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 2015
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
November 9, 2015
Players:
8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
86/100
The continuation of the cult role-playing game series set in a post-apocalyptic world. The game features a completely redesigned leveling system and...
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Point & Click, Indie
October 8, 2010
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...
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click
April 24, 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based
September 18, 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...
Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game
August 13, 2012
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the...
Action, Shooter, MMO, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival, Online
April 2, 2015
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
53/100
A post-apocalyptic first-person online shooter where players fight one another while facing deadly anomalies. Matches take place across several...
Action, Shooter, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Role-playing game, Adventure, Survival, Zombies
January 31, 2015
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
81/100
Survivalist is a hardcore survival simulator with an isometric camera view and an open world about survivors in the post-apocalypse. The game will...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Zombies, Survival, Open world
January 15, 2015
Players:
4.8/10
Steam:
45/100
Just Survive is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter with survival elements and a first-person view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. You will go...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
April 16, 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival, Exploration
June 1, 2015
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
80/100
Waste Walkers Deliverance is a post-apocalyptic survival RPG created in RPG Maker. The game features leveling, a day/night cycle, randomized weather...
