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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Statuses
Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre of 2015 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 9 November 2015
Players:
8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
86/100
The continuation of the iconic series of role-playing games in a post-apocalyptic world. The game features a completely revamped leveling system, gameplay, and...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 → 27 January 2015
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...
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...
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...
Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2015
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play side-view management strategy game set in the Fallout universe. In the game you have to build your own shelter and take care of...
Action, Shooter, MMO, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival, Online
Game released: PC → 2 April 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 modes, with players...
Game released: Xbox 360, PC, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac → 20 July 2011
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
100/100
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, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4 → 16 August 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 original plot of...
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, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Role-playing game, Adventure, Survival, Zombies
Game released: PC → 31 January 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 tell about a...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Slasher, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Action, Indie
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 7 December 2016
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Earth's Dawn is a 3D side-scrolling arcade slasher game with a Japanese style and a futuristic setting. The events of the game tell about the struggle of humanity...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC → 1 June 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 conditions, a...
