7 Telltale Games the Studio Never Finished and Why We’re Sad About It

The announcement that Telltale Games was closing its doors for good in 2018 came as a shock to the gaming world. The popular studio had been around since the early 2000s and had produced games that were infamous for their creativity.

A key aspect to Telltale games was the element of choice. Each choice you made impacted the story. A choice-driven point-and-click adventure hearkened back to the early days of gaming. Telltale Games hit a nostalgia sweet spot. But it wasn’t sweet enough to keep its doors open.

While retailers still sell used console versions of Telltale games, digital outlets like Steam have stopped selling Telltale entirely. Many Telltale projects were left incomplete when the studio closed, leaving us to forever wonder what might have been. Here are seven Telltale games the studio never finished and why we’re sad about it.

1. The Walking Dead: The Final Season

If a person is only familiar with one Telltale game, it’s usually The Walking Dead. While Telltale made plenty of amazing games before it, this was the game that really put Telltale on the map. Besides The Walking Dead popularity in the zeitgeist, the unique story told by Telltale was captivating. For three seasons of the episodic game, fans followed Clementine, a girl trying to survive in a zombie-filled world.

Unfortunately, Telltale announced its closure in the middle of the fourth and final season. This left fans and Clementine voice actor Melissa Hutchinson distraught that they would never get to see her story resolved. Luckily, Skybound Entertainment stepped in to oversee and release the rest of the final season in March 2019. Clementine’s fate is revealed here.