Post-apocalyptic
The gaming setting of post-apocalypse transports players to a world that has experienced a global or local (if the place is isolated) catastrophe. During this event, nearly all of the world's population or a specific location perished. The survivors establish their new orders and laws. The entire world is hostile to the player: among the survivors, there are hostile factions, locations are filled with monsters, and the Earth itself has changed and become filled with natural traps (predatory plants, radiation, energy emissions, acid rains, etc.). Such a world is depicted in action games, shooters, role-playing games, and their hybrids.
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Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre of 2003 (Game released)
Game released: Atari 2600, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Lynx, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, SEGA Master System, Wii, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum, iOS, PC, PlayStation 4 → 1988
Players:
9/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
65/100
A side-scrolling action game about martial arts experts Billy and Jimmy Lee, who take on the Black Warriors street gang to rescue Marian. Players fight through four...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2003
Players:
8.7/10
Metacritic:
66/100
Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with RPG elements, pitting the player against aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and other enemies. The goal is to survive the...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Cyberpunk
Game released: PC → 1 April 2010
Players:
10/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
59/100
This science-fiction action game with shooter and simulation elements takes place in the underwater world of Aqua. In 2666, young freighter pilot William Drake sets...
Strategy, Horror, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Tactics
Game released: PC → 26 November 2009
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
67/100
This tactical strategy game with RPG elements follows an alien invasion in which a spacecraft releases spores into the atmosphere, wiping out macroscopic life on...
Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Mac, PC → 9 September 2006
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
62/100
Project Nomads — the main gameplay takes place in real time and is a typical action game with a first-person view, but the action of the game is limited to...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 20 October 2004
ExZeus (2004) is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action, shooter, flight simulator and robot simulator from developers from the studio Hyper-Devbox...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction
Game released: PC → 20 April 2010
Players:
5/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
67/100
AquaNox is a futuristic submarine simulator with third-person shooter...
Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 2004
Golem (2003) is a top-down strategy game with a mix of warship simulator and business simulator from the developers at Longsoft Multimedia. The main publisher of...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 31 July 2003
Players:
5.5/10
A-Sock-Ellipse Now! is a third-person RPG with action, shooter, strategy and fantasy elements from the developers of Astral Entertainment. The main publisher of the...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 23 April 2004
Players:
5.5/10
Metacritic:
75/100
This multiplayer real-time strategy shooter is set in a fantasy world far in the future, where humans and the Beast Horde fight for survival. Players choose to side...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 7 April 2003
Players:
6.2/10
Metacritic:
35/100
Tsunami 2265 is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter, anime or manga game and robot simulator from the developers from the studio Prograph Research...