The Wolf Among Us

The Wolf Among Us is a fun and suspenseful adventure game. It features beautiful graphics, a dark and violent yet sophisticated style, and blends dialogue, investigation, and sudden action sequences to deliver a murder mystery centered around exiled fairytale characters. In The Wolf Among Us, players take on the role of Sheriff Bigby Wolf, immersed in a world rich in fairytales and folklore. Your mission is to investigate a series of murders, uncovering the truth behind them through point-and-click gameplay.

Highlights:

Based on the Eisner Award-winning Fables comic book series

Now, it’s not only WHAT you choose to do that will affect your story, but WHEN you choose to do it

A mature and gritty take on characters from fairytales, legends and folklore who have escaped into our world

A perfect place to begin your Fables journey, even if you’ve not read the comics; this game is set before the events seen in the first issue

Gameplay:

It was surprising to go from The Walking Dead to The Wolf Among Us. The game moves at a faster pace and the experience you go through as Bigby Wolf feels like a crime drama. The use of the mouse and keyboard work well when exploring and during the more exciting scenes they're also very effective.

Since The Wolf Among Us is generally linear, you don't have much exploration outside the predefined boundaries but the tight writing keeps everything interesting. The small details in each scene show the focus on detail in the Fables universe.

Telltale has really defined the look of its games. While The Wolf Among Us doesn't look exactly like the comic, it does look like a comic book. The animations of characters like Colin Pig and Mr. Toad are amazing and fluid. Bigby's action scenes are also very satisfying.

Features:

Investigate Fabletown as Bigby Wolf

Throughout the adventure, you move through scenes, inspect objects, and speak with different characters to piece together what is happening. As in other Telltale games, exploration plays a role, but the real focus is on dialogue, choices, and the way each answer affects your relationship with the people around you.

Choices shaped by timing

In The Wolf Among Us, it is not only what you choose that matters, but also when you make that choice. Some scenes push you to react quickly, which fits the tense crime-thriller tone of the story. The first episode opens a five-part series, with later episodes available as in-app purchases.

A carefully styled comic-book adaptation

The visuals keep a strong comic-book look, with bold colors, heavy shadows, and a presentation that stays close to the PC and console versions. The voice acting and soundtrack also support its mix of twisted fairy tale, detective story, and urban fantasy.

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Sharp murder mystery built around familiar fairy-tale characters

Choices persist across all five episodes

Expressive comic-inspired art and animation

Accessible prequel for readers new to Fables

Cons

Central investigation remains largely linear

Episodes 2 through 5 cost extra

Reported touch alignment and missing-text problems on some phones

Limited support for certain older Android devices

Final Words:

If the first episode of The Wolf Among Us is an indication of the rest of the series, it's going to be very intense. With more characters to introduce and a deeper mystery to explore, the remaining four episodes are likely going to be crazy. The influence of past decisions carrying over to new episodes is going to tailor the experience to each player, but also supplies great replayability because the experience can change with a single decision.