Based on the Fables comic book series by Bill Willingham, The Wolf Among Us is a five-part adventure game set in an alternate version of our world where fairy tale characters live in a separate world called the Homelands. Thirty years before the first comic book, Fables have established a colony in the human world known as Fabletown in Manhattan. They must hide their presence by taking on a human form through glamour. The player controls Bigby Wolf, the reformed Big Bad Wolf who is now sheriff of Fabletown, tasked with ensuring residents follow the laws.
The game features a noir, hardboiled atmosphere and includes references to famous fables like Snow White, Beauty, Beast, Mr. Toad, Bluebeard, The Little Mermaid, and Woodsman. The gameplay is largely identical to The Walking Dead, with story-driven elements and player decisions that affect the entire game. There is freedom in exploration, multiple paths to choose from, and objects can be examined or picked up and stored in a separate inventory.
The game is released on various platforms including Playstation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, PS Vita, PS4, and Xbox One. Each episode consists of six chapters, with five episodes available as a single purchase through the season pass version on some platforms, or released separately.
Each episode ends with a sneak peek at the events in the next one, and a new episode starts with a short recap. The gameplay includes cinematic action sequences and quick-time events for the player to act quickly.