The Walking Dead gets a free-to-play mobile game from Scopely

The mobile dead.

Casual game publisher Scopely has teamed up with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman to make a new free-to-play release based on the comic. The Walking Dead: Road to Survival role-playing game is out now for iOS and Android.

Telltale’s critically acclaimed The Walking Dead series is also on mobile, but those are premium games that players need to buy before downloading. A free-to-play release can earn money with in-app purchases. Market research firm Newzoo predicts that the mobile market will be worth $30 billion in 2015.

Scopely has previously developed mobile games Yahtzee with Buddies and Disco Bees.

“The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is a mature, intense, story-driven game that emulates the ongoing struggle to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world overrun by vicious Walkers and ruthless fellow survivors,” stated a press release from Scopely. “Difficult decisions must be made that determine who lives or dies and how future events unfold in the game’s narrative.”