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 2018 (Game released)
Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 30 June 2020
Players:
6.2/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that brought strange, zombie-like creatures into the world. The survivors called them Husks. The last remnants of...
Role-playing game, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Open world
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 14 November 2018
Players:
4.3/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
51/100
A new game in the Fallout universe is a prequel to all parts of the series without exception. The events begin with Vault 76, the first among those built. It is...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia → 29 November 2016
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Final Fantasy XV is a continuation of the popular role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in the futuristic universe of Final Fantasy and is a...
Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Horror, Survival
Game released: Android, iOS, PC → 20 September 2018
Players:
5.8/10
Steam:
59/100
Free multiplayer shooter in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. Players try to survive in a world of the living dead, using rifles, grenades, shotguns and...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Open world, Sandbox, Survival
Game released: PC → 6 December 2018
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Kenshi is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with elements of management strategy and survival. You have to explore a large open world where you can trade, steal...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...
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, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2018
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...
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...
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: 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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 20 September 2016
Players:
6.4/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
61/100
Bunker is an interactive psychological thriller with horror elements. The game is a reincarnation of video quests that were popular back in the 90s. You will play...
Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Horror, Survival, Zombies
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 12 June 2019
Players:
6.5/10
Steam:
79/100
Delivery from the Pain: Survival is an action-adventure role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. A...
Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2016
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac → 17 May 2018
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
81/100
FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...
Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, MMO, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world
Game released: PC → 18 December 2018
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
63/100
Miscreated is a multiplayer first-person shooter with survival elements in an open world. In the game you have to hunt animals, explore the open world on various...
Role-playing game, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Anime / Manga, Dungeons
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 9 April 2019
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is a classic real-time party role-playing game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Danganronpa. Eight...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Slasher
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2019
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
72/100
God Eater 3 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with a third-person view in the God Eater universe. The universe of these games tells about the brutal...
