Top 10 Best The Walking Dead (Video Game) Characters

My favorite characters in the video game The Walking Dead.

The Top Ten

Lee Everett

Lee Everett is the main character of the first season of The Walking Dead video game. He's the player character and appears in all five episodes of the season.
Before the events of the first game, Lee murdered a state senator who was sleeping with his wife. The details of who this senator is are... read more

I knew he was done the moment he got bit, because unless he instantly cut it off, the virus would have run through his body via his blood. At best, the amputation would have just bought him a little time.
Plus, cutting it off in that area would have needed intense care, and in The Walking Dead universe it's rare to find medicine, let alone a doctor. So after the episode he got bit, I knew he was screwed.

Lee Everett is central to Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 1. The story starts off with Lee murdering someone who slept with his wife. Now you're on your way to prison, but luckily for you, life gives you a second chance with a walker apocalypse. Lee gets thrown into a new world with wonderful characters such as Clem, Kenny, Lilly, and others who join you for the ride.
Lee started this journey and he gets his fair share of respect throughout! Make your Lee the best, most loving, loyal, and honest Lee there is! Lee Everett definitely atones for his murder by rescuing and preserving the life of one of the most badass female characters in The Walking Dead history.
Clementine

The fact that she was smarter than every adult in the second season is wild. Even the doctor (who was probably a nurse or just lied) didn't know the difference between a dog and walker bite.

She was one of the only rational and smart characters in Season 2. She, Kenny, Luke, and Pete were actually intelligent when it came to surviving in the world. Also, Luke and Pete were the only ones who didn't see her as someone to use but as a little girl. Not even Kenny saw her that way.

Clementine is amazing and has lived the longest so far in her previous teams. She is extremely hardcore, and sorry, Kenny fans, but she's way more compassionate and doesn't get herself all drunk. She's also very mature for her age, and I can actually relate to her more than any other character, surprisingly.
Also, Kenny fans, please no hate, as this is merely my opinion. I respect yours as well and see your reasons.
Kenny

Up until the last episode of Season 1, I couldn't stand Kenny. I thought he was selfish and overall rude. Boy, did he redeem himself in the last episode and throughout Season 2! Now, he is my favorite character. He isn't perfect, which I love.
I love Lee, but he had no flaws, so I never saw him as realistic enough to have a deeper connection with. Kenny does anything for the people he cares deeply about. He got shot for Duck, had his eye pretty much beaten out for Clementine, and it was obvious that he was willing to die at any moment for AJ. Even when he didn't have a deep connection with Ben or Christa (heck, he practically hated Ben), he still sacrificed himself for them. And he's good when it comes to thinking of a plan.
In the first episode, when walkers were breaking into the drugstore, he easily led a group of strangers to safety. While becoming heavily emotionally unstable, he never gives up. He's exactly what represents a strong person. Not just in the apocalypse, but in any kind of society. It's not about physical strength or smarts. It's about still kicking when you feel you're at your worst.
Carley

If she didn't die, you know she would have had Lee's back. She would have kept an eye on Clementine while Lee slept and never would have let the stranger, who also is a good character, take Clementine.

Carley is a person with very good morals. She is always helping people instead of letting them die and becomes Lee's love interest. If there was one character who I would have wanted to know Lee's past, it would be her. I disliked the way they killed her, though. I give Telltale props for shock value, but I think they should have kept her around longer to build more of a relationship with Lee before killing her off or making her whereabouts unknown.
Plus, even though I was shocked by Carley's death, I think I would have been more surprised to see Lilly shoot herself instead. I also hate the fact that all Lee would've needed to say to keep her from getting killed was that she was the one who sent him in to check on the stolen supplies in the first place. She literally says, "It's probably worth following up with Lilly about the stolen supplies," and it didn't even give you the option to say that.
Luke

As much as I like his character, I understand why they killed him off. People were being weird and making Clementine and Luke into a couple. Luke was like 25 and Clementine was 12, I think. They ruined a perfectly good character by using their twisted mindset and made a great character into a pedophile in their heads.
Also, people are acting like he was helping raise Clementine like Kenny and Lee, but he didn't. He was like a big brother to Clementine but wasn't even mentioned in Season 3 or 4, or even the comics, which is the only time it's OK to mention the comics. #NotmyClementine.

He and Pete were the only ones who saw Clementine as a little girl and not as someone they could use to help them. Even Kenny used Clementine for things.
Omid

His death broke me. Other than Clementine, Kenny, and Lee (no particular order with those three), he was my favorite character. He's just an adult version of Louis, and how can anybody not laugh at what he says to the head statue during the attack?

I was so upset that they killed this guy off at the start of Season 2. Also, what happened to Christa and, more importantly, what happened to her baby?

His interactions, depending on what you choose, are funny with Lee and some other characters. He was like the comic relief in a chaotic world. Had he lived longer, he would have made a perfect father figure to Clementine.
Ben

I honestly see myself in Ben, making him my favorite character in the game. He never wanted to hurt anybody, and I think he actually saved a lot of lives with his actions. Just think for a moment: If the bandits didn't get medicine from Ben, how else would they get it? By waiting for Lee and Kenny to go out looking for supplies, then killing everyone, and ambushing Lee and Kenny when they got back. Then they would loot the camp. Sure, Carley/Doug, Katjaa, and Duck die, but that is better than everyone being dead.
Ben always got everyone's bull and was hated by most of the survivors. Kenny was always pushing him around, telling him he should be dead. Even though he always had pure intentions, he was still hated by most. He was just a kid. He didn't deserve what he got in the end.
Javier Garcia

Dude not only had to deal with a bunch of idiots and walkers, but he was also getting harassed by Kate. I swear Javier was a victim in this game (it's all a joke about the victim thing). Plus, he had to deal with Kate again. The only ones that weren't weird to him or just a plain ahole to him were Clementine and Mariana. And Mariana only lasted like half an episode.

No way you guys have Ben above Javier.
Ben was an idiot, and while Season 3 was trash, Javier was a good character and actually tried to help people throughout the entire game. Ben only tried to help people during his last episode if you saved him. I let him fall to his death in the bell tower.
Chuck

Very underrated character. I hate his death. His advice to Lee is probably some of the most important of any character's. I don't know if Clem could have made it without it, to be honest.

Chuck is the reason Clementine is alive after Ben ran away, but I still think Chuck should have lived and killed the kidnapper.

Reason why Clementine is alive (in a lot of ways). He was a great man. So sad they killed him off. If only you had a choice to save him.
Mark

He was a great guy who should have lasted all season and beyond. He was great at garnering sympathy and was as great as Kenny, just poorly written. Still, he was the most popular character of Episode 2 and had a great death scene.
More than half of the people helped him and gave him food in Episode 2, which just shows how much he could do with so little.

A great guy. Too bad he's dead. Those St. Johns killed him and cut his legs off. Damn, he was so good. He was my favorite character.

Honest, good, forgiving guy with a great and useful skill set. Would've liked to see more of him.

The Newcomers

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Alvin Jr.

I found him annoying for the first episode but after that I understood his character. He was confused on how to not only survive but also live with people and not blow someones brains out.

Great character! Honestly, I would love to see him again somehow. Imagine a game a few years after the last one. (I know it was the final chapter, but I just really love these games.) I think he's a great character, and I'd love to see how he would develop in the future.

Alvin Jr.'s character is so good because it's so unpredictable. We see him born into a crazy world where survival is key, while everybody else remembers the old world. He is conflicted between surviving and living with others, which makes his character really cool.
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James

I liked his character and found him to be chill I also thought he was Native American but I'm just gonna avoid that. Then I found out he was a whisperer and considering that group SUCKED in the show I didn't trust him and sure enough I was right after telling AJ to kill Lilly he tried to take down someone who's killed like a hundred people and thousands of walkers. There was no chance.

James was so nice to AJ and Clem when they first met. Even though he was kind of a jerk to Clementine, I still love him, and I get why he was acting like that.

The Contenders

Christa

Another underrated character. I like how layered she is. She trusts Lee, but she also wants to ensure Clementine's safety, and I actually really like that because it's realistic.
I also like how she likely sacrificed herself for Clem. (I want to believe she's still alive, but admittedly, I am unsure.)

I like Christa because she took care of Clementine all by herself for 16 months, longer than Lee. I think it's possible for her to appear in Season 3.

Christa is single-handedly one of the best survivors in the game. She managed to survive with Clem for 16 months alone, and that isn't by any means a small feat.
Doug

A. He's super cute and adorable.
B. He's handy with mechanical things and can repair anything that Lee needs to be repaired.
C. He's kind-hearted. He died protecting Ben from getting shot by Lilly.
D. He took care of Clementine. He gives her batteries and stuff.
E. He's the best comic relief character of the game. At one point, he ate the bread that Brenda St. John gave Lee's group the moment she gave it, and he pointed a laser pointer at Andy when he tried to kill Lee.
F. He's a nerd. Where else can you see a nerd as awesome as Doug?
He's one of the best characters of the game for me and shouldn't have died in Episode 3. I wish he would have made it to Season 2.
Louis

I like him and Violet, but I don't see either of them as a relationship for Clementine. Violet was still sad over Minnie, and Louis voted for Clementine and AJ to leave, which led to AJ getting shot.
I know for a fact that Clementine would never forgive Louis for that.

I don't know how people see him and Violet as a relationship for Clementine. Violet was still sad about Minerva, and Louis voted for her and AJ to leave, which ended with AJ almost dying because he got shot.
They are just friends to Clementine and nothing else.
Paul "Jesus" Monroe

First off, his name is Jesus. He is a karate fighter who can later be seen wearing armor, riding a horse, and wielding Excalibur or another giant sword to kill walkers. On a character level, he cares about others and is merciful.
What else is there not to like?

He's pretty badass. Also, he flirts with Javi at one point, which, in my opinion, makes a much better ship than Kate and Javi. Love the guy, honestly.

He is a badass in the comics, show, and video games.
Carlos

He was so cool. I wish he was still around.
He ended up becoming a plot device to further the development of an annoying and ultimately doomed character (Sarah).

I actually used to like him at first, but after the second episode, he was trash. It's his fault Sarah became such a dumb coward.

He was the worst doctor. He was overly protective of Sarah and couldn't help Kenny's eye. Why would he pull Sarita away?
Lilly

Very underrated character and villain. She honestly is one of the most interesting. While she does horrific actions (and I won't defend those), she is a really well-developed and written character.
I do think Season 4 did her dirty. I really wish she'd been a little more layered there, especially since in Episode 2 it seemed she would be, but it was never really followed up on.

Lilly is a really great character with a lot of potential. She is misunderstood and actually has some good points. I believe if she had lived as long as Kenny, then more people would have sided with her. I believe she is still alive and will be in Season Two.
She made one mistake, killing Carley/Doug, but if she explains and apologizes, I can forgive her one mistake.
William "Bill" Carver

An excellent villain. The Walking Dead game is certainly not short of characters with an "ends justify the means" approach to the apocalypse, but Carver is one of the best examples. Carver possesses an almost eerie charisma. He is an obvious copy of the Governor in the TV series. However, the Governor is an insane and maniacal character, very detached from humanity. Carver, however, is the kind of villain who isn't very far from a lot of normal people. Your friend, your family, or even YOU could end up just like Carver, and that is why he should be higher on this list.

They did a great job giving us a villain we could all hate. Up until Carver comes into Season 2, you could see both sides to wanting to side with certain characters or not. Not with this guy.
His story was done very well. It doesn't drag on, and his death is satisfying and certainly helps move the rest of Season 2 in the tone Telltale was trying to set. Excellent villain!
Molly

I feel like Molly was what they wanted Jane to be like. But the difference between Molly and Jane was that Molly was funny and cared for people. Jane didn't. Also, I don't like how people say she had a crush on Lee. She knew him for like three days.

I want to know if she ever found Lee's body or walker (depending on your choice, and by the way, the only right choice is to stop Lee from turning), or if she just died shortly after Clementine, Omid, and Christa left Savannah.
Speaking of Christa, what happened to her and her baby?
Katjaa

When I saw this list, I thought to myself, Hey, why not vote for Lilly? But when I saw poor Katjaa this far down, I was like, Oh hell no!
Katjaa deserved better. She is actually my second favorite character after Lilly. She had great potential, but instead, her overrated husband got all the attention. I feel so bad for her. Rest in peace, Katjaa.

In my opinion, she was wasted as a character. She had barely any lines and was completely useless until the middle of episode three.
But I realized that she just wanted her son to be okay. When he wasn't, she couldn't handle it. RIP Katjaa.
Walter

I felt so bad for Walter, especially the way he saved Nick. You could tell he was still grieved when he shot the walker, but he knew Nick was a good guy based on what Clementine told him. (Unless you choose to tell Walter that Nick is just like all the others.)

He's such a nice guy. I can't believe he wasn't even on the list!
Alvin

I can't believe he's 15, but Alvin is a kind, loving father. He even helped Clementine with her bite (determinant) and gave her a juice box. He's such a generous man. Too bad Carver beat him up and he got killed. Either way, he's a kind father, and now he's with Rebecca.

What I liked most about him was that he died as a hero, sacrificing his life, and that was something completely unexpected. Usually, when you see him, you don't expect a hero. But that scene proved how much of a badass he really is.

What happened to the Chipmunks?
Rebecca

At first, I hated Rebecca. But after a while, when Carver came and returned everyone, she started to grow on me.
Pete Randall

Great guy with lots of good traits for a survivor. His death was bull. Alvin and Rebecca were only good for the sentiment of "but they're going to have a baby," but Pete was much more interesting than both of them combined. He probably would've led you through a more interesting story than the rest of the group did. I wish Season 2's group had been Clementine, Pete, Luke, Nick, and maybe Jane. I would add Mike and Bonnie, but their sendoff made me feel a mix between hate for their characters, doubt of my own hate, and a sense that Telltale Games just doesn't know how to write those characters, or female characters really... they're either dead or a stereotype. Thanks, TTG.
Nick

At first glance, he may appear to be a jerk, but he is pretty sympathetic once you get to know him later. He's been through a lot, being forced to kill his mother and losing Pete. If you were in his shoes during the Zombie Apocalypse, you would feel the same way as him. And he actually acts nice towards Clem and isn't as big a jerk as Rebecca.
Overall, a pretty cool character with a pretty sad backstory. Too bad he is considered underrated or irrelevant by most people.

SPOILER
His death as a zombie was both brutal and heartbreaking. At the same time, I hate Telltale for making his death a bit contrived and convenient. Same for Luke!
Violet

At first, Violet seems like just another Molly/Jane type character, but then you realize what a beautifully written character she is. Her emotional backstory, her cold and sarcastic nature, and most importantly, her caring nature for those she loves, make Vi everything.
I just loved her character.

Come on, give some love to Violet!