The Walking Dead: Aftermath

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5.4~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.8·1M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-21

Screenshots

A top-down run through a walker swarm with Rick in the foreground — Lead With Rick

The survivor selection screen with Michonne and Rick — Rally Your Group

Daryl aiming a crossbow at a level-2 swarm — Overcome the Swarm

The camp map with a Quick Produce button beside a survivor — Fortify the Camp

The journey map with an Abandoned Farm stage — Survive the Journey

About The Walking Dead: Aftermath

The Walking Dead: Aftermath is Ares Interactive's licensed survivor-style roguelite — Rick, Daryl, Michonne, Glenn and Maggie mowing through walker swarms in five-minute runs outside Atlanta, with a camp to fortify and garrison survivors to assign between them — free on iOS and Android since July 15, 2026, past a million Android installs at 4.7. Loot boxes, ads and packs to $499.99 fund it, and the reviews are a two-month arc: excited on day one, counting ads and locked characters by week three.

Game information

DeveloperAres Interactive, Inc.

Version2.1.3 (Android) · 2.1.1 (iOS)

Size744 MB (Android) · 962 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating13+

Requires (Android)Android 7.1+

Requires (iOS)iOS 15.2+

Offline modeNo — camp timers and reward ads online

Interface languagesEN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO + 6 more

Store rating4.8 from 4,520 ratings

Installs1M+

Updated by developer2026-09-17

Data checked2026-09-21

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-21. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

The Walking Dead: Aftermath Review: Survivor Runs With Rick, Paid For in Ads

Five-Minute Runs, a Camp, and the Cast of AMC's Series

The design is the Survivor.io template with the licence on top: pick combat survivors — Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Michonne, Glenn, Maggie, later Yumiko — each with weapons, abilities and a combat style, and run a top-down arena where walkers swarm, auto-attacks fire and level-ups add skills, for about five minutes a run by a September reviewer's clock. Between runs is a camp on the outskirts of Atlanta: garrison survivors assigned to buildings for resources and defence, a town hall with level gates, seven-day quests and a story that follows the series. A July 16, 2026 App Store five-star calls it the zombie-survival upgrade game and cannot wait for Daryl; a September 7 Play three-star finds the controls easy, the difficulty fair and the sound great — and it is The Walking Dead. Rated Teen and 13+, in 12 languages, 962 MB on iOS 15.2, Android 7.1.

A Hundred Ads a Week, Radios at 400 Gems, and Characters You Cannot Earn

The reviews turn on a schedule. The July 21 App Store one-star's arc is the model — awesome on day one, every ad watched on day two, then the wall; a July 22 one-star calls it 95 per cent ads and micro-transactions, each ad two minutes long with fake close buttons; an August 23 three-star estimates at least a hundred ads a week to enjoy it free; an August 26 Play two-star with four votes says the reward ads crash instead of paying out, and gear upgrades are forced to progress. The shop's proportions come from the September 7 review: gems pricey, gold coins pricier, recruit radios at 400 gems returning common survivors. The September 11 Play one-star with four votes says new characters are next to impossible without money and asks for a route like clearing 20 chapters; an August 15 App Store one-star pays the monthly membership and sees no progression. Ratings: 4.7 from 47,000 on Play, 4.8 from 4,600 on the App Store.

Loot Boxes, a $9.99 Premium Card, a $19.99 Pass, and Items to $499.99

Apple flags Loot Boxes, Advertising and In-App Purchases; Google Play notes random items and prices from $0.49 to $499.99. The App Store's top ten are a Premium Card at $9.99, a Premium Pass at $19.99, Gem Packs at $1.99, $4.99 and $9.99, daily and weekly offers from $0.99 to $2.99, a Super Coin Pack at $0.99 and a Yumiko Unlock Pack at $4.99 — the character route the September reviewer wants for free. A July 22 five-star bought both 30-day passes and calls the maths fair for someone who pays; the free path, per the rest, is the ads. Apple's tracking list is Location, Identifiers and Usage Data linked to you; Google's data-safety card declares nothing collected or shared, which sits oddly beside an ad-funded game. Auto-pickup, per an August review, costs money. Prices are regional.

Pros

The series' cast — Rick, Daryl, Michonne, Glenn, Maggie — with distinct weapons and styles
Easy controls, fair difficulty and great sound, per a September 2026 review
A camp with garrison survivors, quests and a story that follows the show
September updates that cut build times and added auto-equip
4.7 on Play from 47,000 reviews with a million installs

Cons

Around a hundred ads a week to progress free, per an August 2026 review
New characters next to impossible without money, per a four-vote September review
Reward ads that crash without paying out and gear upgrades forced to progress
Loot boxes, a $19.99 pass, 400-gem radios and items to $499.99

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Verdict

A 5.4: a competent survivor game wearing a licence its fans love, funded by ads its fans count and characters they cannot earn. Take it if you want Daryl with a crossbow in a swarm and will pay a pass or watch the ads. Skip it if a game that its own five-star reviewers describe as pay-or-watch is not how you want to spend The Walking Dead.

Gameplay6Competent survivor runs with a licensed cast; the camp is a timer farm.

Controls7One-stick auto-fire that reviewers call easy; mines too dim to see, per one.

Replay value6Chapters, seven-day quests and new survivors — behind ads and radios.

Graphics & sound7Recognisable survivors and great sound, per reviews; walkers by the hundred.

Monetisation2Ads as the free currency, loot boxes, passes and a $499.99 ceiling.

5.4out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

Frequently asked questions

Can you play The Walking Dead: Aftermath offline?

No. The camp timers, seven-day quests, memberships and the reward ads that fund free progress all run online, and the September 2026 update restored logout and disconnect options in settings. There is no offline mode on either store.

Is The Walking Dead: Aftermath pay to win?

There is no PvP, so it is pay or watch: about a hundred ads a week free, per an August 2026 review, or a $9.99 Premium Card, a $19.99 Premium Pass, gem packs, a $4.99 Yumiko unlock and items to $499.99 on Google Play, with loot boxes flagged. New characters are next to impossible free, per a September review; a July reviewer who bought both passes calls the maths fair. Prices vary by region.

What phone do you need for The Walking Dead: Aftermath?

iOS 15.2 or newer with 962 MB free, or Android 7.1 or newer; Apple Silicon Macs run it. The crashes reviewers report are in the reward-ad flow and, in July, mid-run with energy lost — software rather than hardware. Any mid-range phone should run the arenas.

Can you play The Walking Dead: Aftermath with friends?

Partly — an August 2026 reviewer joined an active group and ground the roster together, so groups exist, and squads are built from your own survivors. Runs are single-player; the store pages describe no co-op arenas or PvP.

How long does a Walking Dead: Aftermath run take?

At least five minutes, per a September 2026 reviewer who wants a quicker side mode, plus the camp between runs and the ads around them — two minutes each, per a July review. Energy limits the runs; a July reviewer lost it to crashes. The seven-day quests set the weekly rhythm.