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The Wolf Among Us

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…

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The Wolf Among Us is an adventure developed by Telltale Games, released 11 October 2013 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 10.1 hrs to finish.

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What The Wolf Among Us is

The Wolf Among Us is an adventure game developed by Telltale Games and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Telltale Tool.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

The Wolf Among Us is the 80th of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Batman: Arkham Origins in 2013. Its critic score of 80 is 11 points above the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Batman: Arkham Knight at 92.

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How it was received

The Wolf Among Us holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 1,224 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 10.1 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent, 3 GB RAM and ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The Wolf Among Us launched on 11 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Wolf Among Us — frequently asked questions

When did The Wolf Among Us come out?
The Wolf Among Us was released on 11 October 2013 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Wolf Among Us?
At minimum, The Wolf Among Us needs Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent, 3 GB RAM, ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat The Wolf Among Us?
The main story of The Wolf Among Us takes around 10.1 hrs, or 13 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is The Wolf Among Us?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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