The Walking Dead: Road to Survival

-1.94
Slightly Bad
Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: Yes

Google Play App Store

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-1.94

1 votes
Playing by Appointment -
1 / 0 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

1 votes
Daily Rewards -
1 / 0 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

1 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
1 / 0 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

1 votes
Wait To Play -
1 / 0 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

1 votes
Grinding -
0 / 1 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

1 votes
Advertisements -
0 / 1 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

1 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 1 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 8 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-3.05

1 votes
Premium Currency -
1 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

1 votes
Pay to Win -
1 / 0 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

1 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
1 / 0 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

1 votes
Pay to Skip -
1 / 0 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

1 votes
Recurring Fee -
1 / 0 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

1 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
1 / 0 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

1 votes
Power Creep -
1 / 0 votes
A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

1 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
1 / 0 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

1 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 1 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

1 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 1 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

1 votes
Waste Aversion -
0 / 1 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.92

1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
1 / 0 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

1 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
1 / 0 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

1 votes
Competition -
1 / 0 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 1 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 1 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

1 votes
Reciprocity -
0 / 1 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 1 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 2 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 5 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

0.24

1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
1 / 0 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

1 votes
Complete the Collection -
1 / 0 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
0 / 1 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

1 votes
Illusion of Control -
0 / 1 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

1 votes
Variable Rewards -
0 / 1 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
0 / 1 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
0 / 1 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

App Store Ratings

Google Play:  (4.17) with 575,150 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Pay to Skip reported on Jan 4, 2023
You can buy coins to speed up buildings or buy energy.
Competition reported on Jan 4, 2023
Tournaments are the main attraction of the game.
Fear of Missing Out reported on Jan 4, 2023
Battle passes, free gifts/pulls, etc.
Anchoring Tricks reported on Jan 4, 2023
There's a lot of differently priced offers.
Complete the Collection reported on Jan 4, 2023
There are collections that you can complete by having certain specific characters.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Jan 4, 2023
Very few achievements, you can mostly complete them by playing normally without spending anything.
Power Creep reported on Jan 4, 2023
When this game released, you could only have characters up to 5 stars (the best characters available). After some time, they released 6 star characters, then S-class characters, then mythic characters, and then limit break for mythic characters. It is important to note that mythic characters made almost all other types of characters obsolete.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jan 4, 2023
All pulls are random. Odds are listed. You can buy boxes which can give you something at random related to a specific thing, such as gold tokens for pulls or trainers, the quantity depends on the item's odds. Odds are listed as well.
Recurring Fee reported on Jan 4, 2023
There's a 'Survivor's club'. This has a monthly fee (kind of high) and allows you to get more food and materials in-game, as well as give you free daily, weekly, and monthly pulls.
Playing by Appointment reported on Jan 4, 2023
The game has events throughout the whole week (tournaments), some events are daily.


Report a Dark Pattern

Screenshot The Walking Dead Road to Survival is the definitive Walking Dead strategy RPG game, brought to you by Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead comic series.

Build your team of Survivors and develop battle strategies to lead them into battle in an uncompromising story, fraught with danger. Fight for survival against walkers and humans alike, using strategy to attack enemy weak points and deep RPG progression to decide your path. Build a town to keep the walkers at bay, but be warned The horrors that lurk outside arent the only threat, and your decisions are all that stand between life and death.

Based on an all-new story from award-winning Walking Dead writer Jay Bonansinga, the dark aesthetic of this game reflects the uncompromising decisions you will need to make as you strategize for survival.

Stand with Michonne, Rick and other survivors from The Walking Dead, and join the epic battle against the darkest enemies from the Governor to Negan.

THE WALKING DEAD: ROAD TO SURVIVAL FEATURES:

Fight Walkers & Survivors
Battle against fierce opponents and use your best strategy to survive
Charge opponents with special melee and ranged attacks using deadly weapons like Michonnes katana

Collect & Recruit Survivors
Collect new Survivors from The Walking Dead universe, each with their own specialized battle strategy

Upgrade Your Survivors
Level up and customize Survivors to enhance their fighting strategies, weapons and skills
RPG progression makes your Survivors stronger as they cut down more walkers

Strategy Gameplay - Capitalize on Strengths & Exploit Weaknesses
Battle strategy is key to scoring powerful hits but watch out for retaliating strikes
Your battle strategy is all thats keeping the Survivors of Woodbury safe Strategize and strike to win

Maps & Locations From The Walking Dead
Explore a new 3D map featuring real locations from The Walking Dead comics

Build your Community Base & Expand into the Wasteland
Build houses to hold Survivors, a Town Hall to expand your city, a Workshop to craft items, and more

PvP - Raid Enemies
Use your battle strategy to raid enemy factions for resources in the All Out War online mode
Strategic Multiplayer battles in a wide-open world filled with potential enemies and vicious walkers.

Alliance Factions & Online Strategy
Multiplayer alliances and battle strategies keep you safe. Join allies in a faction to create a battle strategy and pool resources in the harsh world of The Walking Dead
Battle and build together with friends in multiplayer role-playing strategy gameplay

Battle in Iconic The Walking Dead Locations
Fight alongside your faction for control of areas from The Walking Dead
Battle to conquer and defend locations like Alexandria, Woodbury, Sanctuary, and more

Make Strategized Decisions to Change the Story
Decisions impact the story mode and make each game campaign unique
Write your own Survivor story in this dynamic and compelling Walking Dead RPG

Live In-Game Events
Play to obtain valuable resources and new, exclusive Survivors.

Walkers tear at your city walls, while desperate Survivors rip apart the towns foundations from the inside. When the time comes to fight, what will you choose?