The Walking Dead: Dead City
AMC | Release Date: June 18, 2023
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Screen RantSarah MoranAug 28, 2025
Season 2 Review: The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2 pushes itself in a slightly absurd direction, but that only helps to give it a firmer identity. Read full review
80
VarietyJessica LieseJun 15, 2023
Season 1 Review: Surprisingly, there is enough great storytelling here not only to keep that door open, but actually to inspire a little hope that the next era of “The Walking Dead” might be its best since the flagship’s early days. Read full review
75
ColliderChase HutchinsonJun 14, 2023
Season 1 Review: If the future of the series is anything like this first season of Dead City, with its recentering of a core group of characters and the strongest story that The Walking Dead has had in years, then there may just be some life to be found in this dead world. Read full review
75
Paste MagazineTrent MooreJun 14, 2023
Season 1 Review: For an undead adventure to the isle of Manhattan, Dead City is a trip worth taking for The Walking Dead fans, and kicks off an exciting—if still a bit too familiar—new chapter for our favorite survivors. Read full review
70
CNNBrian LowryJun 20, 2023
Season 1 Review: “Dead City” isn’t perfect, but after “The Walking Dead: World Beyond,” “Tales of the Walking Dead” and even the long-running “Fear the Walking Dead,” this first of several planned spinoffs following the series finale offers the best reason to reenter this post-apocalyptic world in years. Read full review
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