The Wolf Among Us Remastered release date: October 29, platforms, Noir mode and what we know

The Wolf Among Us Remastered release date is October 29

The Wolf Among Us Remastered release date is October 29, 2026. Telltale Games confirmed it in a trailer during Gamescom week, and Gematsu, Push Square, Pure Xbox and Game Informer all report the same day. It is a digital-first launch, so the download arrives on October 29 and a boxed edition follows separately.

Push Square put the timing as right before Halloween, and the date sits in the middle of an already crowded final week of October. The remaster was first announced in June, ahead of this date announcement in late August, so the wait from reveal to launch is about four months.

If you are asking whether to preload or wishlist, the answer today is mixed. Pure Xbox noted on August 28 that the game was not yet available to wishlist on the Xbox Store, so check each storefront directly before assuming a preorder page exists.

Platforms: what the sources agree on, and where they differ

Gematsu lists PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC, with PC sold through Steam and the Epic Games Store. Pure Xbox confirms Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and Push Square says the PS5 version arrives on October 29 in the US and Europe.

The unresolved question is Switch 2. Game Informer's product listing includes it while its article text does not mention it, and Push Square lists Switch and Switch 2 versions on its page. Gematsu's platform list stops at the original Switch. Until Telltale or PM Studios states it plainly, treat Switch 2 as unconfirmed.

Inven Global adds a small regional note from the Steam page: Korean was not listed as a supported language when it reported on August 26. If language support matters to you, verify it on the store page for your region.

What changes in the remaster

The remaster is a polish pass on Telltale's flagship, not a rebuild. According to Gematsu, it includes enhanced visuals with refined character and environment presentation, an updated user interface, improved accessibility options, and technical upgrades to animation, audio, resolution and framerate. Inven Global's summary reads the same.

The headline addition is Noir Mode. Game Informer describes it as shifting the cel-shaded visuals to a monochrome colour palette, and Pure Xbox calls it a striking black-and-white presentation that can be toggled on and off at any point during the game. That toggle is useful for anyone who wants a first run in full colour and a second in monochrome.

The package also carries more than an hour of bonus content, including behind-the-scenes videos, cast interviews, image galleries and deleted scenes. None of these sources states whether any of the story content is new, so the safest reading is a faithful remaster of the 2013 game.

Accessibility is the other area to watch. Gematsu and Inven Global both say accessibility options have been strengthened, but neither lists the specific settings, so we cannot yet say whether that means remappable controls, text scaling or subtitle options. Telltale's store pages will be the place to check once they go live.

What The Wolf Among Us is, for newcomers

The Wolf Among Us is a choice-driven adventure based on the Fables comic series from DC's Vertigo imprint. You play Bigby Wolf, the sheriff of Fabletown, a hidden community of fairy-tale characters living in New York City, who investigates a violent mystery. Telltale describes it as a mature noir thriller where every decision matters.

The remaster collects all five episodes, Episode 1: Faith, Episode 2: Smoke and Mirrors, Episode 3: A Crooked Mile, Episode 4: In Sheep's Clothing and Episode 5: Cry Wolf, in one product. The original release in 2013 was episodic, and Steam still lists the original game, released October 11, 2013, at $14.99.

Because the genre is built on dialogue choices rather than action, the remaster's changes to presentation, accessibility and audio matter more than any combat tweak. It is the kind of game that suits a weekend and a single save file.

Price, editions and the physical release

No source we opened gives a price. Game Informer, Gematsu, Push Square and Pure Xbox all leave it out, and a price-comparison listing we found showed no data. The only reference point is the 2013 original on Steam, still $14.99, which tells you what Telltale charged for the old version but not what the remaster will cost.

A physical edition will launch separately at a later date, per Inven Global, with another outlet placing it in early 2027. That second timing was a single-outlet claim, so we treat it as unconfirmed. The remaster is also being sold digital-first, which means players on consoles will want to check each store page for the final listing on October 29.

We will add the price once it appears on an official store page, because a number from a retailer leak is the kind of detail this site does not run.

In short, the date, the five-episode scope, Noir Mode and the bonus content are confirmed by several outlets. The price, the Switch 2 listing and the physical release date are not. That split is the honest state of play a week from launch, and it is why we have kept those three items out of the headline claims.

What it means for the sequel

The remaster lands ahead of The Wolf Among Us 2, which Inven Global reports is set to launch in 2027, marking the original game's tenth anniversary in its framing. Push Square mentions only that fans are waiting for the sequel to show itself, and Game Informer ties the remaster to the sequel's arrival next year.

For Telltale the strategic logic is straightforward: put the first game back in front of players on current hardware so the sequel launches with an audience. For players who missed 2013, it is the cheapest way to catch up before the next chapter, assuming the price lands in a similar range.

The sequel has no firm date in the sources we opened, so treat the 2027 window as a plan rather than a promise.