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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Platforms
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Statuses
Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre of 2020
Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
July 21, 2017
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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Walking Simulator
November 8, 2019
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Death Stranding is Hideo Kojima’s original game, a realistic walking and logistics simulator with action, survival, and stealth elements, viewed from a third-person...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
February 28, 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in the world of a futuristic post-apocalypse. The game is dedicated to the confrontation...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
December 5, 2017
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Complete Edition Horizon Zero Dawn, which includes the original game and the expansion The Frozen Wilds. You will have to immerse yourself in a world where you...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
December 19, 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, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, DLC, Open world, Survival
May 11, 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
ATOM RPG Trudograd — an expansion for the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game
December 4, 2009
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
June 1, 2020
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
88/100
A grim survival simulator where every day becomes a struggle not only against hunger and cold, but also against other people. Ten years after the epidemic, the...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Role-playing game, Detective
May 23, 2019
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
70/100
A remake of a thriller set in an open world, released in 2005. Three very different doctors try to save an unusual steppe town from an epidemic of a deadly disease...
Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Online, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies
March 13, 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
85/100
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — the complete edition of the popular third-person zombie action game with survival elements State of Decay 2. The game...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
April 3, 2020
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Endzone — A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. In 2021, a group of terrorists blew up nuclear power...
Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Online, Horror, Zombies, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
August 28, 2020
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
76/100
The main character, Lucy, finds herself on an isolated island after a failed experiment, and now she has to fight for her life. Players build shelters, gather...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
August 26, 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...
Online, Shooter, Third-person view, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival, Crafting
April 14, 2020
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
75/100
Hardcore multiplayer shooter with survival elements in a post-apocalyptic world. Players have access to a large map with vast locations where they need to survive...
Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration
July 25, 2019
Steam:
95/100
An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Zombies, Adventure
March 12, 2020
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
58/100
Role-playing action in the dark world of the zombie apocalypse from the authors of Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator. The story takes place on a small island, where a...
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies
July 7, 2014
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...
