dead 2012 · 1,754 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 26% · 8 h to beat The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series, the game consists of five episodes, released between April and November 2012. It is available for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is the first of The Walking Dead video game series published by Telltale. 84 /100
03 The Walking Dead: Season Two The Walking Dead: Season Two 2013 · 853 ratings Similar to the previous season, The Walking Dead: Season Two is a point-and-click adventure game. The player, in control of Clementine, can direct the character around the environment, examine and interact with various scenery elements and collect and use objects to advance the story. The player can also initiate conversations with non-player characters via conversation trees. Certain replies from other characters may offer the player multiple choices to select from, including the option to stay silent, with a limited amount of time to make the selection; if the player does not select an option, the conversation will continue as if they had stayed quiet. Such choices can affect how the other characters will later react to Clementine which can influence later events in the story. Other scenes are more action-oriented, requiring the player to complete quick time events to avoid Clementine or her allies from getting killed. If the player fails these events, the game will restart at the start of such scenes. Such action scenes may also require the player to make a key decision within a limited time frame, such as which of two characters to save from attacking walkers. 81 /100
04 Tales of Monkey Island Tales of Monkey Island 2009 · 89 ratings The legendary series returns from Davy Jones' locker and onto your screen with lush 3D environments, rip-roaring humour, and Guybrush Threepwood himself! 80 /100
05 The Wolf Among Us The Wolf Among Us 2013 · 1,214 ratings · finished by 34% 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. 80 /100
06 Batman: The Telltale Series Batman: The Telltale Series 2016 · 396 ratings · finished by 25% Batman: The Telltale Series is an episodic graphic adventure game developed by Telltale Games, first released in 2016. The game offers a narrative-focused experience, where players control Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman, making choices that shape the story and relationships with characters. The plot explores Bruce Wayne’s struggle to uncover corruption in Gotham City, while confronting revelations about his family’s past. The game features dialogue-driven gameplay, quick-time combat, and detective sequences. Decisions carry over across episodes, influencing the narrative’s direction and character arcs. 75 /100
07 Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series 2014 · 362 ratings · finished by 16% Game of Thrones: A TellTale Games Series is an episodic adventure game developed by TellTale Games and based on the famous HBO TV-show Game of Thrones, as well as the book 'A song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R. Martin. You play as the family members of House Forrester, a noble house from the north of Westeros, bannermen to House Glover, who has been loyal to House Stark of Winterfell for a long time. These characters are all caught up in the events of the war of the Five Kings, and they are placed in a critical position where every character must do everything in their power to prevent their precious house from going under. 75 /100
08 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier The Walking Dead: A New Frontier 2016 · 348 ratings · finished by 33% The Walking Dead: A New Frontieris an episodic graphic adventure game based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series developed by Telltale Games. It is Telltale's third season of its The Walking Dead series. 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 the third season. Clementine, who was the player's companion during the first season and the player-character in season two returns as a player-character along with another player-character, Javier "Javi" Garcia. The game takes place in the same fictional world as the comic, with the zombie apocalypse having occurred. The main characters of the game are original characters, however due to time skips in season two and between seasons two and three, the timeline is caught up to where the comics are. 75 /100
09 The Walking Dead: The Final Season The Walking Dead: The Final Season 2018 · 279 ratings · finished by 31% After years on the road facing threats both living and dead, a secluded school might finally be Clementine and AJ's chance for a home. But protecting it will mean sacrifice. In this gripping, emotional final season, your choices define your relationships, shape your world, and determine how Clementine's story ends. 71 /100
10 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series 2017 · 92 ratings Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series is a brand new story of the universe's unlikeliest heroes: Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot. In the wake of an epic battle, the Guardians discover an artifact of unspeakable power. Each of them has a reason to desire this relic, as does a ruthless enemy who is the last of her kind, and who will stop at nothing to tear it from their hands. From Earth to the Milano to Knowhere and beyond, and set to the beat of awesome music, you wear the rocket-powered boots of Star-Lord in an original Guardians adventure, where your decisions and actions drive the story you experience. 69 /100
11 The Walking Dead: Michonne The Walking Dead: Michonne 2016 · 218 ratings · finished by 25% 68 /100
12 Batman: The Enemy Within Batman: The Enemy Within 2017 · 186 ratings · finished by 29% 68 /100
13 Back to the Future: The Game Back to the Future: The Game 2010 · 119 ratings · finished by 11% 68 /100
14 Minecraft: Story Mode Minecraft: Story Mode 2015 · 130 ratings · finished by 20% 65 /100
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What is the best game from Telltale Games?

Tales from the Borderlands currently tops the ranking with a score of 88/100 across 581 ratings. Ranking updated November 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.