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 2014 (Game released)
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U → 15 November 2013
VGTimes:
7.8/10
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
74/100
This first-person shooter is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the United States has been weakened by a catastrophic event and the Ghosts face a technologically...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, iOS, PlayStation 3, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Mac, Linux → 16 July 2014
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Crimsonland is an isometric action game in a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting. You have to destroy huge numbers of enemies, pick up weapons and destroy enemies...
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, PS Vita, Ouya, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2012
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2014
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...
Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Crafting
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U → 23 October 2013
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
58/100
This survival action game follows a shipwrecked castaway stranded on a remote island inhabited by monsters. To stay alive, the protagonist must find food and water...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 17 February 2010
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies
Game released: Xbox One, PC → 22 November 2013
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Dead Rising 3 is an action-adventure game with elements of horror, slasher and third-person view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game takes place ten years after...
Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4 → 15 May 2013
Players:
6.4/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
83/100
Metro Redux is a collection of great first-person shooters Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux, with better graphics and the latest fixes. The updated...
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, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Science fiction
Game released: DOS, PC, Mac, Linux → 15 May 1996
Steam:
90/100
This science-fiction first-person shooter with role-playing elements unfolds in a world threatened by an evil force. The protagonist joins the resistance and seeks...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2014
Players:
9.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A dark role-playing game in a post-apocalyptic world, full of dark humor and unexpected stories. Going in search of the protagonist's daughter, the player is faced...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 27 January 2014
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
61/100
A real-time strategy game in which the story affects mission objectives and the player's actions determine which of several endings unfolds. Every man and woman is...
