The Wolf Among Us Remastered PS5 Review. As we whet our appetites like starving wolves for The Wolf Among Us 2 to finally see the light of day, we’ve been given a suitable bone to gnaw on courtesy of The Wolf Among Us Remastered. Originally released in 2014 as an episodic narrative, and featuring a cast of fable characters entrenched in a bedazzling-but-bleak neo-noir city appropriately called Fabletown, The Wolf Among Us delved viscerally deep into a murder investigation amidst a town devouring itself in all kinds of disputes and personal problems that protagonist Bigby Wolf becomes fully entrenched in.
Decorated with sumptuous extra features and a raft of presentation and technical improvements, this remaster demonstrates a sheer love for all things Fabletown, and is unsurprisingly the definitive way for you to experience The Wolf Among Us.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered Review (PS5) – A Howling Return
Supposing you didn’t play the original series, you play as private investigator (or sheriff) Bigby Wolf as he tries to maintain order and justice inside Fabletown alongside his counterpart Snow White. However, a gruesome murder leads to a whodunit mystery, and the escalation of leads, new information and investigations leads Bigby down heavy paths of uncertainty. The true feral identities of Fabletown’s residents are kept under wraps due to their human exteriors, but when threats emerge their true beastly selves become apparent for all to see. As such, the story of The Wolf Among Us becomes stronger and thicker as it goes on, and this is why it’s a tremendously popular episodic series.
Noir Nourishment
For a remaster, The Wolf Among Us Remastered features a wonderfully sleek amalgamation of improvements and additions we weren’t privy to before. This time the visuals have been overhauled, allowing Fabletown to look alive and brimming with seediness in ways which weren’t possible before. Facial textures and rendering are crispier than the kind of fried bacon Bigby rips apart with his canine teeth, adding a flourishing depth and glow you’ll come to fully appreciate. Animations and lighting have been spruced up beautifully too, buffing up this twelve year-old game considerably. In addition there’s a brand new Noir Mode, allowing you the chance to experience this neo-noir as though it was a 1940 Humphrey Bogart classic.
Without a doubt, the visual identity of The Wolf Among Us Remastered is impressive, and highlights a matured evolution from the days where each of the game’s episodes were released individually over a span of months. The only criticism here is the Noir Mode feels superfluous, and if you choose to play with it on, it effectively drains the vibrant colour and remaster work out for a black and white aesthetic which is evocative of ye olde noir films, but really doesn’t suit The Wolf Among Us at all. Kudos for attempting to pay homage, but those remastered visuals are too scrumptious to play second fiddle.
Wolfing Down On Additional Content
In terms of additional content, The Wolf Among Us Remaster serves us well like a dapper sommelier serving champagne at a refined establishment. Of course, The Wolf Among is far grittier than it is fancy, but there’s plenty of content for you to chew on here. The video interviews with the developer and designers grant some in-depth insights which are very meaningful to listen to. There are six of them, and they do a great job of taking you into the thought processes and the hard work that went into creating The Wolf Among Us, as well as the work that has helped evolve the game with this luxurious remaster.
A vast selection of concept art work is also ready for your perusal, and you’ll relish the chance to gaze upon early versions of Bigby Wolf, Snow White and the other characters, as well as some of the environment design work. It would’ve been nice to have textual information to coincide with the art work, but what’s presented here is just another example of how much love has been poured into this remaster.
This remaster introduces us to five deleted scenes that were omitted from the original The Wolf Among Us game. This includes a scene just after Bigby and The Woodsman engage in a fight where the latter had been bested, and another features an extended take on the final scene. Five deleted scenes overall are a tad slim, but they are nonetheless appreciable. Unfortunately during review, there were some odd visual bugs that turned up, but these only existed when accessing the deleted scenes through the Extras menu, not when playing through the story.
Unaltered Savagery
The gameplay is still largely unchanged from the original Wolf Among Us experience, meaning there’s a good helping of time-sensitive dialogue choices to make, quick time event sequences to register, and investigation segments, where you can roam the environment and either gaze at or interact with objects. All of the elements blend together fantastically well and enhance the impact of every scene. Sure, scouring objects in the environment feels slow and cumbersome, but the observation Bigby makes can give you more depth into his mindset than if they were omitted.
Another reason to ignore the Noir Mode becomes apparent during QTE segments. The black and white graphics simply make the directional arrows harder to see as opposed to the bright red alternatives during the regular graphics mode. It is such a shame Noir Mode causes more problems than it solves, but if you’re inclined then play with this setting for a chapter to see if it is for you or not.
With each episode clocking in at around two hours in length, you’ll certainly feel entrenched in Fabletown’s mysteries. Whether it’s Bigby hassling Toad to get some glamour so he can appear as his human self, or witnessing the brawl that takes place at the Trip Trap Bar, you won’t be wasting a second in any of the episodes-unless you become stuck during an investigation, but that’s unlikely to happen. There’s such a terrific variety and unpredictability to each episode, so you won’t feel short-changed if you’ve never played The Wolf Among Us before.
No matter how bloody, brutal and messy The Wolf Among Us is, this remaster cleans up well with spiffing presentational touch ups and worthwhile new features, easily making it the definitive version of this excellent fable-centered neo-noir video game series. The Noir Mode is the only addition you could do without, but everything else is pristine and adds meaningfully to The Wolf Among Us and its enduring legacy. Whether this is your first time, your second time, or your twentieth time experiencing The Wolf Among Us, you’ll gladly trade hours of your video game time to this remaster. Bigby is back in this bold and bawdy replenishment, and you definitely won’t regret devouring this renewed adventure series.
The Wolf Among Us: Remastered comes out on October 29, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series S/X and PC.
The review copy was generously provided by the publisher.