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 2011 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 19 April 2011
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Fallout: New Vegas is an adventure role-playing shooter with a first-person view in the post-apocalyptic Fallout universe. The events of the game will take you to...
Game released: Xbox 360, PC, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac → 20 July 2011
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Slasher
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 January 2010
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Set in a demon-ravaged post-apocalyptic world, this third-person action game follows War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse, who is accused of bringing about the...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Open world
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 2 February 2012
VGTimes:
7.4/10
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
80/100
This post-apocalyptic action game combines shooting with driving across a devastated landscape. Players explore the surroundings and engage in...
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, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Comedy
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 19 July 2011
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
82/100
An expansion for Fallout: New Vegas, Old World Blues sends the protagonist to the Big MT research crater, where the Think Tank—a group of post-human...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 17 May 2011
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
65/100
An expedition into Utah’s Zion National Park turns disastrous when a tribal raiding party ambushes the caravan, drawing the protagonist into a tribal war. While...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Android, bada, iPhone, Symbian, Zeebo → 22 December 2009
Players:
8/10
Iron Sight is a post-apocalyptic shooter with turn-based strategy elements. The premise of the game is deceptively simple: destroy your opponent before he destroys...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Comedy, Simulation
Game released: PC → 21 April 2011
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Cargo! The Quest For Gravity is a post-apocalyptic adventure set on an Earth stripped of most of its gravity. After the gods intervene, only scattered islands...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Android, PSP → 30 November 2011
Metacritic:
60/100
This fantasy role-playing game with strategy elements follows generations of wars for control of the world. Allen of Zodia sets out to end the conflicts and bring...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Online
Game released: Mac, PC, Linux → 26 September 2011
Players:
4.7/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Nuclear Dawn is a multiplayer game that combines first-person shooting with real-time strategy in a post-apocalyptic setting of war-torn cities. As infantry...
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Point & Click, Science fiction
Game released: PC → 5 November 2010
Steam:
46/100
Metacritic:
63/100
This point-and-click sci-fi adventure is set in 2045, in a world devastated by wars and revolutions and ruled by a cruel dictatorship. Its story unfolds through...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 22 February 2011
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
61/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Fallout: New Vegas — Dead Money — The courier catches a signal on his pip-boy, inviting him to the grand opening of the Sierra Madre casino — a...
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Point & Click, Indie
Game released: PC, iPad, Mac → 11 December 2012
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
72/100
This graphic-novel-style adventure thriller follows a looming climate catastrophe that threatens humanity with extinction. Former bioengineer Bent Svensson lives in...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Mac, PC → 30 September 2011
Nuclear Dawn (Plutonium Edition) is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter, strategy and sandbox from InterWave Studios B.V.. The main publisher of...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game, Comedy
Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 13 July 2011
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
87/100
Breath of Death 7: The Beginning is a top-down RPG with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from Zeboyd Games. The game is published by Zeboyd...