Perhaps one of the most iconic duos in modern TV shows, The Walking Dead‘s Daryl Dixon and Rick Grimes have been on their journey together since the very first season of the show. However, the two were separated when the show’s Season 9 Episode 5, titled What Comes After, aired in 2018, marking Rick Grimes’ final appearance as a lead character and seeing him presumed dead by the group of survivors. Now, a new The Walking Dead release finally reunites Daryl and Rick in lead roles.
The Walking Dead is no longer at the peak of its cultural impact and popularity, but it still holds its fans with new spin-offs and by wrapping up others, such as the series based on Daryl Dixon himself, as he ends up in France, Europe. One of the perks of the series’ success is that there have been multiple spin-offs, at times with entirely new stories, and at times focusing on characters fans know and love. A recent The Walking Dead game update brought Glenn back after his sad demise at the hands of Negan, for example, and now it is the turn of Daryl and Rick’s long-awaited reunion.
Rick and Daryl Officially Return in The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival
Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon are officially back as a duo for the first time since Season 9 Episode 5 aired eight years ago, and they are both playable characters in a game called The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival. Michonne and Negan are also playable in this new arcade brawler game that came out in September, and each character is seen using their most iconic weapons and abilities to fight off hordes of zombies. The game also allows players to explore some locations from the TV show and comics, change their builds, and even fight bosses after difficult encounters with swarms of undead. The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival is available on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and it can be found on Steam.
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Several features make The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival a great beat ’em up brawler game, such as having a combo and finisher system, a New Game Plus feature to replay the story, a mode to play The Walking Dead‘s All Out War, and more. The game is light on the story side, but it makes up for it in terms of action and buttons to mash. Characters can also level up and even unlock skill trees, and players can jump into arcade mode as they please, but the game unfortunately doesn’t support D-pad movement controls on PC.
Some of the best characters from The Walking Dead show are in the game, which mostly follows the events of the All Out War chapter. Despite the game being fairly recent, several fans of the franchise took to Steam to praise it for its TMNT-like DNA.
Still, the game doesn’t sit on Steam with amazing reviews, and the best seasons of The Walking Dead‘s Telltale series remain unmatched. More recent reviews highlight that Streets of Survival lacks voice acting, the campaign’s length, or clunky controls, but even then, it has an average of 71% Positive, which is more than other spin-offs based on TWD‘s success and popularity.
- Released
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September 18, 2026
- ESRB
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M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
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Odaclick Game Studio
- Publisher(s)
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Trailmark Games
